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Bworn to licfmo mo nml Biilncrlbed In my pres
ence this 2J ilay of Jiuip. 1H.
( Seal. ) N. V. IMJtU Notary Public.
Thrco now federal circuit JUclRCShlps
means n call for tlireo moro willing demo
crats. .
Confirmed loyalty to the principles of re
publicanism Is tlio one grand echo of the
recent state republican league meeting.
None of the railroads seem to want peace
In rate matters so long as the blame for
first rutting below the tariff can be shifted
on to the other fellow's shoulders.
It Is wonderful how many different sizes
nil Industrial army assumes when described
from the place where It happens to bo and
when announced from the railroad head
quarters. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The chief of detectives has taken a lay
off for a few days , but his permanent retire
ment Is only a matter of a very , brief time.
The city has no use for belled cats on the
detective force.
Judge Ilaicall Is a trlflo disfigured but
still In the ring. The citizens and tax
payers must not relax their watch for the
next shrewd scheme which this audacious
trickster Is sure to concoct.
Secretary Storton expects to spend a part
of the summer In Europe. We are sure
that he has not been led to this decision
from any fear of bolng summoned before
the senate bribery Investigating committee.
Perhaps the people who nro complaining )
of the snail-paced tariff debate In the senate
want the bonntors to speak faster. But
they forget that the average senator talks
at a gait that makes the most expert
stenographers gasp for breath.
Before acting on the canal proposition
the county commissioners do well to
invlto prominent taxpayers and representa
tives of the labor organizations to glvo their
views of the matter. A proposition of such
grave- Import demands serious consideration.
The chairman of the judiciary committee
has received n lesson In law In Judge Wal
ton's court which ought to teach him that
ho Is out of place as acting mayor of Omaha.
But you can't teach Hascall anything anymore
moro than you can teach an o'ld dog new
tricks.
Senator Quay Is not to bo deterred from
completing his installment speech by any
device requiring unanimous consent to cur
tail debate. Mr. Quay prefers reading aloud
and ho has yet to read the remaining In
stallments for the first tlmo for his own. .
Information.
American and European tourists In Asia
will steer clear of China and Its black
plague with as assiduous care ns they did
the cholera-stricken regions of the con
tinent two- years ago. China will bo out
it favor with the globe-trotters for some
littletlmo to come.
Omaha Is not to bo behind the other cities
which are exposing corruption and Incom-
potency In their pollco departments and are
taking stops to maintain ' the discipline of
their men. It Is Omaha's privilege to seta
a wholesome example by making the purging
process complete and unrelenting.
The only complaint against that $100,000
in salaries still being drawn by republicans
In Now' York Is that It Is so much withheld
from democrats who are anxious to servo
their country. The republicans earn every
cent that they get ; but , then , Just look at
the number of democrats out of a job.
Senator Yost announces that the senate
flnanco committee has agreed to amend
ments exempting fraternal and benevolent
organliutlons from the operation of the pro
posed Income tax. Now just head some of
the other protests that have bceu for
warded to Washington from all parts of the
country and cut 'oft the Income tax appendage -
ago altogether ,
The Injunction proceedings to head off
the raid ot Hascall's acting city electrician
upon the city treasury were instituted In
the Interests of good government ami not
ot any particular candidate for the ofllco of
city electrician. The injunction declares
Hascall's appointment to bo without shadow
ot authority. It permits the council to
legislate the electrician out of offlcc , but
It forbids U to attempt to legislate Its own
nominee Into ofllco.
Governor Crounno very neatly took the
wind out of the satis of an Iowa professor
who ventured to turn his address before
the graduating class ot the SUto university
Into a lamentation on the degeneracy of
the times and the corruption of the govern
ment. The governor emphasized hla. belief
that the country Is not wholly bail and tot
tering on the verge of destruction , that our
courts are cesspools of corruption and founts
of anarchy. He was certain that no other
country offered , greater Inducements to It *
young. The Iowa professor has not yet
been heard from In reply. Perhaps after
a few monthi tlmo for Incubation ho maybe
bo able to attempt a new defense of Ills pcs-
Imlitlo view or ( be futur * .
A CAXDin ADMISSION.
It the Invefttlftatlon of the sugar schedule
scandal shall establish no other fact than
that elicited from Mr. Hatcmeycr of the
Sugar truit , that the purpoie of the forma
tion of the trust was to Increase the cost ot
sugar to American consumers , It Trill not
bo a fruitless Investigation. It Is true that
this candid admission ot the sugar monopoly
ely magnate cannot be regarded as In the
nature of a revelation. The experience of
the American people lias taught them what
the purpose of the Sugar trust Is , and they
know from the enormous profits of that ra
pacious combination how well that purpose
has been carried out. Hut none the less
the deliberate acknowledgment of the prime
object of the monopoly by one who Is fully
authorized by virtue of his relations to It
to opi-ak for It Is Interesting and Important.
It Justifies all that has been said in denunci
ation of this grasping combination and
should Intensify popular hostility to the
proposed legislation , which would enable It
to still further swell Its gains and exact
n larger tribute from the American con
sumers of sugar.
This formidable monopoly has been most
careful to keep Its operations from public
knowledge. It refused to furnish any In
formation to the census bureau. It makes
no public statements of its business. It
acknowledges no authority , national or state ,
to Innulre Into Its affairs. It Is a law unto
Itself. In the absence of accurate Informa
tion It has been estimated that the annual
net profit of the trust amounts to $20,000,000.
The statement made by Mr. Havomeyer to
the senate Investigating committee fully
Justifies this estimate , and Indeed It Is prob
able that the profit Is oven more than this.
The annual consumption of sugar In this
country exceeds 4,000,000,000 pounds. How
much of this the trust handles Is not known ,
but It markets by far the greater part.
Havemoyer says the profit of the monopoly
Is three-eighths of a cent a pound , and that
this Is In excess of what consumers would
have to pay If there was competition. The
obvious Inference Is that this Is an absolute
trlbuto which the trust exacts from the con
sumers of sugar , and If that be the case
it doubtless amounts to considerably moro
than $20,000,000. At any rate this greedy
and corrupting monopoly , which has Its
grasp upon public men and whose principal
ofilclals do not hesitate to admit the free
use of money In politics , Is taking annually
from the people of this country In excess
of a legitimate profit an amount equal to
Its actual capital. Yet It Is not satisfied , and
a democratic senate has voted to allow it
to Increase Its gains. The sugar schedule
adopted by that body will , If It becomes law ,
Increase the cost of sugar to the consume *
one cent a pound and enable the trust to
add to Its present exaction sufllclcnt to In.
crease Its profit by several millions of dollars
lars annually. And this is not all. The
proposed new duties are not to go into effect
until January 1 , 1895. This will allow the ,
trust to bring In all of this year's crop free
ot duty and to sell It next year at the ad
vanced price. This \vould glvo the monopoly
perhaps $50,000,000 , certainly the most mu
nificent gift over ottered by any government
in the world's history to a private enter
prise. The national treasury needs this
money , but a democratic senate proposes to
allow the Sugar trust to take it from the
people without having to pay a dollar for
the privilege.
Mr. Havcmeyer boldly declares that "any *
thing that will wipe out the trust will wipe
out the Industry. " The .head of the sugar
refining mondpoly may believe this and he
may be able , to convince some democratic
senators of it , but there was sugar refining
before the trust and there would continue
to bo If that combination , were destroyed ,
though a few men could not add millions
to their wealth every year by plundering th&
people. The testimony of Havcmeyer show *
the Sugar trust to bo an oppressive and a
dangerous combination , and should Impress
upon congress the urgent duty of depriving
It of the means of perpetuating Its exactions
and Increasing Us power.
OTEST.
The proposed abrogation of the reciprocity
agreements between the Unlted States and
countries of South and Central America ap
pears likely not to provo acceptable to all
the countries interested. The State , depart
ment has received from the government of
Guatemala written protest against the pro
visions In the sugar schedule of the ponding"
tariff bill that continue In exlstenco the
reciprocity treaty with Hawaii while abro
gating the reciprocity arrangements entered
Into under the McKlnley act , and It ,1s
thought In Washington that this protest ls
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the forerunner of others that will come from
the other southern countries w.lth which
these trade agreements were made by the
Harrison admlnlilratlon.
It Is said In regard to the portion of the
pending bill relating to reciprocity that there
IB a mystery as to the motives that'led to
the adoption of the language In the measure
as It now stands. In the first of the several
editions of the tariff bill that have como
from the senate flnanco committee there
was a provision absolutely abrogating the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty and the lan
guage regarding the -to-culled McKlnley
treaties was BO ambiguous as to lead to a
controversy as to whether the bill abrogated
them or continued them In force. In the
subsequent editions of the bill the language
was changed so that provision was nude In
express and unmistakable terms for the con
tinuance In force of the Hawaiian treaty and
the abrogation of the others. This reversal
ot the original proposition has not been ex
plained , but It Is surmised that the first pro
vision , which Included the abrogation of the
treaty with Hawaii , was framed In accord
ance with the suggestion of Secretary Gresham -
ham , who It Is said agrees with the claim set
forth In the protest of the Guatemalan gov
ernment , end It Is aho stated to bo a fact
that the State department "would bo quite
willing now to Impress Its views upon those
In charge ot the tariff bill and have It again
amendexl so as to provide for the abrogation
of the Hawaiian treaty and put all countries
on the lame footing , thus avoiding the
charge of unfair discrimination made by the
Hawaiian government. It Is hardly proba
ble , however , that the State department will
make any effort In this direction , In view of
the porplexlttej to which democratic mem-
hers of the senate finance committee have
already been subjected. There Is a simple
and easy remedy , should It appear that the
proposed legislation Is objectionable to the
countries with which wo have reciprocity ar
rangements , and that Is to eliminate from
the bill the provl lon relating to reciprocity
and allow that policy to stand.
The example of Guatemala may not bo fol
lowed , by any other country with which the
United States bus reciprocity , but It la not
difficult to bellovo that
eomo ot these coun
tries , If not all of them , would regard the
abrogation of these agreements with some
degree ot dissatisfaction , and certainly none
of them could , feel that such legislation was
In harmony with the professed doilre of this
country to cultivate more Intimate commer
cial relations with them. So far aa the IU-
trallan treaty U concerned , U Is ot a differ
ent character frbln the agreements vro have
with Ouatemali and other American recl-
preclty countrlei , but , ntter all , we nro per
haps aa much bound In good faith to observe
the latter as the former. We Invited these
countries to enter Into these agreements with
us on the score of mutual Interest , and there
was an Implied assurance that we would ad
here to this policy. The acceptance of the
Invitation Involved radical change ) In the
flsc.il policies of these countries. Our abro
gation ot the reciprocity agreements will nee-
CBiurlly , therefore , compel the countries with
which wo have them to again revise their
revenue systems , and It need hardly bo said
that this will not tend to make them feel
more friendly toward the United States or
to strengthen their confidence In the wisdom
of American statesmanship or In the pro
fessed sollcl'udc of the American people for
a closer Intimacy between this republic and
the Independent nations of this hemisphere.
They will not soon again , be disposed to give
attention to any efforts on our part to estab
lish between the United States and other
American countries moro Intimate commer
cial relations.
If0310KB VSUltl'ATlOX.
The permanent Injunction granted by
Judge Walton against the payment of the
salary of Acting City Electrician Hhcom will
It Is to bo hoped put a quietus upon further
attempts on the part of the council lo usurp
functions belonging exclusively to the mayor.
Whatever has been said or done In this con
nection has not been Inspired by any Ill-
will toward Mr. Illicem .11 ; i citi
zen or electrician , but from the sole-
desire to vindicate the law and prevent the
council from usurping prerogatives that do
not belong to It. The high-handed methods
pursued by Mr. Wiley to depose nn officer
who had proved faithful to his charge were
reprehensible , but the law left no remedy
to the people against the action of Mr.
Wiley's henchmen In abolishing the office.
They have that power unquestionably , even
when It Is exercised against the public In
terest. But when they attempted to go
one step further and sought to fill the
vacancy by the appointment of a man of
their own choice the council overstepped
the boundary fixed by the charter and
virtually deposed the mayor himself. Had
this revolutionary action been allowed to go
unchallenged the council could and doubtless
would have vacated every office created by
ordinance and after filling the vacancies
with Its own creatures It could huvo kept
1U appointees In office for the balance of the
mayor's term by simply refusing to confirm
any appointments he might make. This
wsa the natural sequence of Hascall's actIng -
Ing city electrician business.
The principles Involved In this controversy
go down to the 'very bedrock of the fabric
of government which in every Instance ,
whether national , state or municipal , > I-JA clve
upon three separate co-ordinate branches
legislative , executive and Judicial. As the
legislative branch the council can make laws
and override the vetoes of the mayor , but
It cannot take away from him the appoint
ing .power either directly or by Indirect
methods. That Is fundamental and nobody
knows this principle better than Mr. Has
call. Had the conditions been reversed and
had he been mayor ho would have de
nounced the usurpation In unmeasured terms.
Ills demands for a rehearing are as cheeky
as the attempt to appeal from Judge Wal
ton's decision would bo preposterous.
A WHOLESOME KXA3t ( > LE.
The police commission has at last taken
decisive action for the reorganization of the
police force. The summary dismissal ot
fifteen offlcers and patrolmen cannot fall to
have a salutary effect upon the entire force.
For moro than a year the force has been
demoralized and torn up by Internal dissen
sions and personal feuds. Its efficiency and
discipline had been seriously impaired and
the whole body had become Infected with a
spirit of Insubordination. It had become
absolutely necessary to cither disband the
force or reorganize by dismissing the
fomcnters of turbulence and the men who
had proved themselves to bo unfit and un
trustworthy for the guardianship of law and
order and protection of property.
In cutting the Gordlon knot the commis
sion has endeavored , so far as we can learn ,
'to bo Impartial and prevent If possible the
imputation that it has taken aides with
either the American Protecttvo association
or Romanist faction. In doing this they
have struck the most effective blow at fac-
tlonlsm In the police department. The com
mission by Its action has served notice upon
the rank and file that every man Is expected
to do his full duty and that malcontents and
factlonlsts can have no place on the forco.
The example made by the commission can
not but have a salutary effect. It will restore -
store discipline and Improve efficiency in the
department and It will moreover restore
popular respect and confidence In the men
who wear the star.
The pollco of every great city should be a
moral force. Their conduct should Inspire
respect for and obedience to law , and that
can only exist where the pollco force Is
made up of men of good character , sobriety
anil strict Integrity men who have the
moral as well as physical stamina to do their
duty Impartially.
The work of weeding out agitators and
black sheep Is of course as yet incomplete ,
but a good beginning has been made. There
may , for all wo know , bo Injustice In some
of these dismissals , but the board doubtless
has acted upon Information which Is not
within the reach of the public or the news
papers.
STRUT , WAREHOUSES FOIC dllAlN.
A syndicate ot capitalists Is negotiating
with the Chicago Board of Trade for assur
ances of concessions which will justify It In
undertaking the construction of a system of
largo grain warehouses upon an entirely
novel plan. The Chicago board has for some
tlmo been encountering difficulties with the
different warehouse men with regard to the
storage business recognized In speculative
transactions on the Board ot Trade , The
promoters ot the new enterprise propose to
step Into the broach on condition that they
are given control of tula part of the busi
ness.
ness.The
The chief Innovation of the now system of
warehouses is that the elevators are to be
constructed entirely of steel , and to bo
equipped with the latest and most approved
appliances for the handling of grain. Ac
cording to one ottho western representatives
(
tives of the syndicate a salient point Is to be
what Is known AS the cyclone principle of
moving grain In tubes or pipes with a cen
tripetal motion. It Is thereby kept from con
tact with the surface ot the conduits , thus
being preserved from injury by abrasion In
transit. The process la also said to offer
great advantages In the way of airing , cool
ing and drying grain In a body without
Its actual transfer as in existing wooden ele
vators. The blna being of iron or steel ot
course reduce the necessary Insurance to a
minimum , no email saving In Itself. The
now system ot moving the grain is likewise
much less expensive than that now gen
erally In use and vrnmUcs n material do-
crcaaa. In the tolls' cl rgad for handling and
storage. " rv
The syndicate wfcoh his charged Itself
with the Introdmltlrfn of these Improved
warehouses has ij eTjfl of ihe larger grain
centers In view as lcajloni , and It Is only a
question whether Uieioonctsslons ot the Chicago
cage Hoard of Trrtttfe 'ttlll' ' Induce It lo com
mence Its work l/i / thht city or elsewhere.
If the system should , httcr practical experi
ment , glvo substantially the results that ore
claimed for It , It c6\id \ ( not bo confined long
to any one city. I'l wfculd rapidly spread to
other places , suprilaiiung the wooden ele
vators and reducing' ' ' warehouse charges
throughout the wliMp'country. ' . The -steel
grain warehouse may DO a Ions step toward
the solution ot the much vexed problem of
grain storage and storage rates.
If the last story told by Payne , the negro
accused of murdering Maud Uubcl , Is true
and can bo verified , It places the confessed
murderer In a position where he can expect
little clemency from either Judge or Jury.
The law must take Its course In this case
as In all others , but Its administration should
bo speedy and certain. A prompt trial and
conviction , If the facts warrant a convic
tion , will do much to restrain other wrong
doers , while unnecessary delay and dilatory
proceedings must necessarily have Just the
opposite effect. Payne has proved himself
to be r.n accomplished liar , whatever his
connection with the Hubel murder may be.
Watch for the relics of Joffcrsonlan
democracy picked up at Montlcello for the
crprcss purpose of Incorporation Into Bryan's
forthcoming effort at the free silver demo
cratic conference. If ho Is not able to provo
that Thomas Jefferson was In favor of the
free coinage of silver at the present ratio
of 1C to 1 his pilgrimage to the shrine of
the great father of democracy will have been
In vain. If Jefferson had only had the
privilege of listening to one of Bryan's
speeches he would unquestionably have been
for free silver whether It compelled him to
fuse or to turn populist or to start a little
democratic party all for himself.
The free sliver democrats seem to bo wor
ried more than any one else over the failure
of the alleged free silver republican pe
tition to materialize. There Is tlmo yet.
The long lost petition may be uncovered In
time for presentation to the conference of
free silver democrats In Omaha next week.
liiipnhllciin Duty.
Globe-Democrat.
The first duty of the republicans this
year Is to make the best possible nomina
tions , nnd take no chances of winning with
weak and unpopular candidates.
o
Useful Work for the Scnitto.
Washlni on Stnr.
If the Fenatc keeps on with Its periodical
Investigation of newspapers It mar rench
a point where It can gracefully relinquish
Ha present ostensible dutle.s nnd establish
that much discussed possibility In educa
tion , the college of 'Jburnallsm.
Contagion of Disgust.
Phlladdliihia Record.
The democratic ! " senators who absent
themselves froirnthcc senate nnd paralyze
the effort of theujmrjty to push necessary
legislation nre flmllmf thousands of Iml-
tntora among disgusted democratic voters
\\Iio stay away from the polls and let elec
tions go by default. *
1'opullsni tin the AVnno.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Official returns 'froml seventeen of the In
diana cities In whluh elections
were- re
cently held show -that neither the popu
lists nor the prohlbltlpnlsts were apprecia
ble factors In thp tight. The voters took
every chance to .prove that they nre not
now In sympathy with third parties. The
tariff and honest money * are the chief issues
of the time. They 'are represented In the
two old parties , -and the Indiana voters
realized the fact.
ISnttlpgrmiiu ] of ' 00.
' Buffalo Express.
The nopullst claim now Is that If the
party has the right kind of a candidate In
1SD6 It can carry these republican states :
Kansas , Nebraska , Colorado , Nevada ,
Idaho , Wyoming and the two Dakotas.
All those states taken together have but
forty votes In the electoral college , which
Is only four more than New York alone
has. Taking the populists at their own
estimate of themselves. It Is clear that
the battle of 1S9G will bo fought In the cast
and not In the west.
Punishment of a CrooVecl Promoter.
Kansas City Times. ,
George W. McDonald , president of a
guarantee Investment 'company , one of the
many companies that were doing business
In this state two years ago , was sentenced
to pay a line of $1,000 and to serve eleven
months In Jail by the lower courts , which
decision was upheld by the United States
court of appeals. Mr. McDonald talks of
asking a pardon of the national executive ,
and President Cleveland may have a chance
to pass upon the merits or demerits of
the multiple- bond system.
Sugar Htoal Itecord.
ChlcaKO Tribune.
The Indianapolis News ( Ind. ) , referring to
the senate's action with regard to the
sugar schedule , says : "The sad truth about
the whole business Is that It has been
demonstrated that , no matter which party
Is In control of congress , the trusts nnd
monopolies have more influence with the
statesmen than have the hanl-worklng ,
self-supporting people of the United
States , " But In the sugar schedule the
democrats alone , with the exception of
Quay , are the Riillty ones. All the repub
licans voted against the steal except one
mangy cur. _
I'ro pertlvo I.uncl Oral ) .
Chicago Tribune.
The redoubtable Muley Hassan , sultan of
Morocco , Is dcatl , assassinated by his own
son's friends , as report line It , hut that Is a
matter of little consequence. It Is moro to
the point the complications that may ensuo.
It Is Intimated that Franco now may seek
to obtain control of Morocco , either by an
nexation or through the agency of some
of the native princes , nnd thus recoup her
self for the rather unceremonlus manner In
which she has been elbowed , out of her
share of territory in the Anglo-llelglan di
vision of thu Com'o Free State. What
haim would It do If France were to tnku
Morocco , so long as England has posses
sion of Egypt and controls the Medlterra-
nt-an at Gibraltar ? There Is no hope for
Africa except by division among the Euro
pean powers , and France should not be
begrudged control of Morocco , which Is of
no use to England.
Pojslhllltlen of the lloycott ,
Chlcnco Post.
It takes a. brewer to understand the pos
sibilities of n , boycott. He is the man who
can swing a double-edged sword so that It
will cut only one tvuy. Ho can slash
around with It in ; UJ most startling1 way
without ilnngcr toJilmself. Employes of
the Kruff and theiiQmaha Brewing associ
ation brewmlcs of.pmnlm have declared a
boycott against the ) > cer made by these
companies. That In itself Is not extraor
dinary , for a very * ' -mediocre union , can
declare a boycott ; * iti Is a wise and farseeing -
seeing one , howilvrr ; ' that knows enough
to exempt Itself from the provisions of its
'own decisions. TWOmuhu , men are wise
nnd far-seeing. They reserve to thcm-
elveb the rlg'it toydrlnk the beer they
have boycotted. Viiay declare that others
must not and shall ngt drink It , but they
can and will as Ipiieaa It Is furnished to
them free. And TlTIIeli It Isn't they will
strike. Great Is INnj boycott I Its beauties-
are only beginning t be understood. With
judicious exemptloiiio-froin Us operations it
can be made both cuoyable and harmless ,
NKItltAStt.t , !
Corn In most localities In Dawson county
U looking well , notwithstanding the lack of
rain.
rain.The
The Gage County Teachers' Institute meets
In Beatrice June 18 for a session ot several
days.
The Clmppcll Register ndvlses the farmers
of Ueuet county to put down artesian wells
for Irrigation purposes.
The young men ot Chapman have organ-
led a literary association for holding debates
and general Improvement.
The Salem Chautauqua , which was to have
been held July 22 to 29 , has been postponed
and will probably bo held August G to 12.
Four ot the horses that started In the 100-
mile cowboy raca from Uhadron , Neb. , have
died from the effects of the usage received.
The Fullcrton Driving association an
nounces an extended program for the 3d nnd
4th of July , with purses amounting to $900.
The late lalns have given wheat In John
son county n new start and prospects now
are that the crop will bo almost , If not
quite , equal to that harvested last year.
Hall county farmers report crops doing ex
cellently since the late rains and lire confi
dent that In spite of the long dry spell they
will harvest a good crop of late oats and
wheat , nnd corn , they say , never looked bet
ter.
ter.It
It Is getting to be quite the "fad" for Fre
mont wheelmen to tide Into Omaha , a dis
tance ot thirty-eight miles , In the morning
on their wheels , which they do In about twc
hours , and return In the evening on the fast
mall.
mall.An
An Irrigating ditch will bo constructed al
Oxford. A preliminary survey has proved
conclusively that the ditch can be bultl
cheaply and made n complete success. Farm
ers along the route surveyed are enthu
siastic over the prospects.
Five boys at Rising the other day made
a cannon ot a gas pipe , and , after four suc
cessful shoots , on the fifth venture with the
"machine" It exploded , and tour of the boys
tasted powder , one being so disabled that ho
will have to remain In bi'd for a while.
A Crawford belle , Miss Mamie Grimes ,
through her presence of mind , prevented r
icrlous fire one day last week. Children had
overturned a lamp and rushed out crying
"fire , " when Miss Grimes ran Into the house
and with a bucket ot water extinguished the
flames ,
The cd tor of the Ravenna News claims to
have added the art of producing rain to his
long category of accomplishments. He mot
by appointment at Grand Island E. F. Mur
phy of Goodland , Kan. , who unfolded to the
editor of the News a scheme whereby rain
can be produced or money refunded. The
News man promises to put his newly ac
quired accomplishment to the test at an earl }
day.
day.Mr.
Mr. C. W. Wilson , who has a system ol
Irrigation In operation upon some forty acres
of his farm near Ayr , pronounces his propo
sition a success , and Is jubilant over the
prospects opened up for him by artificial
means of supplying the necessary moisture
to the crops upon his land. Other farmers
are Interested , and doubtless within a fen
years the lands along the Blue river will
equal the famous valley of the Nile In pro
ductiveness.
, W. H. Williams , a Schuyler policeman , re
cently received the official notice from head
quarters at Washington that a medal Is now
being engraved suitably and will be for
warded soon. The award Is to William H.
Williams , private , company C , Eighty-second
Ohio volunteers , for most distinguished gal
lantry at the battle of Peach Tree creek
Georgia , July 20 , 1SCO , when he volunteered
to go to the front of the line as sentinel ant
thus took his life In his hands.
Tim Oli'o Pint form.
Chicago Tribune.
One of the planks of the platform adoptei
by the Ohio republican convention last
week reads as follows :
"We favor bimetallism. Silver as wel
as gold Is one of the great products of the
United States. Its coinage nnd UKO as a
circulating medium should be steadily main
tained nnd constantly encouraged by the
national government , and we advocate such
a policy as will by discriminating legisla
tion or otherwise most speedily restore to
silver Its rlcjhtful place as a money metal. '
What docs this mean ? Why wore such
vague nnd nebulous declarations as these
put forth , which every congressional can
didate will bo called on by the voters to
Interpret , and which each one may Inter
pret differently. The convention should nol
have huddled together pome conundrums
and called them u platform.
"Tho coinage and use of silver must be
maintained and encouraged. " Moro silver
Is to be coined , then. But If so. how much
more , nnd on what terms ? Is the coinage
to bo free at the ratio of 1C to 1 ? Or Is
It to be limited and some other ratio
adopted ? If freely coined , how Is the gold
parity to be preserved ? The republicans In
congress voted with substantial unanimity
not to buy any more silver for fear lesl
the parity could not be preserved except
by large sales of bonds for gold. Do the
Ohio republicans repudiate the course ol
those congressmen ? Or have they found
some way of using unlimited silver without
endangering the parity ? If so , what Is It ?
Why is it not explained In the platform 01
In a circular address ?
The platform says that "the use of silver
as a circulating medium should be con
stantly encouraged by the national govern
ment. " In what way ? The convention
suggested no method nor amount. Is the
general government every time it pays a
creditor to force him to take silver Instead
of gold ? Nothing could discredit silver more
quickly. Are the public creditors who
loaned to be compelled to accept bllver on
the 16 to 1 ratio ?
What Is this "discriminating legislation"
which Is spoken of In the platform ? Who
or what Is to be "discriminated" against ,
and when or how ? Is It Intended to coin
a large number of silver dollars which
nro worth intrinsically only 48 cents and
then "discriminate" against pensioners nnd
creditors by making them a legal tender
after falling to keep them at a parity with
gold , so that their purchasing power will
he less than half their face ?
If more CO per cent silver Is to be used as
100-cent dollars it will he necessary to
have a larger stock of gold In the national
tieasury to preserve the parity of the
metals as money. To get that gold It
will ho necessary to sell bonds. By "dis
criminating legislation" did the Ohio repub
lican convention mean bond-Issuing legis
lation ? Did they mean that the govern
ment should have the option to redeem in
gold or failver , or that a creditor of the
government should have the option ?
The Ohio republican convention said they
want silver testored to Its "ilghtful place.
What Is Its "rightful place ? " We have
over $000,000.000 of It circulating at pur
with Bold. Is not that Its rightful place ?
They want It restored by "discriminating
legislation or otherwise. Itestorcil to
what or how ? There Is a vagueness about
that "otherwise" which Is discouraging to
practical people. It leaves so much room
for conjecture. It canles the Impression
that tricky olllce seekers formulated the
silver plank of the Ohio republicans for
the express purpose of deception.
All that can be got out of this machine
made platform Is that Its framers are in
favor of doing something "for silver"
which they cannot or dare not openly avow
or explain. What Is to he done or how It
Is to be done Is not explained. Each can
didate Is at liberty to nay what he plmmes
on the subject , and who can gainsay him ?
Was that the object of the platform
Why' was such n boneless , bloodless , fleshless -
less ghost as this put forth In the name
ami behalf of the grout Buckeye state In
stead of a plain , Intelligible di-ularutlon of
souml money principles ? It Is not cus
tomary for Ohio republican politicians to
hide their thoughts In a IOK ot words.
They seem Just now to be trying to catch
votes by vague nnd deceptive phraseology
rather than to announce principle * . They
Deem to ho llshinp for populist suffrages
by adopting a platform which may be
twisted to cndoiHlng free coinage and * a
slump to chean money.
This weak duplicity never wins respect
of honest minds. Now Is the time for republicans -
publicans to speak out moro boldly ana
clearly than over before , not to palter and
eiiulvocate. This Ohio platform will plague
Its Inventors before thu campaign la over.
It will make the party candidates npoio-
Klsts and explainers , disagreeing among-
themselves as to where their party Htamls
on a vital Issue. Cowardly trimmers
framed the money plank of the Ohio plat
form.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
Bakin
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
f.B AX1 > TIIIXOS.
The coal strike promlncs to rival nolonol
Illll Dnlton In the number ot prcnmturo
obituaries.
Ocnii.iny and Austria support ICO cooking
BChooU without materially swelling the mor
tality tables.
MnIcy Ilaosan Is said to have had 2,000
wives. Why seek further for the cause of
sudden death ?
Iiiwycrs are Increasing at the rate of 100
a year In Chicago. The tlllllciiltlea menacing
Justice are Increasing In proportion.
Colonel llrccklnrlilRo'8 frequent apostrophes
to his superhitlve goodness servo'to explain
his determination tu abstain from participa
tion In the movement calculated to kill off
his competitors.
A legislative candidate In OoorKla expect *
his canvass to bo hulped forward l.y thb ac
quaintances ho muilo while niiuil.it ; a hotel
elevator , tie expects , no doubt , tli.it the
many to whom he save n lift will ti'iw BVo |
him nnp.
.Mrs. Mary Lease will attempt to ride Into
criigress astride the populist nml prohibition
parties of Kansas , If the Kansas cyclone
nltHiiptH to score In the race the average |
circus cannot hope to compete for business
In the state.
Ono of the arguments advanced In support
of church taxation In New York Is that
property \alueil at J55.000.000 contributes
nothing to the support of the government.
Hetty Orecn has $60,000,000 , and all but
JIO.OOO eludes the taxgathercr.
I'rof. Ohmar Watt , the eminent expert of
Saddle Creek , spurns the offer of the liennlcil
lady of the council museum to assist In his
electrolysis Investigation. The professor
will corral the subtle wreckur of plpo lines
alone or perish In thu attempt.
Count Mltktenwlcz has made n venture
Into the matrimonial sea , his partner belnc
Miss Kthol Sewall of Melvale , Mil. The
count Is a brilliant financial crook , a daz
zling promoter of schemes with millions to
Kot. Ills former ventures collapsed , but the
present one promises n measure of success
and social dash while the bride's cash holds
out.
Chicago Is trying to recover $2,182,000
from the railroads entering the city for dam
ages to property caused by the erection of
viaducts over the trucks. The pernicious
activity of reformers Is truly discouraging.
Think of the audacity of a city seeking to
enforce Its rights ngalnst the corporations.
Of course It must be stamped out and the
impertinent authors , consigned to political
oblivion.
Dr. Everett , the scholarly congressman
from Massachusetts , has a crony In the per
son of Heprcscntatlvo Gclssenhalner of Now
Jersey. The Jcrseyman smokes from mornIng -
Ing until night , the doctor never smokes , the
congressman from the mosquito state likes
to study Immigrants nnd abhors civil serv
ice reform , while the doctor abhors the first
and loves the second , and all along the line
the tastes of the two cronies are almost
exactly opposite.
lingerie Field says that when Edmund
latcs was In this country ho wrote an ac
count of a presidential Inauguration for the
New York Herald. Seated at a table , he
was asked what he wanted. Ho answered ,
"A bottle of brandy and n few facts. " That
was the old way. All Is changed now. Time ,
was when a man was deemed disqualified
for journalism by temperance and morality.
To bo regarded as nn Ideal reporter or n
meritorious editor one had to get drunk reg
ularly and owe his grocer and his tailor.
The late unlamented sultan of Morocco
had a peculiarly effective way of collecting
his Income tax. No Inquisitive Inspectors
harassed the man of means. Ho usually re
ceived u polite Invitation to dine with the
potentate , and while masticating sugar
coated pellets of parls green or some other
equally effective soul propeller , the royal
squad swooped down on his wad and trans
ferred It to Muley's treasury. Meanwhile
the Interior renovator had rendered the vic
tim Incapable of registering a kick on earth.
A Stall lit thu Heart.
rhllailelplila Hi-cord ( dcm. ) . i i
In place of the tariff for revenue upon I I
which the democratic party carried the I I
elections of 1SD2 It is proposed to substitute
a new edition of the McKlnley law , sup
plemented with n federal Income tax. Novcr
Irom the time of Jefferson to the present
hour has the democratic party failed to
denounce a federal income tnx ns mis
chievous nnd unconstitutional. This in
come tax provision In the pending tarlll'
bill has been foisted upon the democratic
party In contemptuous defiance of its plat
form and In violation of its principles. A
party must be possessed of tremendous vi
tality if it can survive such a blow at the
very heart of Its organization.
11E II'JSXT JfOtt Till ! VKOl'LTS.
Atlanta Constitution.
From early In the mornln' till the polls
closed late at night ,
The way they whooped his 'lection was a
hallelujah sight ;
It was a reg'lar love feast , not one dissentIng -
Ing voice.
An' ho went for the people to the senate
as their choice.
They knowed he was the feller to keep
things pure an' straight ,
Up there where folks Is learnln' how to
safely speculate ;
They had a glorious layout when they
found they'd won the day ,
An' he went fer the people to the cap'tal
far away.
But when the term was over an' he had
his little stuff ,
Hid Insldp his pocket , an * was ready now
to bluff ,
The people who had 'looted him the chance
for bluff was slim ,
For ho went once fer the people , hut now
they went for him.
ItuporU thn Hllo of '
J'tniMnril Hirer Im-
provrmcnU nm | Tn k Politico.
Congressman ClroiVonor of Ohio was yester
day the guest of B. II. lloblson , chairman ol
the congressional commltlco of this district ,
nnd of Richard Smith , hy whom ho was ac
companied on a carriage drive around the
city , As a member of the homo com
mlttco en rivers and hnrb.rs ho was Inter ,
cstcd In the effort that Congressman Morco
Is making ta secure an $80,000 appropria
tion for the protection of the river banks
north of the city from further cutting away
nml n consequent change ot channel through
Horcnco lake. In order to mare tlnroughlv
look over the ground , ho visited the olhor *
side of the river and fnmlllnrlzeil himself
with the general lay Of the Unit , besides
visiting the engineer's olllce to get the nec
essary plats nnd charts showing the past nnd
present courses of the river. Ho expressed
himself as unfavorably disposed toward the
policy that 'Is being pursued by the Missouri
river commission , which Is to begin at th
mouth ot the river and complete the work
upward as It goes along , lie thought that
t would bo a wiser and altogether moro sat
isfactory expenditure of the- money It It waa
used at once at the points where most
needed. Ho said hp was In favor of having
the necessary work done hero to afford the
needed protection , nml will assist the con
gressman from the Second Nebraska dis
trict In securing the requisite appropriation.
In speaking of the ulrlko In the Hocklna
valley , the general mild that ho was In sym
pathy with the mlneis and had been from
thu start , although ho did not agree \vlth tin
plan of burning bridges and commlttliiH
other outrages , Mich as hud > been followed
by seine of the strikers. Me was satisfied
that after eight weeks of tunimoll the strike
was now over , but It w'oulil bo some tlmo before -
fore the opposition ceased. An agreement
had been reached between the miners and
the mine operators by which a compromise
rate of CO cents per ton had boon agreed
upon Instead of the cut from TO to CO cents ,
and both sides had signed It , but It would
bo some little tlmo before the opposition ot
the moro radical strikers would be silenced.
The strike had thrown about 125,000 men
out of employment , and ns they were , largely
of n somewhat Improvident Class , spending
nil of their wngoj , the situation had been a
serious one for them. That was now a
thing of the past , while the strike had also
brought about a change In favor of the moro
advantageous marketing of Ohio coal. It
had forced the 0 cents Increase In Pennsyl
vania , which was contended for In behalf ot
Ohio operators , and ho regarded It as very
much of a victory.
General Grosvcnor paid a handsome trlbuto
to Hit ) worth and ability of the Nebraska re
publicans In congress , and expressed a san
guine hope of their return. While crossing
the bridge ho did a little advertising In a
quiet way for one of his colleagues from his
own .state. He saw a sign bearing the In
scription , "White's Yucatan Gum , " and
promptly called attention to It. "That man
White sits at my loft elbow In the house.
Ho Is a millionaire , having made his money
from that gum ( and does not care whether
school keeps or not. Ho Is from Cleveland ,
but has now started for a trip on the Eu
ropean continent. Ho has been In congress
but one term , and that Is enough for him ,
according to Ills own Btatemcnt , for ho Is not
a candidate for re-election. "
General Qrosvenor left at 4:15 : In the after
noon over the Burlington for home.
y ov Tin : JOLLY FAXS.
Plttshurg Chronicle : Hlland What a nui
sance that egotist Spudklns Is. Halket
Htght you are. He's u regular "I" sore.
Tld-Blts : Said an Irishman the other
day to a friend : "Arrah , whore will you
find the modern hulldlng that has lasted
as long as the ould wans ? "
Atchlson Globe : The woman with a
horse and buggy never acts quite as her
neighbors would Ilko to have her.
Harper's Bazar : "How was It that Per-
kins didn't get his degree at college this
year ? " "You don't suppose the faculty la
going to let a line foot ball player Ilko
Perkins graduate , do you ? "
Philadelphia Record : "I saw your name
lu print the other day , " said one man to
another who was very fond of notoriety.
"Where ? " asked the other. In pleased ex
citement. "In the directory. "
New York Press : "That boy of youra
has a great gift of gab. " "He has that ,
lie talks , talks from morning till night. "
"What a pugilist he would make ! "
New York Weekly : .Maid Gentleman In
the parlor wants to see you ma'am. Mrs.
De Avnoo A gentleman ? Maid Oh , yes ,
ma'am , he's a real gentleman. He chucked 1
mo under the chin ma'am.
Yonkers Statesman : Bacon They Bay
Mrs. Shrew's mind is all gone. Kgbert I'm
not surprised. She used to give her hus
band a piece of It every day.
Washington Star : "Do you know any
thing about 'Scraps from the Opera , ' " said
the young woman who plays the piano.
"No , " replied the new clerk. "I didn't
know the prlma donnas had quarreled
again , "
THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
Indianapolis Journal.
Flowers all a bloomln' ,
Song birds In the sky ,
Real estate a boomln' ,
In the by-an'-by.
Trade Is like er critter ,
Balkln" Jes fur fun ,
But when oncet you git 'er
Goes It on a run.
Clouds hev silver llnln' .
Sunset brings the gold ;
IJfe'll soon he shlnln' ,
Kz It did of old.
Broken
Half Price
346 Suits , in size 33 to 44 sometimes one size
of a kind , sometimes moro. We must get rid of
them before inventory take your size at half price.
42 Suits , been selling at $10.00 , now S 5.0O SI
04 Suits , been selling at 812.60 , now 6.25 Boys' 2-PIoco
G Suits , boon soiling at f 13.GO , now 6.75 Buiits
70 Suits , boon selling at $15.00 , now 7,50 $1.00
84 Suits , been Bulling at H8.00 , novr 9.00 SATURDAY
23 Hulls , boon selling at $20.00 , now 1OOO ( G to 14 years )
Light colored , worth
3 Suits , boon belling at } 22.f > 0 , now 11.25 83. OQ.
11 Bulls , boon soiling at)2Q.OO , novr 12.50 K. Whonvcrhnard & Co. HollliiK of boys' II. ,
4 Hulls , been soiling at 128.00 , now 14.OO buforuT
346 Suits at oxaotly half price
See them in the window and on front tables In
the store.
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas.