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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. HOSKWATISIl , Editor. rum.TBUBD KVintY MOUNMKQ. TintMH OK n llr floe ( wlthmU Riinilny ) . One Year $ OT Pnllr nn.l Sunday. On Year ' " ? ' Fli. Month * , , Thrvc Montlm " . Hun'tnv tiff. One Year " r piluHnx ttft , Ono Year * Weekly ! ) < , Or. Year OKPICKH. Omn'm. ' The fle Ilullillng. . . , . _ , - . Rnilh nmnl-n. o-inir N nmt Tnentyfoiirth Bit. ( "tnifll Ulurrn , II Pearl trept. Cli'r.Kro oillco , 217 fliamlwr of Cnmmerw. NVw Voik. Iliminii 11. II nii'l II. Tribune DUlf. Wnslilnxton , H07 F tn-et. N. w. All rommtinVfltloim rel.itlri ? to news nnj. ' j , * torfnl mnltor ulioul.l IPP mldrcwd : To the Lrlltor. iit'Hi.viiHS MTTIIW. : All Imslnp's loiters nml remltlancoi hctiM b H'Mrmrvcl to The lice IMiMlnlilnn cotnpany. Omalin. Irnfl . clicckn nml po't ° nlcc orders to IP mndn nnvndlo tn tin1 onlfr of the ' " " 'f > n.nv.- . TUB IHB : I'Oiii.iHiiiKa COMPANY. STATKMKNT OK CIIICUI.ATION. CtNTK < > II. Tzuchuck. nerrclnnof The IJ o I- IlKhlnir compnnr. 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With a reduced duty on morphia the democratic contingent In congress can afford artificial means to mltlgato the pain they must endure when the returns from the next election commence to roll In. Those blowholes In the armor plates furnished by the Carnegie company for the now American warships are occasioning considerable of a blow despite the efforts that have been mode to plug them up. The democrats In the senate would 1m- provo the prospects of their tariff bill materially If they should relegate a few of their number like Vest of Missouri and Turplo of Indiana to a place whore they might keep their tempers cool. General Kelly gives additional ovldenco < -of his conceded level-headedness when he wants It to bo distinctly understood by the [ public that ho Is running no populist side show. Kelly Is not the kind of a man to bo satisfied with anything short of the main circus tent. If the officers of the United States cruiser Chicago receive such a' royal welcome and nucli laylsh entertainment In London , what would the English people do if the president of this great republic should favor them with a visit ? It would be Interesting to flnd out by actual experiment. Wo wonder If Congressman Dland will have to pay for the Unto ho Is devoting to the development of his presidential boom to the extent of having his salary docked for the number of days that ho Is absent from the house. Presidential booms como high , but we must have them. The Taxpayers League of South Omaha Is making a goo'd beginning. It proposes to put an end to salary grabs and jobs through the medium of the courts. This Is what Omaha taxpayers must do If they want to break up the Wiley combine in the council , of which Hascall is the bead and Howell the 'caudal appendage. It Is presumed that Treasurer Hartley Is a candidate for re-election. If ho Is ho certainly has enough political perspicuity to know that ho Is simply Injuring himself unless ho enters promptly Into the letter nnd spirit of the recent decision of the .supremo court regarding the purchase of estate warrants with the permanent school 'fund. ' Kom has' again thought It necessary to explain a llttlo Incident In his congressional career by statins that the reason why his district Is represented In the naval academy by n cadet hailing from Now York Is because - cause he was not aware of his rights In relation to the vacancy when it existed. Bettor resign In favor of a better Informed man , Mr. Kom ! Another name has been added to the list of victims to the deadly switch engine this ttmo that of an Innocent girl of 13 years , run down and killed without warning. The inquest will doubtless return the hackneyed verdict of accidental death , although the unfortunate affair could easily luivo been prevented were our railroad tracks and crossings provided with adequate protection to pedestrians. When human life Is valued higher than dividends on railroad stock wo may possibly secure relief from crossing murderi. According to the city comptroller's report of the condition of Omaha's nuances on May 1 , when just one-third of the year had passed , several of the funds upon which the demands run uniformly throughout the year were more than one-third exhausted. If the same rate of expenditure goes on In those1 funds during the coming months there will bo numoroui deficits storing the city In the face before the beginning of the next fiscal year. The city ofllclals must see to It that they keep within the available appro priations. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Suppose the council succeeds In finding the cause of electrolysis In our water mains and gas pipes and traces the blame to the source from which the truant electricity comes. What then ? Will It dare to enforce - force the simple remedy ? Wilt It order the corporations which monopolize our ( treats for the transmission of electrical power to put In complete metallic circuits : Or will It defer to the mandates of Its corporate masters and let them go on with the sumo high hand as at present ? Of what benefit to know whether the electrolysis U duo to the trolley or to the electric light or to both , if wo know In advance that nothing will bo douo to remedy It I TUN .vinsovni itounnoxs. The Missouri democrats remain faithful lo the policy of reaction which has distin guished the democracy for a third of a cen tury. They reject the teachings of the past and do not recognlzo the conditions of the present. The platform adopted by tha state convention ihows that they have for gotten nothing and learned nothing. More than a year of business depression , duo chiefly to the dcmocrat'c threat to overthrow n policy maintained for a third of a century , during which the country prospered as never before , has made no Impression on them. The averted danger to the finan cial soundness of the nation and to the credit of the government from a mistaken attempt to bolster silver has not only failed to con vince them of the folly of such an under taking by the United Stiitcs alone , but they would renew and aggravate the danger by opening the mints to the frco and unlimited coinage of silver. The Missouri demo crats repeat the platitude about equality among all citizens and sections In bearing the burdens and enjoying the benefits of government , yet they favor an income ta.x , which they must know would take ten times as much from the people of the north as from those of the south , which , as pro posed , would bo class legislation In Its most offensive form and which Is undeniably prompted by the spirit of sectionalism. Fur thermore , while demanding that all citizens shall enjoy equally the benefits of govern ment , the democrats of Missouri cndorss the repeal of the federal election laws , which afforded the only safeguard to the political rights of the colored citizens of the south , But the Missouri bourbons are In harmony with the views of the dominant clement of the democratic party in the nation. Although forced to yield something to the conservative sentiment In the party , that clement Is still for practical frco trade and frco sliver. Under an Irresistible pressure it has made some concessions to the principles of pro tection to American Industries and Ameri can labor , but It believes none the less that protection is unconstitutional and still hopes for another and better opportunity to strlko It down. Its hostility to the Industries > of the country is not more deep-seated and implacable than Its antagonism to those who advocate a financial policy necessary to the maintenance of a sound and tlablo cur rency. The frco and unlimited coinage of silver by this country alone , at whatever ratio , would bring it to the single silver standard in thirty days , revolutionize our financial system , destroy the credit of the government and produce general disaster. Yet four-fifths of the democratic party is In favor of the policy urged in the platform of the Missouri democrats. What Is to bethought thought of the endorsement of Grover Cleveland by a convention that favored free silver ? Is it not obviously perfunctory and Insincere ? The platform of the Missouri democrats the first state democratic platform of the present year may fairly bo accepted as voicing the predominant sentiment of the democratic party on the great Issues of the day. It supplies the keynote for subse quent democratic conventions , most of which , particularly In the south , may be expected to follow It closely. There Is no premise In it to reassure the financial and business Interests of the country , noth ing to strengthen the hope for better times of the hundreds of thousands of unem ployed , no utterance that can tend to dis sipate distrust and restore confidence. Justly interpreted it means that the con trolling element of the democratic party , with its 118 representatives from the south and their northern and western allies. Is still determined to pursue Its destructive policy , utterly regardless of present condi tions and future consequences. STILL T1WY COMB. To the framing of financial bills , .as to the making of books , there Is no end. Ati a moderate cellmate at least a score of such measures have been Introduced In the pres ent congress , and undoubtedly there are more to como , for pretty nearly every con gressman feels that hero is the opportunity to immortalize himself. It is not an un worthy ambition to desire to glvo the coun try a better monetary system than it now has , but the crudities of most of the finan cial bills that have been introduced show how llttlo the average congressman knows about sound principles of finance and cur rency. A bill Introduced a few days ago , which is understood to represent the wishes of the administration In regard to financial legislation , Is designed to satisfy all the conflicting democratic views as to what such legislation should be. It provides for the issue of 3 per cent coin bonds to maintain the parity of the currency , for the uncon ditional repeal of the tax on state bank circulation , reduces the tax on national banks and allows them to Issue circulation to the par value of their bonds on deposit In the treasury , and finally provides for the coinage - ago of the so-called seigniorage. If this measure should become law the secretary of tha treasury would not only have the power ho has asked for to issue bonds , but the treasury would bo reinforced to the amount of the estimated seigniorage , about $55,000,000 , to the gratification of the silver men , while { he cheap money advocates would ba placated by the repeal of the state bank tax. It is assumed that the sound money men would bo pacified by the authorization of an Issue of coin bonds and the provisions relating to the national banks. In short , It Is said that this omnibus bill Is put forward with the Idea of uniting all the democratic factions in support of the scheme. It Is suggested that while such a measure might bo put through the house It Is not probable that It could go through the senate , unless congress remains In session for several months to come. It Is doubtless - loss a fact that Secretary Carlisle ls anxious for some kind of legislation to meet the , situation growing out of the dally deple tion of the gold reserve , but ho Is hardly likely to get it through such measure as the ono referred lo. In the first place under a law of that kind it would probably be very dlfllcuU , If not Impossible , for thtt sec retary to sell bonds at 3 per cent Interest. Any further silver Inflation could hardly fall to Impair the credit of the government , or what is the same thing , Its ability to borrow at a low rate of Interest. In the second -place the unconditional repsal of the bank tax , permitting the country to bo flooded with forty-four kinds of state currency of more or leas doubtful sound ness , would have such a demoralizing effect upon the financial system of the country that nobody having gold would want to part with It even for government bonds , and as silver and paper Inflation Increased wo should drift away from the gold standard. Sound mcney men will hardly regard the authorization lo Uauo bonds and to allow the national banks to Issue notes to the par value of their ( securities on deposit In , the treasury as compensating for the risk of such a result. What tha democrats In concress should do , If they nro disposed to consult the best Intorcsls of Iho country , Is to lot the bank- Ins and currency question alone. H Is not urgent and they are not com petent at any rate to deal with It , because there Is too great divergence of opinion among them as to what should bo done. If they will simply glvo the sec retary of the Ireasury Iho aulhorlly ho has asked for to Issue bonds that will U suf ficient to enable him lo maintain the parity of the currency and the credit of the govern ment , and after the tariff question Is dis posed of that of the currency can bo dealt with much betlcr lhan now. IS TO 1'AY TllK FIDDLNttt Ours Is an ago of specialist In every pro fession nnd in almost every trade. There la no longer any place for the Jack of nil trades. This Is especially true in the field of mechanics nnd science. There are lelegraph operalors who are not electricians and electricians who could not opcrato a lelegraph line any more lhan Ihcy could run an engineer's transit. A man may be a first class telegraph operator and an ex cellent organizer of A. D. T. messengers and yet entirely nt sea when It comes to Inquiries thai Involve phenomena within Iho domain of electrical science. A man maybe bo nn excellent machinist nnd utlerly In capable of gearing a perfecting press. A man may bo a good watchmaker , but to tally unsultcd for sottingup a sowing ma- clilno. Bellwether Hascall's temporary city elec trician Is making experiments with water mains nnd gas pipes. This Is entirely out of his line In the first place , and in the next place he does not know any more about the subject under Investigation than the gas Inspector , holler Inspector or plumbing Inspector. Ills experiments may bo very Instrucltvo lo himself , but nobody could place any dependence upon his conclusions as to causes , consequences or proper rem edy. It would simply bo like allowing a blind man to lead a lame man. The fact that the water and gas mains are being decomposed by chemical action caused by electrical currents may bo established be yond a doubt , but Is any telegraph wire ex pert qualified to analyze the chemical ac tion and glvo us definite figures as to what part ot the electrolysis is produced by in duction from telegraph and telephone lines which have their ground wires attached to gas and water pipes nnd use Ihe ground as a relurn circuit ; what proportion of the oxidation Is caused by Iho trolley molor con- necllons with the earth through the rails and what proportion of Iheso doslrucllvo currenls Is generalcd at the electric lightIng - Ing power house and carried Into the carlh by leakage of Iho overhead conduclors and Interior connecllons In electro-lighted build ings ? Without disparaging the capacity of the temporary city electrician within the pro fession of operating telegraphs and tele phones , we feel perfectly Justified in assert ing that his experiments with water and gas pipes can > be of lltlle or no value lo Ihe clly or lo the companies whoso conduits are affected. The subject is beyond his scope. Ho has no experience as an electrical en gineer , and In fact no experience as a scientific eleclric experl. This fact was patent even to the city council when It granted its acting eleclrlclan a four days leave lo go lo Chicago lo learn somelhlng about the underground electrical disturb ances. Wo have known patent telegraph schools to turn out ready-made , first class operators In sixty days , when It takes from three lo five years actual work In a tele graph office to accomplish the same result. We never yet heard of any Institution that can turn out an electrical engineer within four days. And this brings up the question , what the city Is lo pay for all Ibis tomfoolery. If Mr. Hascall's temporary clly electrician Is doing this work as a specialist the money Is wasted , and it he is doing this work under pretense that It is part of the duty of the city electrician , wo get back to the question , what right has the council to fill the office without the concurrence of the mayor , and where Is there any authority in law lo pay the salary of an officer illegally appointed ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NKXT MOVE. As was lo have been oxpecled , the sys tematic efforts which have for years been made to prevent the extinction of Ne braska's floating indebtedness are , wo are told , not to bo discontinued on account of the measures adopted by the State Board of Educational Lands and Funds In relation to the Investmcnl ot Ihe Idle school moneys In oulslandlng slale warranls. The warrant shavers who have thrlved-up on Ihe exhausted general fund ot Ihe state do not propose to let go their opportunity for money making without a persistent struggle. If the state treasury should bo in a position to promptly pay all claims upon It upon presentation the 7 per cent Interest would bo cut oft from all future warrants , while thoio that are now drawing Interest would also bo subject to Iho call of the treasurer , upon which they cease to bear further intcrcsl. To Iho citi zens and taxpayers ot the state such a con dition ot tholr treasury is most desirable. The warrant brokers , how ever , do not view the situation In this light and are said to be preparing their next move In order to obstruct the application of the school moneys toward the redemption of the outstanding general fund warrants. The plan that has now been concocted con templates Iho presentation ot a batch of warrants for payment by the treasurer and a refusal ot any money that may bo offered on the ground thai Iho warranls nro drawn upon a particular fund which has been ex hausted and which cannot bo replenished out ot the school fund , A demand Is to bo made upon the treasurer that the warrants bo registered and accredited wllh the 7 per cent Interest authorized by law. Should the stale treasurer refuse lo roglsler Iho warranls on roquesl , as ho Is most likely to do , a writ of mandamus is lo hi sought from Iho courts In order to compel him to do BO. This will bring the whole financial system of the state once more under judicial review and require a now Interpolation of the laws proscribing Iho administrative machinery of the treas ury. The excel point at Issue Is whether the owner of the warrant can refuse payment from the itato treasurer so long as Iho lender Is not ot money raised by the duo course of taxation for the particular fund upon which the warrant Is drawn. The wording of the statute , It strictly construed , might possibly glvo some color to this con tention , although Iho legislature ) which passed Iho law of 1891 certainly Intended to prevent an al-uso ot this kind. Should this now move turn out successful the warrant shavers will not bo the sole beneficiaries. It they can put a atop lo the process of extinguishing Ihe floating debt In this way they will at the same ttmo effec tually prevent the State Board ot Educa tional Lands and Funds from Investing in state warrant * , unless It buys them as It buys other securities. This would mean that the f 500,000 now Idle In Ihe school fund must remain Idle , to far n the slate I * con cerned , while the state continues to pay In terest on outstanding warrants. That money will not bo Idle so far as the banks to which It Is loaned nro concerned. These banks will continue to have the benefit of It. The controversy then becomes ono bo- twcon the warrant shagora nnd the favored bankers on the otie,8lda and the taxpayers of the slalo on tli jpjflfcr" * Whatever maybe bo the outcome of the slrugglo It musl Im press upon all thc'fiLioltito necessity ot a complete and thorough reorganization of the whole financial system' of the stato. The number of iiirpius employes In the government printing odlco wllh whoso serv ices Iho new public' printer , Mr. Benedict , promises to dispense has risen according to the latest statement from Washington from 400 to 1,000. The public printer expects to begin with the dismissals as soon ns those who are away on leave can be summoned to return , and will keep It up until the force Is reduced to the bare necessities of the ofilco. This means , of course , that the l.GOO to bo dropped from the rolls will b3 almost exclusively republicans. The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record gees further and Insists , as wo have already done , that It means simply the replacement ot re publicans by democrats. The necessities of the ofilco will suddenly Increase after the surplus republicans have been gotten rid ot and good democrats will bo rcqucslcd lo sacrifice themselves In Iho service of Iho government. It Is an old trick , but seldom played under the assumed color of a stroke ot patriotic financial economy. The clly council has devised a new scheme by which II Is enabled lo evade Ihe charter provision regarding the inviolability of the different funds set asldo for specific pur poses. It has adjusted a claim against the city by compromising on a stipulated sum nnd ordered Iho sum lo bo paid by crediting Iho claimant with that amount upon his un paid taxes. The claim If paid In the usual manner would have to Como out of the judg ment fund , but thai fund has been exhausted for some llmcr. The unpaid laxes against which a set-off is to bo recorded would If covered into Iho Ireasury bo distributed among all Iho various clly funds in their Jusl proporllon. The Judgment fund would reccivo only an Insignificant amount. The new device In effect turns over Ihe whole lo Iho judgmenl fund. It may bo good policy to effect the compromise In question and to accept a rellnqulshincnt of the claim In lieu of unpaid taxes , but It Is clearly an evasion of the charter provisions. Every ono will rejoice at the removal of the remaining causes of dispute between the managers nnd the employes of Ihe Great Norlhern railway without n renewal of the strlko which had been adjusted by a resort to arbitration. iTho same arbitration committee which settled Iho differences In the first Instance has Succeeded In arrang ing mailers once more , and it Is to be hoped upon a basis that 'for'n. . time at least will restore harmony between Ihe employes and managers ot that corporation. Wo have enough now strikes on hand without reopen ing old ones. Omaha democrats hayo come In after all for a consolation prlzq ( ln Iho shape of the assistant district atlorneyship , but not until the futility ot securing an out-of-town man had become apparent , j With such a gener ous gift , all complaints of unfair treatment at the hands of the federal patronage dis pensers ought fo cease"abruptly. . 1'rotcnsu nml 1'ractlco. * Now York World. The Sugar trusl Is a most scandalous example of that "communism of cnpllal" Mr. Cleveland so vigorously denounced some years ago. Why 'does ho not induce Attorney General Olney to read his views on this subject ? Advlco Worth Heeding. Detroit Free Prens. The Italian government has given its subjects warning to remain away from the United States for a time , and the United States nod approval all along the line. In this inslance there is not a stiff-necked member In the whole sisterhood. JJIToct of American Influence. Chicago Herald. Pollllcs appears to be very much Ihe same everywhere when the pot begins to boll vigorously. The accounts o.f the fes tivities up In Newfoundland , where oppos ing factions are clubbing each other over the head with palrlotlc enthusiasm , rend very much like Ihe stories of the proceed ings in Ihe Flrsl ward last April. Testimony from High Quartern. Cleveland Leader. The staunchest nnd ablest of Iho mug wump champions of the administration nnd of free trade , the New York ISvenlnR Post , admits that the complete ascendancy of the Sugar trust In the United States senatu la accepled as a fact beyond dispute In Wall street. Let honest men remember that when they are lold lhat the demo cratic party is the friend and advocate of the masses and the foe of monopoly ! The llnmttrunK Hquuil. New York Sun. If the amalgamated atroclly bill now be fore the senate weie Ihe work of republicans how many democrullc senators would vote for It ? What cloudy wrath and steaming rhelorle senalors like Hon. QeorRe Graham Vest and Hon. Roger Quarle.s Mills would manifest against such a bill If it were only republican In authorship as it Is in principle. Indignant cnouKh these gentlemen are now , but all their indignation Is impotent because there is no courage behind It. They know what a shameless thing of bargain and sale the bill is , that It utlerly conlradlcts the democratic platform and Is so rotlen wllh discrimination and special favors that even PltlBburg accepts It without com plaint. Wliy do they let such a loathsome mess bo rammed down their throats ? They consent , sulkily. It Is true , but they consent to the dishonor of the democracy , and they accept thereby Iheir personal share In lhat dishonor. _ Operation of the Mulct I.iuv. ' Buffalo Express. The mulct liquor tax law of Iowa , a re vision of the preceding prohibitory law by the legislature at Its .last session , Is declared to be proving Itself tery ; effectual. In Du- buque. where the "prohibitory law was a ileail letler , forty Biilouns are said to have been closed since the/ now law went into efTed a few weeks tag ? , and In Cascade nil Ihe liquor places were closed. This Is duo lo Iho clauHe making the mulcl lax a prop erly Hen ; Ihe landlords demand n bond of the liquor sellers Before renting the build ings for saloon purposes , ana the Inability to Klvo this bond JfliiWvIng many men out of the business. , i , , , , Nevertheless It lnot , likely thai Ihe law will remain In Us .present . shape. Tlio local license txnvers of i' the mnaller cities are greatly limited byi tha power plven the sur rounding districts , , ijnd herein lies the source of a conflict which probably will nnd Its wny yet to the legislature for settlement. The most Interesting point about the present - ent situation Is the jnpre eltlcacious working of this modified prohibitory law In the large cities , as compared wltli the more rigid pro hibitory law whlclt preceded It. Self-inter est Is dolnjr what .compulsion could not. KIVtTK I'OT.ITWAT , XUTKS. North Plalto Telegraph ; John E. Kvatu as the republican candidate- for secretary of , state will bo the proper thins. | Bayard Trnnscrlpl : The nomination of Mr. MacColl would give the republicans n , most useful candidate and prove a source of ' strength to the slate tlckcl and lo county , tickets throughout the entire state. . Chadron Journal : Now thai the populists have endorsed Hon. M. P. KlnkaUl by de claring thai lie will bo Die hardest man for them to dpfcal , II behooves Iho republican parly lo nominate him It It expects to win. I Kearney Hub : The disposition of Sixth district republicans Is lo gel Iho best man to bo had for the congressional nomination regardless ot locallon and sectional lines , nnd Ihcro Is a general feeling that such n man will lead us out of the wilderness once more. Kullerton Journal. The rresl part of Iho slate seems to bo almost solid for Jack Mac- Cell for governor. Wo have always had a tender spot In our anatomy for Jack , and although there are several olher excellent candidates who can lead the republican parly In this state to victory this tall , wo shall shed no tears If MacColl secures the nomina tion. Lodge Polo Express : Candidates for state offices are becoming numerous as the tlmo for conventions approaches. There Is no reason why the western part should not bo recognized on each ticket and the Express believes If the right kind .of delegates nro selected that II would bo easy lo secure men who have nn Idea Dial part of the stale lies wcsl of Kearney. Grand Island Times : Ex-Stato Senator A. M. Bobbins ot Orel Is a cnndldalo for at torney general , and will probably want Hall county's support. Mr. Bobbins was In the senate at the llmo that the Soldiers' home was located nt Grand Island and it would take a telescope of a good many horse power to discover the debt of gratitude lhat our county owes him for his exertions in our behalf. * Hastings Nebraskan : If W. E. Andrews goes Into the congressional convention with the Adams county delegation solid for him there Is no doubt of his receiving the nomi nation. This counly owes It to Mr. An drews and to the welfare of Ihe parly In this district to go Into that convention united for his support. There should be no lukewarmncss mid no "horse play. This is n year for republicans to do business , and business It should be from the start. York Times : An early republican conven tion makes a short campaign within the party , which Is desirable , and a long ono by the united parly , which we believe will bo n goqd thing this year. Some bitterness Is always engendered by a struggle for nomi nations and the longer the struggle the greater the blltcrncss becomes , the wider the breach nnd the longer it takes to span it. There Is ample material for a long and effective campaign this fall and Ihe sooner Ihe newspapers and public speakers know what they have to do and get at It the boiler. The Times Is In favor of an early slale convenllon nnd a long and aggressive campaign. Commodore Kelly Is now keeping close lab on currenl events. Reports Indicate that James J. Corbett hypnotized the Latin quarter of Paris. Presently we shall hear the melancholy gurgles of the bather who did not know the creek was .loaded. If speech had any bearing on the silver question the senate would be a unit for free and unlimited coinage. Prime Minister Uosebery with his small majority achieves results far grealer than Cleveland dare hope for. It does not follow that Justice in the county building is flshy because the blind goddess exhibits a few scales. The deluge of aqua Injecled inlo Northern Pacific stock doubtless accounts for the present floundering of the directors. The strlko of the wet nurses of Vienna has provoked a series of squalls embaruss- Ing to the Infant Industries of that city. The shortage of coal caused by the strlko has stimulated Imporlallons from Nova Sco tia and Newcastle. 'TIs an 111 wind that blows nobody good. The Marquis Pullman told his striking employes his business was n losing one , and Ihen proceeded to declare a 2 per cent quarterly dividend on $30,000,000. That litllo brochure on "What Congress Has Done" provoked a laugh when circu lated in the senate. 'TIs well. Several members will have llttlo occasion for laugh ter In the sweet subsequently. When Mr. Gladstone first became premier a gentleman called on his tulor , Rev. Mr. Hawson of Seaforlh , Liverpool , to congratii- lalo him on the high poslllon gained by his pupil. The old gentleman replied : I had two letters this morning from old pupils "one prime minister , the other gatekeeper ot a workhouse. Such is life ! " Kato Field has evolved an Idea lhat must strlko a sympathetic chord. "Tho Washing ton street car companies , " .sho says , which Insist upon pulling five people on Iho seal of an open car , should arrange wllh Iho maker of Iho human frame for a cerlaln unlformlly of size. If this seems Imprac ticable they might let little people ride for 4 cents and charge heavier ones C , G or 7 conls , as the case might be. " The Globe-Democrat inaugurates a novelty 'in repotting at the general conference of the Methodist church , south , now In session at Memphis. As each member Is pumped by any ono of the twenty reporters ho Is given this check : "Keep this check In your hat. Solah. This gentleman r.as . been Inter viewed and Is exempt from further disturb ance by reporters during the presenl Invasion. " The check syslcm has Its ad vantages In great crowds and prevenls much confusion. The great need of the hour Is an effective check on public men swallowing what they say when It appears In cold print. m TllK ELOQUKXT AD. MIX. Nixon Waterman In Chlcaeo Journal. You may talk about your editors who sit In Amintry to"boss the. whole machine and put Anaseek'to maake Iho people think it's what That kWth ? bUBlness on the move and nutmd t'VoPnoPvecrPtaink It. for the whole Tho'SdltoWt ' in It with that huge conceit B only one csscnllal In the whole upon the advertising man. The men who edit telegraph and write the WllhCnltheUmtle | fields they nil may answer TheWS&rt1wgaml dramatic men and small Whol-obble alMhfpasses and who visit all , Ihe pools who Insist they they have to say In blind understood since wtotanui to Ihe advertising man. TIs iruo Iho advertising man has naught to YetWuS'wie ' who. after alC permlls Iho , Ihclr pens In train He "lolls ott'Somethlng worth the whlle-tho And you'5 ' ! fiu0tnvc.Usute | mifflclenlljr He forks'1 ' more men and hour * than the To tr , l2 "K * vigor's cnnm-thta - ° erVnUe-y B verllslnu man. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTES PURE MEANS MUCH FOR STOCKMEN Hainor's Effort to Scouro Greater Privileges in tha British Markets. TO ABROGATE - UNJUST RESTRICTIONS Auk * that Hlilnpcrs Ho dlvcu n t'linnro to Feoil Tlinlr AtilmnU Hrforo They Are .Slaughtered Will Hnvu Jinny Dollura , WASHINGTON' DUIIKAU OF TltH 1JHB , HOT F Street. N. W. . WASHINGTON , May 1C. The house committee on agriculture lias ordered n favorable report to bo made to the lionso on the Ilalncr joint resolution , which provides that the president of the United States bo requested lo cause correspondence and negotiations to bo had through the De partment of State , or , otherwise , with the authorities of the kingdom of Great Britain , for the purpose of securing the abro gation or modification of the regulations now enforced by said authorities which ro- qtilro cattle Imporlcd Into Great Britain from the United States to bo slaughtered at the port of entry nnd prohibiting the same from being carried alive to other places In said kingdom. Representa tive Ilalncr , who Is a member ot this com mittee , has been working very diligently to got a favorable report on the resolution. Ho says that If the resolution Is adopted it will prove a great benefit to the state of Ne braska on account ot the largo shipments ot cattle from that stato. The condition of the cattle after they have boon subjected to a trip across the country and then a voyage - ago across the Atlantic Is very deplorable , and as a consequence they arc not In a fit condition to bs slnughlcrcd. This greatly reduces the grade ot American bee ! and also reduces the price paid on Iho other side. Representative Ilalncr thinks that the cattle , after arriving on the other side of the ocean , should bo sent Inland and given lime to recuperate. Senator Mamlcrton today had road In the senate an amendment proposed to bo offered by him to the army appropriation bill pro viding that nothing In the act entitled "An Act to Increase the Number of Officers of the Army to Bo Detailed to Colleges , Ap proved November 3 , 1893 , " shall bo so con strued as to prevent limit or restrict the de tail of retired officers of the army at Insti tutions of learning under the provisions ot section 1.2CO , Revised Statutes , nnd the net making appropriations for the support of Iho army , approved May 4,18SO , nor to forbid the Issue of ordnatico or ordnance stores , as pro vided In the act approved September 20 , 18S8 , amending section 1,225 , to the Institutions at which retired officers may be so detailed , and said act of November 3,1893 , shall not bo so construed to allow the full pay of their ranks to rcltred officers detailed under said section 1,200. Revised Statutes , under Iho act ot May 4 , 1880. O'ROURKB FBBLS COMPLIMENTED. Senator Manderson has transmitted to Supervising Architect O'Rourko of the treasury cxtracls from numerous ) letters received by hint from prominent citizens of Omaha , warmly praising the beauty and appropriateness of the granite used In the construction of the new public building. The supervising architect Is pleased to re ceive these evidences of public appreciation ot the wisdom of his judgment In the selec tion of granite Instead of the limestone or sandstone which were urged upon him for use in the magnificent structure. Mr. Melklejohn today Introduced a bill to remove the charge of desertion now standing against Isaac G. Blglow ot Tckamah , The North Nebraska division of the Grand Army of the Republic will hold its reunion at Nellgh on July 1 , 2 , 3 and -I. The man agement has requested Mr. Mclklejohn to secure 200 tenls from the War department. Ho called on the secretary today , but was Informed that the department had no tents which they can furnish. Advertisements for proposals for the con struction of the new Nlobrara brldgo will bo made Immediately , and every effort will bo made to hasten the matter. The construc tion will bo In charge of the quartermaster general. The proposals will be advertised In Nebraska. The bill Introduced recently granting right of way through the Omaha and Wlnno- bago Indian reservation for the Eastern Ne braska & Gulf railway has been favorably re ported by the secretary of the interior , with Ihe recommendation that the right of way shall bo 100 feet wide , Instead of 150 fct , and that the station grounds shall bo limited to 200 feet wide and 3,000 feet long. Instead of 300 wide and 3,000 long , as provided In the bill. The secretary further suggests an amendment which will provide that the brldgo bo completed within three years after the passage and approval of the act. Representative Lucas of South Dakota to day sscurcd a favorable report on his bill for a brldgo over the Missouri river at Yankton. SOME NEW OFFICERS. G. L. Heldebrand has been appointed post master at Stlllwell , Powcshelk county , la. , vice J. A. Graver , resigned. The senate In executive session today con firmed the nominations of Andrew J. Robert son to bo receiver of public moneys nnd Charles II. Adams to be register of the land office at Broken Bow. Also the nomination of Elmer Williams to bo receiver of publlo money * at O'Neill. By direction ot tha assistant secretary of war , Private Stephen Aburlan , company 1) , Twonty.fiMt Infantry , now at Fort Sldnoy , Neb. , will be discharged without honor from the service of the United States , with for feiture of retained pay , on receipt ot this order by the commanding officer of his Ma- tlon. This soldier Is not entitled to travel pay. SKUIMHK.l .tXUMiltll.tSK.tXN. The Holdrego school board has reduced the salaries of the teachers for the coming year about 10 per cent , Sixty people were Immersed In the waters ot the Blue nt Mberly last Sunday , the result of a religious awakening. Frank Lisle , an alleged thief residing near Long Pine , escaped from Iho sheriff who had arrested him for stealing , stole a horse nnd lied to the hills. Ho ls still at liberty. The Holt County Veterans association win hold Its annual reunion at Alklnson July 3 , 4 and 0 , and elaborate preparations are being made to entertain the veterans tn Htylc. Miss Uabcock , a 10-year-old Pawnee coun ty girl , shot herself In the breast tn the hope of ending her existence. She had been an Inmate of an Insane asylum , but had been discharged ns cured. A finely developed case of chicken pox caused a full sized smallpox scare at \\ayno , but n diagnosis by a Norfolk phy sician relieved the tension nnd caused the suspension of the quarantine. The sudden stop of n train nt Holdrego throw A. D. McNocr. n Hastings traveling man , from his scat to the floor. Ho struck his head on a spittoon and Injured himself so badly thai ho will bo laid up for some time. The revivals that have been In progress In the vicinity of Welllloot for the past few months have resulted In the formation of a church , which has grown from a mem bership of nine to ninety-nine , and moro converts are being baptized every tow days. Harry Pcarco , twice convicted of selling liquor illegally nt Scotia , while locked up In the local Jail for refusing to pay a fine of ? 25 and costs , was taken from his cell by friends nnd given his liberty. Ho la still a free man , but 11 will go hard wllh him If ho Is captured. One fare and a third , on Iho certificate plan , has been made for Ihoso who wish lo allond Iho meeting of the Republican Slate League at Lincoln Juno 12. Parties buying tickets should take a receipt from Iho agent and have Ihe same endorsed by Iho socro- lary nt the state league meeting In Lin coln. They can then purchase return tickets for one-third faro. The Lexington Pioneer says : George P. Nellson , the farmer who was so severely beaten by burglars a few weeks ago , ap pears to bo slowly mending physlclally. Mentally , however , ho Is said not to Im prove much. Ono of his assailants , the fellow who Is wounded In the leg and who IB confined In the county Jail , Is improv ing. Last week he refused to longer ac cept the services of Dr. Rosenberg , the county physician , nnd called In Dra. Ban croft and Baker , who are now ministering to his wants. Ho Is a bright , shrewd fel low , but Is apparently no stranger lo crookedness and jails. 2'1IK COMIO Philadelphia nccord : All Ihe world may * be a stage , but Shakespeare was wrong1 when he said that all men nnd women were players. Life : "That's nn uncommonly pretty girl over there pouring lea , " "VCB , she is ono of Iho reigning belles this season. " "Ahl These belles never reign but they pour. " Somervllle Journal : A prctly girl usually forglveH a man for staling nt her , but yet wouldn't think so to hear her tell the folks nboul II after she gets home. Sittings : "Change for the better , " said the ciiHhler of the pool-room as he paid out the cash to the winner. Tied Lodge New Ideas : Feed people on. angel cake nil the time and they would get HO hlgh-strunR they would turn up their noses If you offered them cream puffs. Indianapolis Journal : "Carry any life In surance ? "Yes , $10.000 In favor of my wife. " "Should think you'd bo ashamed to look her In Ihe face. " "Wha what for ? " "For living. What excuse do you giva her ? " Puck : The charity that begins nt home Is often so discouraged thut It never goes far ther. New York Press : "Few people , " said the wife , na she proceeded to Investigate her husband's pockets after ho had gone to sleep "few people are aware of what a wife haste to go through. " Plain Denier : Monopolist ( patronizingly ) Why , men , do you know llint when you first struck town I was afraid tb trust my self among you ? Commonwealcrs Oh , you needn I have been we bad nothing you could get hold of. Harper's Bazar : "Klhel , " ho whispered , "will you marry me ? " "I don'l know , Charles , " she replied , coyly. "Well , when you find out , " he said , rlslntr , "Bend mo word , will you ? 1 shall bo at Mabel Hicks' until 10 o'clock. If I don't hear from you by 10 , I'm going to ask her. " A THAGKDY. Ilrooltlyn K.tKlo. "Handle with enrol" It Bald on the box , The baggageman shrieked with laughter ; The box was tilled with dynamite , "Notice of funeral hereafter. " The largest mtilccrfl and Ho lliiuclotlioa on earth , Your inonoy'a worth or your money bao'c. J > " K. . V If t" : & l : | n It's Time. ] ip i i p i 1rr r r r T- IFr - IFr F : flr ir It's time to buy that light ooat and vest , It's time to put on that now straw hat. It's time for boys' shirt waists stilts with $2 worth. r i IF ! Most complete assortment , at various prices. 1 F r BROWNING , KING & CO. , y ( r S. W , Cor. Fifteenth and Douglas Streets. yi fctyijuuk uyy * JLW&JUU.&JLA , i
