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THE OMAHA DAT Y KRRt THLTUSDAY , JULY 12 , IWH. 'IHEOMAHA DAILY HEE. K UOttnWATHU. tvlltor rUlt.IfWF.U EVKHY MOIININO. TBIt.M < J Of BfimCllUTlON. ee ( without fiuiHlnjr ) . On Year. . . . ! I M IXHIjr lie * nj Crtin'Mr. On Year It JJ Fix Month * . . 5 W Tliree M > nt ) . . . * * * Rundii | i , one Your J 52 llee. One Ywr * k On < > m n Th , . DM. MulMlMK. . P-Miili Oiiiihn. C.irn r N and Twenty-fourth 8t . IMtin U JHnfTn it r ul lr * t. On i o oilU-v , 117 rh mh r of C nimrc * ' < w Y > rk Itonirn 11. II nmt K Trltmna UU * . \Va dlnitton ll : I' mrnt , N. W COIUtl-WI'ON'DHNCB. A'l ' ' umrmintrotlim * Minting to n w nn < t * ill- orlnl nitttr iltmitJ N- aililnmwlTo Hie ndltor. HfSt.N'BHH LRTTHHS. All l > t ] lrifnn l ttfre nn.1 rcmUnncM nhmiM be I'liovd ' to Th Il I'uMlshlnie company. PIILII.II. Dmrin. rhTKn nml iwslnlflM nnlers to > ma < J < > pavaiile to the onl-r nf the company. THE B13K 1'fllI.iaiIt.S'O COMPXNY. STATRMKNT OK ClItCULATlON . ll hinit Fotntwnr b ln < dulv nwnrn , my thnt ih Rftiinl number of full mid c nni'lrw e"i > kti of T ie Polly Mittilng. Hvenlnic and Sunday Itee printed during the munlh f June , 1WI , w a < follow : 1 * a ist 17 21 ' 5 jj 21 7 J . 21.171 B . 21. ViH . K13D . . 2 * * . 2M97 M'H ' * . M.MS 'Jim ) 10 . 2I 1 * 2J 21721 1 . M W . . . , I * . 21.7S7 SI . 21 VM so . urn ZJ.M8 21,811 30 S2.W Totnl W.l ! Lc1'dmluctlons for un-wld and returned copies ll.sTS Total nold 051717 Dilly nvrruKc net circulation 21 S2'I Sunday. ( IKOIiriK 11 TZSCltri'K. Snorn to before HID and KUbncrllid In my prwcnco thla 3d day of Julv I'U ( Seal ) N I' I'KII. Notary t'ubllc. Toxey Is cotiKratulatliiB his faithful fol lowers that they stand In no danger of being ordered out on a strike. In times like these the friends of labor should weigh well every step they take. Above all thing ! ! desist from lawlessness. Ike Hascall has ahvavs had a very capacious pocket That explains his antics with the papers that come Into his custody as chairman of the judiciary committee. Rheemlsm Is thu namu of the revised methods of the Wileyites In the council to usurp the powers and functions of the mayor In delUuco of charter provisions and court mandates. "Tho president's proclamation settles the strike , " says General McCook. We are noticing how quickly It settles It. Two proclamations and yet no settlement. Wo are waiting for more proclamations. Omaha Is being again reminded that she has no place properly adapted for public meetings. Jefferson square Is a handy makeshift In summer , but It does not supply the need. A commodious auditorium Is what Omaha Is waiting for. Why at this tlmo try to exaggerate tha membership ot the Knights of Labor or ganization ? Its olllcers never before claimed to represent 1,000,000 members , and the Knights are commonly supposed to have reached their high water mark iome years ago. If one assistant In the city electrician's offlco will make that branch of the city government self-supporting , two assistants ought to make It profitable and three as sistants ought to turn It Into a veritable gold mine. We can't get too much ot a really good thing. The eagerness of the city council to con firm the mayor's appointment of a city elec trician Is suddenly cooled when the majority of the Judiciary committco report favorably upon the nomination. Nothing could more strongly confirm thu charge that the council Is simply usurping the mayor's power of ap pointment in tills Instance. And still no word of advice to congress , no request that congress share the responsi bility of putting down the strike ! Were congress not In session this would be a proper emergency to call them together. But although congress Is within spi-akiug distance President Cleveland prefers to con sult his o\vn Judgment only. Congress Is figuring on a day for ad journment , whllo the committee Is still wrangling over a bill for the adjustment of the Pacific railroad debt. Do thu rail roads think that by putting all measures oft until the last moment , when some ac tion Is absolutely necessary , they can thereby succeed In foisting upon the people tha plan which suits tha railroads the besf Councilman Wheeler claims that ho Is being constantly misrepresented. But how about his constituents , the residents of the Fourth ward , who have been misrepresented In the council ever slncu Wheeler was elected ? A newspaper can not divine the secret Intentions of a councilman. It cun only report what ho actually Uoea. This Is what The Bco soeka to do. not only with respect to llr. Wheeler , but with respect to every other public olllclal. The city council seems willing to saddle any number of additional publlo officials upon the taxpayers , whuthur needed or not , provided only they make their oltlces self- supporting by recouping their salaries from the faus. The fees are just as much a bur den on thu pcuplu required to pay them as are their tn.xes and It they aggregate moro than Is necessary to defray thu expenses of nn oIIIco economically administered tliuy nhould either bo reduced or turned Into the city treasury. Thu fact that an olllcer la to bo allowed to pruy upon the taxpayers and compel thorn to contribute Mlu salary In fees Is no e.xcuso for putting more barnacles upon the city pay roll. The resolutions of sympathy and ot support given by Omaha workingmen to tha American Hallway union were tlmoly and oxpresalvu of thu prevailing < ontlmeiit among all Classen of wage wurktirs. Oiualm worklngmen should , however , tike no steps thnt will unnecessarily deprive tlium of work at fnlr wages. If a gmiural walk-out In Omaha would force Pullman and thu railway ntanaxura' aiuoclstion to nuke thu oouues- F 10us demandvd by workingmen It would be UiB right thing to do. But level-hvuded fftmi'li of labor will agree with us that a .ralk-uut In Omaha would In no way aid ( ba wwi alrnuly on thu atrlku In gaining tulr point. U would b a costly sacrllloa oompJi atljii < b tiullts. It might IK mul > v.oUiimi and thereby brlux MIMM th * cauw of labor. It o r- t imr would linpoiM harcUhlpa upen many wb ffiiitliU with that ouuiHi , uiifuvoralilB mibllu-Niitlinwnt wtxrr * Iba workeri uru la uued of popular ji'iaif. unosst virs rn The charge of Judge Orosscup to the fed eral grai.1 Jury at Chicago is eminently iob r and to the point , though at the same time tinnece sarlly long drawn out and ex panded. F 0eril laws have unquestionably been v.olntej In and about Chicago , and It Is one of the demands of the hour that the laws be upheld and their violators punished. This fact lies at the bottom ot and la the warrant for the summoning ot a federal grind jury , the only authority under our con stitution that can tireMnt prop-r Idtctments agalnat federal offenders , The purpose of a Judgo't charge Is simply to call to the at tention of the Jury the law bearing upon the subject * which they are directed to In vestigate and to give them general advice as to the work expected from them. Thli Judge Grosscup has endeivored to do. He has reminded the members ot the grand jury of the legal definition of Insurrection ; he h po nted out the laws making the ob struction of th * United States malls a pun ishable offense , and has explained what Is necessary to constitute conspiracy to ob struct the malls. In extending the Uw of crlmlt.al conspiracy to cover broadly all forms ot action tending In any way to In terfere with Interstate commerce the charge will probably meet with some adverse crit icism , not only from the labor lealcrs di rectly Interested , but also from legal authorities who do not believe that the fed eral power wa Intended to reach so far. According to Judge Grosscup any conspiracy In restraint ot trade between the several states Is an offense against the Un.ted States. No one will deny that It Is an of fense agaln-t the state In which It Is com mitted , the only controversy likely being whether It li the province of the federal or ot the state government to punish It. The judge's personal opinions as to the rights ot labor to organUe and to conduct legal strikes are all very Interesting , but they have little or nothing whatever to do with the duty of the grand Jury at the pres ent moment. In asserting thut there can be a legal and peaceful strike he takes direct Issue with the opinion of Judge Jenkln * In the famous strike Injunction case , which maintained that no strike could be conducted peacefully and legally. Yet If there can be no legal strike the utility to the laborers of the labor organization , whose legality has been repeatedly affirmed by all branches of the government , will be seriously diminished. Just whcru to draw the line Is the d Illcult problem and the distinctions described by Judge Grosscup are neither sufficiently clear cut nor sulilclently general to solve It. No time seems to have been lost by the grand jury ID acting upon these Instructions. Indictments were speedily returned against President Uebs and the other executive ofil- cers of the American Hallway union. To be consistent , however , and to obey the Injunc tion to vindicate the law by Indicting without discrimination every ono who has shared In the work of ordering the strike , the Jury can not stop there. If there has been a conspiracy to violate the laws of the United States It has been a most widespread one and has Involved many persona besides those already placed under arrest. For the Immediate present these Indictments can exercUo little restraint upon Debs and his associates , who , whllu out on ball , may continue to direct the strike. On the contrary , they must tend to make Debs appear In the eyes ot many to be an Innocent victim to the lawle s acts of an uncontrolled mob which he has con stantly warned to refrain from violence. The punishment of Debs Is not to settle the strike. After the most conscientious labors of the grand Jury the future relations of the railroads and their employes will still have to be regulated by congressional legislation. WILL THU IIOVSR SVllltllXDKKt Notwithstanding the somewhat belligerent speech of Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee , just preceding the send ing of the tariff bill to conference. In which he announced that a light was on between the democrats of the house and those of the senate , It Is the prevailing Impression at Washington that the former will accept pretty much everything and that the bill will become law practically In the shape In which It left the senate. Some of the declarations of Mr. Wilson in connection with the motion that the house non-concur In the senate amendments were noteworthy. Hu said that the duty of framing a revenue bill , a bill to Impose taxes on the people. Is both by the express letter of tha con stitution and by the very theory of free government a duty peculiarly , and In the first place exclusively , resting upon those who are chosen by the people themselves. It Is the very definition of free government , said the chairman ot the ways and means committee , that all taxes shall be levied by the vote of these who Immediately represent the payers of thosu taxes. The senate may propose amendments , but It Is none the less the duty of the house "to endeavor to frune and to secure tliu passage of a tarllf bill as satisfactory to It and as just to the people ot the country as If It was Uio solo [ rumor ot such a bill , and as If thu sole responsibility rested upon It. " This last sentiment was greeted with demo cratic applause , as also was the declaration that the house bill was based upon two clear democratic principles , one being that taxes should bo levied and gathered from finished products and not upon what are called raw materials , and the oilier principle that there can be no just or equal system of taxation except a system based upon the value of the thing taxed. TliebO principles , Mr. Wilson declared , had not boon recog nized by the senate , and ho said : "Thus the bill comes back to thu house with these two great fundamental principles oi just taxation and these two great fundamental principles ot democratic policy In a large meusurq overridden and neglected , and it Is for this house , so far as It can , In thu pertormancu of Ita duty to tha people , ta Insist upon their continuance In any tariff bill that Is passed by this congress. " Loud applausa on thu democratic sldo gave en dorsement of this utterance , which plainly mount a fi ht If It muant anything. Ac cording to well Informed opinion It will probably provu to have been merely a per functory declaration. KeprostMiutlvo Qulggof Nqw York , who en joys the distinction of being the only re publican elected In fourteen years from the district he represents , nukuH a plauslblu stutamant of the situation when ho says that while thcro will ba a show of tight everybody understands that a sincere effort on Mr. Wilson's part to Justify the ktmruagu ha used In thu homo would put an end to the possibility at pa.sulng any tariff bill whatever at this SOB ! OII of oon- grtHU ) . anil this a majority ot tha dumourats ot tha lioiiso will not ngreo to. However strongly they prefer the Wilson bill to the mwiituru sent to oonfenmo * they will aaoept the Um r rather than allow tariff legisla tion to tall. U la tha opinion ot Mr. Qulgg thut the senate aannot bu brought to abandon IU umwulmtmU ami he glvim good rmuonn for this vl w Uu Wy the democratic sena tors who huvti beeu UnhtltiH for the Interests with which they have relations have got far beyoml the reach of sugges tions of party loyalty and public duty , nor are they to be frightened by the frown of the administration. They understand , too , that their strength Is In union ; that they can be defeated It they allow themtelves to tw dealt with Individually , but that thy are Invincible so long as they hang together - gether and nuke common cause with one another. If there Is any Interest affected by the tariff which Is waiting upon the possibility that the democrats of the senate and house will not get together and that tariff legisla tion may tall It will do well to abandon that policy and proceed to a readjustment of Its business to the new conditions that will follow the enactment ot the pending bill. A few minor concessions , In accord with the "fundamental principles ot demo cratic policy , " the house conferee- ) will probably bu able to secure , but there Is small reason to doubt that the bill as It came from the soiute will finally be adopted without Important or material changes. IIBM1S . .lA'IfS IMl' When Isaac S. Hascall and Daniel II. Wheeler filed charges In the district court to Impeach Mayor Uemls for malfeasance In ofllce their action did not cause the profound sensation they had anticipated. Instead of startling the community , like the explosion of a bombshell , the report prodiioad no greater effect that a fizzing firecracker. The reasons for this are obvious. Had Has call and Wheeler been known to the com munity as men of Integrity and high moral qualities ; had their course In the council been marked by devotion to the Interests of the taxpayers and opposition to jobs and steals , they might have been able to create the Impression that they were actuated by pure motives and had taken this step with the sole view to municipal reform and good government. As It was , thu people ot Omaha took no stock In their performance. They looked upon the charges as a bold attempt to depose the mayor for frustrating schemes of pilfering and balking excessive claims of contractors. The plot to Impeach Mayor Bemls was In cubated months ago , but the refusal of the court to suspend the mayor kuocked the underpinning from the conspirators. The fact that Mayor Uemls has not only declared himself ready to meet the charges on the day and at the hour set for the trial must also confound the calculations of Hascall and his partners. They expected the mayor to ask for time , and their organ actually went so far as to predict that the mayor would seek to escape from the meshes of the law by dilatory tactics , so that the case should never come to trial. To their dismay the tables are about to be turned and the trial of Mayor Bemls will In reality prove to be the trial of the conspirators , for whom Hascall Is acting as chieftain. In any event a great deal of electric light will bo thrown upon the combine that has In voked the power of the court for subserving Its nefarious ends under the pretense of seeking to rid the city ot a dangerous ex ecutive. By the time the trial Is over the Impeachers will find themselves impaled on a barb-wire fence. OUlt I'AlllUL'S KIXDS OF CVRRBXCY. In the last annual report of the secretary ot the treasury It Is stated that owing to differences between the forms and qualities of the various kinds of currency In use pri vate business Is sometimes obstructed and the Treasury department is constantly em- . barra sed in conducting the fiscal opera tions of the government. There are In circulation nine different kinds of currency , all except two being dependent , directly or Indirectly , upon the credit of the United States. Some attention has been given In congress to the question of simplifying the numerous forms of government paper now outstanding , a number of bills having been Introduced with this object In vlaw. U is said that none of these measures , however - over , has been seriously urged by tha Treasury department because ot the feelIng - Ing that tha object sought waj less im portant than the security of tha financial system of the country. It Is the policy of tha administration , and a sound policy it Is , not to encourage any congressional med dling with the currency at present , but It would scorn that no harm need be appre hended from legislation merely to simplify the numerous forms of government paper money. Among the bills Intended for this purpose * that have been Introduced , one which Is a fair typo of several authorizes tha secre tary of the treasury to retire and destroy , whenever received Into the treasury , all silver certificates , gold certificates and Shi-r- man notes , and to Issue In lieu thereof United States treasury notes , payable to the bearer on demand In standard coin ot the United States. This measure pro /Ides for a gold reserve- fund of 15 per cent of the outstanding paper and a silver la-servo fund of llko amount , and authorises tlo sale ot bonds to replenish either fund when reduced. This plan of consolidating the different forma of paper Into one or else Into two , ono for largo payments and ono of limited tender po.wer It Is believed would undoubtedly meet the approval of the Treasury department. As to the proposal to create a bimetallic fund , the cxpi'dluncy ot such an arrangement Is questionable , and there docs not appear to ba any very good reason for maintaining a reserve ot silver. The basis of the credit ot all the cuirenoy , that representing silver equally with tbo rest. Is gold , and It is not apparent what advantage there would bo In having any part of the reaervu silver. In order to maintain public confidence In thu stability of the currency thoru would have to bo In any uvent an ample gold reserve , and this would requlro that thu amount bo moro than 1C per cent of the outstanding paper , though at present the rusurvo of gold Is not In larger proportion than that to thu amount ot paper outstanding. Tim banking and business Intercuts of thu country will undoubtedly approve the proposed legislation so far as tha matter of consolidating the forms of paper money Is concerned , and It could make no possible dlfferoncu to the public , which would cer tainly accept United States treasury notes as readily aa It would any of the other forms of paper currency. These who handle largo amounts of money would find the change a convenience and tha people would bo sutlslluil , considerations which are quite HUdlcIunt to Justify thu legislation. Under tills plan theru would bu but two forms of paper currency , the treasury notes and thu national bank notes , and no doubt uvury- body will admit that such a simplification Is dealrublu. Ono ot tha principal arguments against tha ( Mtabllahmont of a postal telegraph , namely thnt thu government would make uatt of thu Information entrusted to It tor gen eral publlo purposes anil that It could not aiwwur In dumagva for a breach ot faith where such Information la divulged , m- U body blow from tha decision of Judge Qrottcup re rlnp the manager of the Western Cttluigo ti > pr ilur-a In court the tratumltt J by wire for President Dots This menus that In- formation cntruste ? a private tel < * v.iph compnny Is surroutjjl by no more sanctity than It would be rusted to the officers of the postal telegraph. The trust chtrac- t r of a tel'graphlc message appears to count no more with the Wratern I'nlon thnn It would with the government. Lit Mr. I ) bs try to receive damages from the telegraph company for divulging hi * dispatches * patches and see Kbw quickly the order of the court will be set up as a defense. When It comes to the privacy of telegraphic measures a prlvhte corporation hai no advantages oxer the government. The glory of the American yacht , achieved through many victories since the old Amer ica won the famous cup In British waters more than a generation ago , haa been some what diminished by the four defeats of the Vigilant by the prlnco of Wales' cutt r Britannia , but It Is not yet entire obscured. It Is a singular fact that while the Yankee yacht has lo t every race she Is admitted by the captain of the victorious cutter to bo the faster of the two boats , and she has really shown that this Is so when the con ditions were equally as favorable to her as to her competitor In two of the races the Vigilant covered the course In quicker time than the Britannia , and the best demonstra tions of her sailing qualities , all experts agree , were superior to those of her com petitor. But there Is little consolation In this and It must be acknowledged that the defeat of the American yacht , although by the best boat In British waters , this sea on Is disappointing , for the confidence of Amer ican yachtsmen In the Vigilant was strong. She may yet retrieve In part the glory that has been lost when ? he gets a chance at the Britisher In the open sea , but In any event there will be a demand for another test of American Ingenu'ty ' In jacht building. Ex-City niectrlclan Cowglll has been out of office for more than two months , but the Wiley contingent of the council keeps on defaming and slandering him In order to excuse Its own serpentine con duct. If Mr. Cowglll had been a tool of the electric lighting monopoly he would not have been disturbed , but on the con trary , lauded to the skies. Mr. Cowglll is ho longer a subject of discussion excepting as his appointment and removal bears re lation to Hascall and Wheeler's Impeach ment charges against Mayor Bemls. The flinging of mud at Cowgill at this time Is therefore evidently designed for the purpose of bolstering up the two Impeachers. We feel safe In venturing the prediction that the conspirators will flnd the Cowglll charge a boomerang when the evidence Is taken , and the court comes to pass upon the conduct of Cowglll and the mon who conspired to de pose him In the Interest of the electric lightIng - Ing contractor. , , . . , , . . . NotwithstandingiUiifti active exertions to promote the plans of the administration with regard to the proseention of the strike leaders , District Attorney Mllchrist of Chicago will not be permittedToT told office a moment after his term shall have expired next month , his successut-Jiaving just been nom inated by the president. The new district attorney will have to complete the work now being begun. and. as Is usual In in stances ot changeaiof thla kind , the prosecu tion of the cases Is" not likely to be bene fited by the .traosfec * . Hut a .republican , hold-over Is repugnant to the principles of democracy , and the spoils must be given to the victors , no matter how the operation may affect the policy ot the administration. Prendergast , the assassin ot Mayor Harri son , who is scheduled for execution tomor row , has addressed a letter to President Cleveland asking that he be glvon a respite and volunteering his views on various topics of the day. Mr. Cleveland will , of course , be highly cdlfled by his new corre spondent , but It Is doubtful whether he has any authority to act In tha premises , or would care to If he had. The letter will servo merely as a memento of tha doomed man. A r.ivorulilu Sign , IC.mn.i3 City Star. The tariff conference deadlock will not lust lonir. The senate ia rushing appro priation bills through at such speed as to show plainly that It will not surrender before it reaches the lo.st ditch. A 1'iirty In Hlmti'lf. Minneapolis Tribune. Senator Hill of .New York has been boy cotted by the democratic senators and will be barred out of democratic caucuses. Where will he BO' Will he come over to the republicans , or flock all by himself ? The Uu ko Ilt'otN Is nt. ClilciiRO Herald. A good many bigger men tlmn George 31. Pullman which H not saying much have undertaken to defy public opinion , with the Invariable result thut they couldn't at last lind holes small enough to crawl Into. A braggart Is Invariably a coward. Pullman Is no exception to the rule. Si'imtoriitl Client * . Nt > vv "York Sun. The facts justify it warning to those who transact business with Arthur Puu Gor man of Maryland and the democratic sen ators who have followed him in fastening the populist income tax on the country against all political right and expectation. These gentlemen have cheated the people who trusted democracy. and , unless watched , they are not unlikely to cheat thosu having personal dealings with them. It Is nasty business. I'liHltin Itt'pudiiitiMl 111 Kaiifliis. _ Phllidelphln LedRi'r. Thu Kansas demoeiuts have wisely de cided against fusion with Uie populists , and huvu placed In the Held a straight ticket , which , though it has no show for election , will penult the democracy to preserve their self-respfct. The old par ties In thu west would do well to follow this Kansas example and free tlii-mselvea from the taint at populism. Incendiary pol itics Is foreign to American character. It teaches contempt for law Impatience with uulhoilty and abu.se of the rights of prop erty The populists are chlelly responsible for tha spieud ot socialistic notions , and for the outbreaks uuivlnst order which uro frequently reported from tha wi-.st. Ue- publlcans and demucmls have nothing tu gain In thu loner cun by catering to popu lism. Tliu Sutrapy < > f I'ullumti , CtileiJRo Herald. The city council of Chicago ought to chungo the "modi'l town" of Pullman Into ordinary city territory , . It Is now a. sort of sutrupy under an Independent tycoon. It should bo placed under municipal control , like so many lota and blocks In thu Third ward , or any other like tnict of thu same extent In the Thirty-fourth ward , whuro It Is located. Thu city should causu public streets and alleys to bu laid 'in Pullman , and to be grttded. paved and otherwise Improved. Tim uxpensa would bu paid by special assos- inent on thu property. TJie present stroetu am prlvatu property like the lanes across a funn. Thu city should establish publlo streets , and the Pullman company , which owns the property , would pay thu cost. In thu recent roairangemcnt of thu postal stations In thu city the namu uf "Pullman" was retained for thu station at thut point. Thu numoH of all other stations were can oelLMl , and let turn at the alphabet were substituted. Kvon Kngluwaod and Itydu Park uru now dunlgnuted by Uotmin capital luttcrs. For sumu reason Mr. Pullman suc ceeded in having hl.s namu on thu Hut of postolllcuH. Publlo sentiment on thu sub ject of thu cauwe of thu strlku Hhould be uxprwBtittd by obliterating thu name aswo- elutad with thu wrqnu In which It orls- Inatud. If thure Is any other way of reducing Mr. Pullman's principality to thu proper lawful level of thur purls of Chicago It should ba followed. 1'KOl't.K t\l > TIIIMIX I Al last ar-counts P-Ntannl < i rntmt tl-e waves. j Tlure are a f > w riots the troops are not ] bour.il to respect Prolonging the dim cully la Mo * julto is not likely to shorten the bill. So Krtat In the strike fewr In Chlcmw that f.i'hlotuble ladles are holding up trains. U would take A moderate shower nf fed eral lead to smash the electric tie-up In Onmlui Chicago' * 2.000.WO popuUitlon has bmn re duced to 1,999,9 $ ! , exclusive of the Indiana emigrant * . I.'Cturcr Cable named his summer home nt Northampton , Mas * . . "Stnyawhlle" litre's hoping he will. Kansas prohibitionists protest against the corn ( lower as a national emblem. Perhaps they are stuck on the water Illy. Pro ! . Qtlbchln la not an enthusiastic can- aler. He favors an appropriation to develop the energy of the cataract In hli eye , how ever. Attorney General Olney s familiarity with the rights of carrier corporations goes to show that he was not an automaton In the Burlington directory. The Chicago Herald observes that Lord Coleridge has decided to continue his law practice. The Herald appears to have effected a tie-up with the other shore. Mr. William C. Whitney announces his retirement from politics for six years. That Is to say , Mr. Whitney will not fool with the republican presidential buzz saw In ' 00. Philadelphia has discovered that some of her policemen can pocket a handout with as much neatness and celerity as an expert New Yorker. Local pride checks talk about It. Mrs Mary Greene , who celebrated her 102d birthday a few days ago at Svvampton. II. I. , has lived for over seventy-five jeura In her present home , which Is within two miles of the house In which she was born. Dr. Nichols , the populist candidate for governor of Michigan. Is a fat , good-natured well groomed and well dressed man , about 50 years of age , with a perennial smlK , ex cept when he delivers a speech. Then he becomes fierce , fiery and husky The marked Infrequency of fires In Kansas City of late has convinced the Board of Underwriters that the besom of flame can not bo delayed much longer. To mltlgitc the pangs of prospective calimity the board Issued Its ukase commanding the Insured to cough up an additional 25 p r cent. The victims are generously permitted to squeal after cashing In. The hideous monster of the deeps of Thomp son's Lake , Illinois , has made Its appoir- ance again. A Chicago paper gives a min ister as authority for the statement tb.it the marine beast wore side whiskers. Its cruel looking mouth had a forked tongue a yard long , which shot out and hissed In a loud , chilling manner Whether the report Is In-tended as an assault on the veracity of the pulpit or a cruel reflection on the bait the reider Is left to determine. Allowance must be made for the heroic efforts ot Chicago cage papers to divert attention from their vociferous surroundings. K.l J.VI > XK Holt county republicans have called their convention for July 23. A woman evangelist Is conducting revival services in the Christian church at Platts- mouth. A 34-year-old brood mare at DeWItt has surprised her owner by presenting him with n colt. The First National bank of Pawnee City has increased its capital stock from $30,000 to $75.000. The Custer county board of supervisors has appointed J. K. Cooper to succeed Peter B. Fielding as coroner. The wife of Supervl-or Mylet of Platte Center was thrown from a carriage and received serious injuries. There are now 155 Inmates in the soldiers' home at Grand Island , an Increa e ot five slnco the beginning of the month. It is reported that the authorities of the Nebraska Wcsleyan unlver ity have decided to postpone the rebuilding of the Halsh manual training school. A team driven by Albert Nitzel of Valpar aiso was struck by a train near town and both horses" were Instantly killed. The driver escaped without serious Injury. A Battle Creek man who bought eggs for shipment to Chicago was forced to sell them at Norfolk for 6 cents a dozen. They cost him 9 cents and ha doesn't think much of the strike. The live prisoners who were taken from the Lexington jail to Kearney to prevent a lynching have been returned to the Daw son county bastile , as the danger Is considered at an end. As the outcome of a heated discussion be tween Sheriff Renau of Harlan county and Banker Claypool of Orleans , the sheriff Is laid up with a broken nose and a badly battered face. Uncle Billy Young , over in Nemaha county , south of this place , says Tile Talmaga frlb une , reports a monstrosity at his plj.'s It was a calf with five legs. The fifth leg grew just back of the kidneys , from the spine , and was about twelve Inches long , with a well defined hoof. It was both a male and female animal , with parts well developed. This curious freak lived ten days , when it was killed by Mr. Young because - cause its spine was so weak that It could not stand. THK j-icooi'/.w ; , ioKKim. Boston Transcript- Yachting gloves are the latest fad. They are worn chiefly by people who can't affoul to keep a yacht. _ Life : "What does Harlovv mean when he speaks of his ancestral halls. ' " "I dunno. Maybe his father was a , truck driver. " _ Philadelphia LedgerA barber In Detroit was knocked speechless the other day dur- Ir-j a thunderstorm. Lightning's mighty powerful. . Indianapolis Journal : "I see that the British yacht rather got the best of us this time. " "Well , " grow led the man who runs every thing Into politics , "what elsu could you ex pect under this administration. ' " Puck : "As I look Into your face , dear est , " said young Wumpimig. "I can sec the whole record of the present congress. " "Tell me Its featuies , " said his steady "Ayes , noos , lip , chin , cheek" and then the usual executive session followed. Philadelphia Times : Possibly the only advantage an India rubber man has in a museum or clu-us IB that it doesn't surprise him when he's bounced by the manager. Brooklyn LifeBlldeck I saw the doc tor's carriage nt your hou.se yesterday Anything serious1' Gnsser-I should say so ! He wanted to collect his bill , InHlnmipolls Jomnul : "Now , " whrleked Mr Barnes Tormer , In the great melo drama , "Fished from thu Ferry , " "now Is thu limit to act. ' "By gee ! " shouted one of thu two men > n thu galleiy. " 1 thought It vviu purty near tlmo for him to begin uctln' If he ever wuz goln' to. " _ REGAL. Wanhlnirtun Stnr. Thu summer yuuth for months must toll amid thu mart's mad whlil To pass a brief vacation near Thu dainty summer girl. And she , enshrined on woodud hill. Or by thu murmuring ocean , Uevlews with gracious dignity A pageant of devotion. JVHT \ \ Air . LewlHton Journal. We can sou him as ho asks It , "Is this hot enough for jon" " ' The man who says that ought to be well , say what would yon do. ' P - . We have mot him In the olltce , on thu street and sakus known whuiu , And hu'll ask the Hamu , samu question , with thu Humu Inane old ulr. Wo havon't seen their neighbors , but by Jingo when we do Wtfll pilnt the names of men who ask , "Is thlii hot enough for you ? " "Is this hot unough for you ? " My friend. juut wait awhile. Old Sulphur Foot will got you by thu neck and then hu'll tmllo AH ho remain you and ho touHtu you and hu broils and Mtovvx und buknn , And thu liliiiun of haduti bund and crude with thu huut that your baking tuktrc. Then he'll look you In the eye as hu turns you In thu .slew Anil h 'll unk you as yon'vo nuked ynur friends 'la this hot enough fur yyu ? " SUGAR , COAL AND IRON STICK Tariff Conferees Urmble to Agico on These Ihrco rcattms oftheEill , ARE DEADLOCKED ON THE SCHEDULES If tlir Itatr * of Inii'oU on Tlipso ArMcIrl Wrn > I Itnl Ihu Olhrr llll Could UP ( Jlllrkl ) Ailjilitrd Spnntor * Art ! Olntlimtc , WASHINGTON BUHKAU OF THK BRI2. 140 ? F Str t , N. W. WASHINGTON , July 11. It was stated tonight by one ot the house conferee * on the tariff bill that were the sugar , coat and Iron differences adjusted there would b llttlt difficulty In reaching an agreement on other matters. The Insist ence of the eenate , however , U alone on three large questions. The conferees of the two hausts arc almoat deadlocked on the metal , cotton und wool schedules. The sub ject of specific and ad valorem rates may not cause much trouble , and members of both houses agree that such differences will not be worth wrangling over. Efforts are being made to reach an agreement on all points , so as to simplify and expedite matters whan the conferees' report Is made. Senator Ransom , chairman ot the com mittee on commerce , today reported the river and harbor bill as agreed upon In committee. The total amount appropriated Is 512C2tlSO , an Increase of $1.087.490 over the house bill. Among the Important Increases Is for the mouth of the Columbia river , JiSG.OOO ; Co lumbia river to begin the boat railway , f-j.- 000 , Lakes Lnlon and Washington to be ln the canal. $100 000 Senator Pettlgrew today secured an amend ment to the Indian appropriation bill mak ing an appropriation of J33.000 for surveyIng - Ing Indian reservations In South Dakota. This amendment , having been agreed upon by the committee on appropriations , will be adopted by the senate. Senator Mamlerson has completed his re port on the bill providing appropriations for the willows and children of the clerks who were killed by the collapse of the old Ford's theater one year ago. Congressman Hull of Iowa , a member of the committee on military affairs , has se cured In that committee an amendment tea a bill providing for the Issuance ot medab to the first defenders of the capltol In ISiil. the amendment being a provision for the Issuance of medals to the survivors of the First Iowa Infantry , In recognition of the fact that the soldiers of that regiment re mained In service and participated In the battle of Wilson's Creek. Mo , where Gen eral Lyons fell while leading them after their terms of service had expired. Dr. J. L Lamb has been appointed a member of the board of examining surgeons at Sidney , Neb. , and Dr. C. P Powell has been appointed a member cf the board at Albla , la. Iowa postmasters have been appointed as follows : Coralvllle , Johnson county , J. II. Clark , vice Cyrus Hunter , resigned , Dai- ton , Plymouth county , J. A. Pearman , vice O. F. Wilson , removed : Howard , Wayne county , W. A. Prince , viceS. . W. Mullln , re moved. LAMJ OltANT fOIjriIITUKUS. 1)111 Anifinllng the I'rexeiit I.uw russol by the Iloutc. WASHINGTON , July U. By virtue of the adoption of a special order the house was enabled to reach a vote on the McRae land grant forfeiture bill this afternoon and It was passed. The bill amends the act of September 29 , IS'JO , which , In substance , de clared the forfeiture to the United States of land heretofore granted to states and corporations to aid in the construction of railways to the extent only ot lands oppo site to and cotcrminiis with the portion , ot such railways as were not completed and operated at that time. The bill passed today extends tha forfeiture to the portions of the several railways to aid in the con truction of which the grants were made which were uncompleted when the time expired within which the roads were requ red to be com pleted by law It Involves portions of the grants of twenty-five roads , the principal one of which Is the Northern Pacific , and will restore to the public donuln about 54.- 000.000 acres. A proviso was added to the bill so as to prevent It from being construed to forfeit the right of way or station giounds of any company , ami also confirms to pur chasers from such railways lands not In cxrdas of 320 acres to each holder An effort was made by ilr. Hartman ot Montana to remove the . ' 120 aero limitation on pur chase titles , but this was defeated by a vote of 9fi to 112. The senate bill granting a right of way through the White Garth and Fen du Lac Indian reservation to the St. Paul. Minne apolis & Manitoba railway was passed. At 5 o'clock the hou e adjourntfl. NiJi AIM'UOI'KIATIOX IHI.I.S. Tlirco of Tliiim 1'iHioil l > j tilt ) onutu nt WASHINGTON , July 11 The sonata Is making up for lost time and la now dis posing of the appropriation bills at a rapid rate. The record for today Is three the dip lomatic and consular , the Invalid pension and the military academy appropriations. The only ono of these which excited any debate was the pcns'on bill , and on this a discus sion ot thu respective pension policies of the republican and democratic parties was pre cipitated. This took a rather wlilo range and an attack on Commissioner Lochrcn and Secretary Smith broadened to a sharp ar raignment of the policy of the democrat'c party in general. Senators Cullom and Gal- llngcr led the attack , while Senator Palmer acted on the dufense. The strike question again agitated the sen ate , although nothing llku tha fiery passion of yesterday's speeches on the subject marked today's proceedings. After an hour's debate , In which the cour age and patriotism and firmness of the pres ident was commended by all , Mr. Daniel's resolution briefly endorsing the president's action and pledging him the sympathy and support of the nation was adopted as a sub- stitutu for Senator Pelfor's resolution An amendment favoring arbitration was tlo- feated. 11 to 35. At 5 10 o'clock thu sen ate adjourned. .IIAIUM ; FUN OK TIM : OLD LAW. Suliiry Duck Stiitutu tliu Subject of 1111 Iroiilfiil Ittipurt. WASHINGTON , July 11 , Humor Is a quality rarely discovered In public docu ments , yet there Is a decided undercurrent of It pervading thu report from thu cominlt- tuu on judiciary which Juilgu Powers of Vermont has offered to the house upon his bill to repeal section 10 of the rovlHdl statutes. Section 10 Is that law regarding attundanco upon the susslonu of thu house which directs that thu sergeant-at-unna shall deduct thu propt-r amounts from thu salaries of members who aru nbaunt for other causes tlmn sickness of tliomwclvea or members of their families. Atlor ro- malnlui : for yuan a dead letter. It was ro- vlvod this session , au a means ot securing a quorum. Its rovlval was followed by a. contention on tha part of a largo faction of thu housu that Its repeal had bi-un carried by infuruncu in subsequent aeta of con- a contention ncRatlTcil by tlm judiciary ittee Then followed several Mils for the rcm l of the law , nil ot which wcro killed by the Jmllcl.iry committee until tha conMderntlon of the bill yesterday , when It received alx votes favorable to four ncnlrnt repeal How th ntntutc has been rcgirdnil nnd enforced can b jmlgtd by IleprrsenU- tlve Powers' report "Th * fommlttes , " h wrltei. "are of th opinion that the hill repealing the section , which ha < of late exercised so miuh com ment union * the members of the house , li th straightforward way of m * tlitK the ilim cullies thut have nrls n under the en forcement of thr obnoxious section It li Apparent that the cxcusn of sickness It one easltv nitule , nnd It Is atirpfcted thai It Is something nsulgned ns a reason , for absence without any diagnosis of allmrnti by medical experts. In other words , th enforcement ot this section practl-.illj tnakds every member a pntholoxtut on tin subject of disease , which Is not a qualifi cation for service In congress mentioned In the constitution , and so for this reason th law Is plainly unconstitutional "It Is believed that each house of c in gress can , by an appropriate rule , better en force the attendance of members than by a statute operative ns a pennl statute and evaded by every subterfuge Mnliv num bers believe that section 10 has already been repealrd by existing law , man } others be lieve th-U It Is still In force. Hut practi cally all of them wish to have It riinjviHl from the statute books The prartUMl con struction of It for nearly thirty vears lias boon In the same direction. Obvious ! ) tha manly way to get rid ot objectionable I gls- latlin U to repeal It und In this cusa such repeal will manl'estly Improve both the health and morals ot the house " There U little doubt that the bill will ba brought to a vote In the house , for ten mat ters of national legislation Imve nrrrnrt d so much discussion thl.s session as section 40 One circumstance which may tndur the house to repeal It Is the fact that ir is al together Ignored by the senate senators continuing to draw their salaries while mem bers are dock d. wr > riuN : I > I : > SIONS. " - . Vrtenins nt the l.ntpV.r Itoiuemborril by tlm ( lener.it r.oirrnmt tit WASHINGTON , July tt-Spoclil ( to Tha Bee ) Pensions grunteil. Issue of June 17 , were : Nebraska. Ilelsnue Jonathan L Wheaton - on , Uloomlngton , Franklin. Itetssupnd < Inotensp William T Comstock. Stroms- burg. Polk Original widows , et \ < le- llno Mercer , Miller. Huff.ilo.Martha Gal loway , South Auburn , Nemuhn. Colorado : Oilrin.il Lyman I ) nninsdell , Colorado Cltv , HI Pa o ; William Doming , Glenwood Springs , Garlleld. North Dakota- Supplemental Joseph Drunell. sr. nunsulth , Ki-lotto. Montana. Original Albert H. Matthews , Helena , Lewis and Clirkf. Supplemental IMvvlu A. Fletcher , \lrglnla City. Malison. .linking It I'mliT for Minn Ottnen. WASHINGTON , July 11 The bill exemptIng - Ing mining claims from the annual assss- meut work for the present year , which Is the joint product of Senator Shoup and Represen tative Sweet of Idaho , has now passed both houses of congress and only aw a ti the sig nature of the president to make it a law. The present bill Is the second of the k'nd ' passed by the present congress. A similar measure to the present bill was passed during the extra session of last fall , Immeill itely af ter tha repeal of the Shcrmin law , and was Intended , as Is the present bill , to relieve tha owners of silver cliims from performing tha work annualy required by liw upon their properties , which was regird ° d as a hird- ship on account of the adverse silver legisla tion. Sngnr Trmt Testimony llullty WASHINGTON , July 11. After some un avoidable delay the complete testimony taken by the senate sugar trust Investigating com mittee has been printed complete with alt the reports made at various st ig s of thu Investigation The testimony covers G2J pages , and the Index , giving a synopsis of the testimony and containing a complete ref erence to the proceedings , thirty-two pages. mo XLA/.K A * E Suvor.ll Largo Su\v 3I11N Destroyed , with Iliilf Million I.O-M. EVANSVILLC , Ind. , July -Special ( Telegram to The Bee. ) At 10 o'clock to night lire broke out at the Helfrech Saw Mill company's plant , the largest s.iw mill In Indiana. The plant was totally de stroyed , entailing a loss of $ J50,000 The lire Is thought to have been of im-endUry origin. A watchman passing the plant a few moments before the lire bmke out saw two colored men leaving the yards The mill Is situated close to the nvansvtlle cot ton mills and the Herman S iw Mill com pany. If these plants go the loss will reach f'00,1100 It is not thought at thin hour that the Urn ean be controlled The lire depart ment Is Inadeqii ite , and companies have been called for from other iltles Trallic on the Louisville , t Nn-ihville i.illro.iil will bil temporal ily suspended The artilli Inl bunk along the Ohio for about three miles will be destroyed and will extend to steamboat property , which will lesult In heavy losses to the Ingle Coal Mining company and tha Louisville & Nashville Theie weie several narrow escapes Onu man , James Fisher , night engineer Jumped Into the river from a. sei-ond story window. Later The fire Is beyond control , and thn entire saw mill district will probibly bn consumed. One fireman , It Is thought , has been fatally Injured. Insurance , 773,000 is ittir.i. Itiislnt-HS Portion of Kiiivluy Almost Tntiilly Peitroyml l > y I'Minix. CEDAR RAPIDS , la. , July 11 ( Special Telegram to the Bee ) Nearly the entlra business portion of Row ley was destroyed by lire last night. The fire started In the build ing of Norton & Clayton and burned out the following biibiness houses : Me Lesk & Brown. Joseph Sweeney , general merchan dise. T J. Ratihford , gioi-ery. A F Bos- wet th , agricultural Implements , Not ton & Clayton , hardware. J 13. McDonald , drug gist , J Adams , billiard room , and R , 3. C'royer , boots and shoes Some of thu goods were saved , but damaged In moving. Seven families are homeless , some of whom lost uveiythltiff. The loss is about $55,000 ; Inaurancu about one-half. l > iiti < T < im Agiiln ArrrNtnil. ATLANTIC. la. , July 11 ( Special Tele gram to The Bee. ) A. W Dicker-son , cash ier of the defunct Cass County bank , was again arrested today , this time on a uhargn ot enibunlumont. sworn out hv J C Yet- , ser , the president of the bank , who hag been supposed equally guilty with Dicker- son In the $400,000 deficit. HIS 11OMK Slid ICxpiirienuu of Andruw AiidiirNon oi Itittvlhii , V\yu. UAWLINS , Wyo. . July U ( Special ta The Bee. ) When Andrew Anderson , .in em- ploye of the Union Padllc , returned from a. trip to Green River yestenlay rmirnlliH ln > was greatly surprised to find his wlfo and two llttlo girls absent Thu wife left a. note on thu table stating th.it shu had received a nieHsagu dlieul from < Jed to thu effect that sht < iiuiHt go to her biother In Iowa , at onte Mr Anderson ascertained at thu dc-'iiiit that his wife and childen hud left for the east on Monday evening's train. Yesterday hit received a telegram from thu Nhurilf of Pottuwuttainlu county , Iowa , thut his family vveru held by thu uiithoil- tlus at Council BlulfH , lh mother belnn ciu/y. Mr Anderson loft for that placa on thu first train. Hot VVIncIn III South Diiliotii. CHAMBKRLAIN. S. D , July -Special Telegram to Thu Boo. ) An unusually suvuro hot wind has been blowing today , piovlni : vcrv bad for crops , ijatheilng clouds to night Indlcuto cooler and rainy weather. ( Jlioluru CIIMIS ut I.lMgo. LIUGE > July 11. Isolated deaths from cholera havu occurred here and In thu vi cinity. Highcbt of ml in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOMJTEOf PURE