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Mr. Bryan's reply Is awaited with much fear and trepidation. Corea la like the little boy who stands with hla hands In hla pockets \vhllo his big brothers fight It out. Bryan Invites himself to accept his own Invitation to become a candidate for the Bcnate. What If Bryan should decline ? Other things being equal homo Industry deserves homo patronage whether In the line of public exhibitions or domestic manufac tures. Wo believe we may safely put down the now postmaster at South Omaha as an op ponent of annexation for the next four years nt any rate. The order against offensive partisans will bo suspended against the new postmaster at South Omaha until after the democratic stito convention. It will be a long time before Omaha se cures another city clerk more efficient and at the same time more honest than the late William C. Wakeley. The commission men at South Omaha and the managers of the Iowa roads are making sun while the hay shines. The butchers' Htrlko Is water in their mill race. Chinese fireworks appear to bo adapted to the celebration of public holidays only. They do more damage to Americans on the Fourth of July than they do to the Japanese In a week of hostilities. ' * Mayor Qllroy of New York says that Tam many democrats want harmony. They want the offices most of all. If harmony Is nec essary to get the otnces they will take theirs with harmony. Otherwise they prefer to let harmony go and hang on to the offices. If the one-legged senator from South Carolina lina wants to fight it out with the one-eyed governor of South Carolina , let them meet In the ring , each with one hand tied behind him. We will then ba protected against a ono-slded contest between them. Hasn't Congressman Bryan settled that little government printing office site dis pute yet ? Must all those pyrotechnics In the house a few months back go In vain Just because the Washington real estate specula tors arc stronger In congress than Mr. Bryan ? Candidates for the vacancy in the city clerkship will bo swarming In the next lew days. The unemployed politician la not par ticular as to the kind of work thrust upon htm. If he can't liavo a place as street commissioner or sewer Inspector ho will try to bo content with the office of city clerk. Congressman Hagor is doing n good thing In trying to got a fast mall service east out of Council Bluffs. This Is a postal Im provement In which Nebraska as well as Iowa Is Interested , and the Nebraska repre sentatives In congress ought to co-operate with Mr. linger in his efforts to secure It. The strikers at South Omaha are to bo commended In any event for their peaceable conduct since they stopped work. They seem to have profited by the lesson of mob vtolenco at Chicago nnd do not care to Injure what merits their cause may have by resortIng - Ing to lawlessness. It Is to be hoped that they will continue to appreciate the necessity ot good behavior. The federal constitution forbids American office holders from receiving pensions from foreign governments. It does not forbid congress bestowing pensions upon office holders under foreign governments , probably K bly because Its trainers never contemplated ttiu possibility of such a proposal. The roynl commissioners from the ex-queen of Hawaii will do well to bear this In mind. Another councllmanlo junket Is being ar ranged for by parties who are anxious to Xamlllurlza our city law makers with the re sources ot the wild and woolly west. The next outing Is to bo Into the Big Horn re gion , with a bear hunt and a ride on the llocky mountain goat as the chief attrac tions. P. S. It must bo understood tliat the excursionists have pledged themselves not to talk about stone pavements or such trivial matters while they are on the road. The Iowa democrats commend President Cleveland's letter to Chairman Wilson as a manly , outspoken document that meets their most hearty approval , and lit the same breath they condemn any and all efforts made to Impede the passage of real tariff reform. If this U not blowing hot and cold at the earns time what Is It ? The president' * letter has tertalnly been Impeding tariff reform ot whatever kind. So It Is to be commended as an ouLspokon document and condemned as an Impediment to tariff legislation. TUB ChDAIlQVtST I'ASK AUAIX. Tbe action of the president In remitting the penalties Imposed upon Private Ccdar- qiilst , found guilty of disobeying an order to apply hlmnelt to target practice on Sun day , and the summary command to bring the officer who ordered target practice on Sunday to trial on the charge ot himself dis obeying orders , will doubtless create some thing of n mild sensation In army circles. When the ( secretory of war , In response to a resolution of Inquiry Introduced Into congress by Mr. Grosvenor ot Ohio , sent to the house , only n few day * ago , a statement ot the findings In the case , frum which It was to be gathered that the department head approved of the entire course of proceed ings , It was the general Impression that the matter was nt an end and the whole case closed. Now the president absolves the prisoner from the necessity of serving the unexplrcd portion of his t > entence , and , as It were , turns the tables upon his superior officer by requiring him to answer for his part In the performance. It will be noticed that the language of the order of August 1 Implies that the officer who gftvo the now obnoxious order did so "In violation of the ordcr.i of President Lin coln , given In November , 1SC2. " Ilcfercnce to this order of 1802 , however , reveals noth ing more thnn an Injunction for the orderly observance ot the Sabbath and a timely repetition of the advice given by Washing ton to Mi soldiers regarding the propriety of refraining from unnecessary work on the Sabbath. This order ot President Lincoln was referred to , merely as a citation , In the order of President Harrison abolishing Sunday Inspection In 1SS9 , but the court martial Is not to be called under the latter regulation. It Is furthermore a question ot doubt whether the order of President Lin coln is still operative , Inasmuch ns the army regulations since Issued , nnd purportIng - Ing to contain all of the orders and regula tions in force at the date of publication , make no mention whatever of It. It is therefore not so clear that there has been n violation ot orders on the part of the superior officer , and this will'bo the first question that will have to bo determined. Through this latest phase ot the situa tion the Ccdarqtiist case gives promise of attaining a celebrity which Its merits seem scarcely to warrant. So far us Cedarqulst Is concerned , the findings In his trial stand just as they arc , the question now being whether ho shall be In a measure vindicated by the branding of the order which he dis obeyed ns Illegal and the conviction and punishment of the officer giving It for violating the almost obsolete order of 1802. Jt is purely a matter of military law , the law of Nebraska respecting Sunday ob servance having no bearing upon It what ever. The succeeding singes In the episode will be watched with widespread Interest. 3/n ; Qi'usrioA' OF 1'iiEi ; mini's. It Is probable that nothing will be done nt the present session of congress with the bill Introduced In the house providing for free ships. It Is not knoun what support It would command In the house , while as to the senate It is doubted whether It could pass that body. It Is necessary In order to bring it forward in the house that an order be adopted fixing a day for its consider ation , and It seems that the speaker is not desirous to have the measure brought for ward. As the matter rests very largely with him , it is assumed , therefore , that the measure will not be considered nt this ses sion. In the senate there is said to be cither hostility or indifference toward I ho bill on the part of those who have made such modi fications in the Wilson tariff bill. Well In formed opinion says It Is moro than doubtful whether the bill could pass the senate In any case , and the prediction is made that the measure will not pass the present con gress. In that event the movement for free ships will be at an end for some time to come. But the question of restoring the merchant marine of the United States is too Im portant to bo wholly dismissed from con sideration , and the next icpubllcan congress will undoubtedly be urgently called upon to enact legislation looking to this end. Men of all parties realize that the time has come when this country should cease to be de pendent upon foreign ship owners , for the ocean transportation of Its products. It Is admitted on all hands that a great com mercial nation like the United States ought to have ample facilities of its own for the carriage of Its foreign commerce , and that BO long QSI we hava not such facilities our progress toward commercial supremacy among the nations will bo retarded. Not until we can carry on our foreign trade In American ships sailing under the American flan shall we enjoy that complete advantage which Is essential to commercial expansion. No less Important is the consideration that we are annually paying to foreign ship own ers an enormous sum which constitutes a drain the stoppage of which would add ma terially to our prosperity. Nobody will ques tion that it would be a great benefit to keep at home and spend among our own people the $200,000,000 or more which go abroad every year in payment of freights and pas senger fares. The Importance of this question is obvious. The difficulty Is in devising wise and prac ticable legislation that will bring about the desired result. No progress has been made under existing laws , and none Is to bo ex pected. Whether the proposed law would accomplish what is needed Is problematical , whllo It Is certain that Us effect would be damaging to our shipbuilding Industry. It Is by no means a simple- question , but the re publican party can bo depended upon to find a satisfactory solution whenever It shall seriously address Itself to the task , Ti' KO.MK AKXIK1V. TUe continued outflow of gold Is said to I In causing some anxiety In eastern financial circles. Moro than hult ot the gold which the New York bankers recently sent to the treasury was exported last week , the out ward movement for this week will be heavy , and there Is no Indication of an early cessation ot the demand. This state of af fairs Is naturally creating some solicitude , because It Is realized that It cannot con tinue much longer without causing gold to go to a premium , Should that happen the danger Is that It will be accompanied by a panic , which In the present condition of business could hardly fall to be most dis astrous. Practical financiers who can under stand what the possible effects of a pre mium on gold would ba may well feel alarmed over a situation that promises such a thine at any time , The government's gold reserve continues to decline , being now down to $54,000,000 , A combination ot bankers or speculators could take every dollar of gold out ot the treasury In a week or compel the stoppage of specie payments , In either case forcing gold to n premium. It Is pointed out that the reserve now only allows about 8 cents ot gold for the redemption ofa _ dollar of the government's obligations , which comes pretty near to banking upon the faith of the government and In n senno mnkca the government's paper currency not much better thnn tint money. Quito naturally the question Is being asked wlmt la going to be done about this peril by the government. Arc the president and the secretary ot the treasury waiting for the passage ot a tariff bill In order to Increase the revenues of the government and relieve the embarrass ment ? 19 this Is their reliance tor relief the president has taken an extraordinary course to bring It about in counseling n policy on the part ot the house democrats that has antagonized the senate and re duced the chances of nn agreement between the two branches of congress. Another thing that has not Improved the situation Is the recent order of the secretary of the treasury for resuming the coinage of sil ver dollars at nil the mints' of the country , It Is unquestionable that the effect of this order has been to Increase distrust In finan cial circles , for although this coinage will not materially Increase the obligations of the government payable In gold , still It Is regarded as a most imprudent thing to do at this juncture , when It should be the policy of the treasury to reduce rather than add to Its gold obligations. AVashlngton dispatches represent the secretary of the treasury ns feeling no apprehension about the Immediate future , notwithstanding the steadily disappearing reserve , which simply shows that Mr. Carlisle Is not In close * touch with the financial sentiment of the country. Of course he has a remedy In his own hands , If he cares to exercise It , In Issuing bonds , but the administration is reluctant to do this , and probably will not do It without additional authority from con gress. At any rate It Is practically com mitted to this position. The simple and direct way out of the dif ficulty Is by a settlement of the tariff ques tion. If that were accomplished the drain of gold would cease , the revenues of the government from all sources would Increase , and there would ba Improvement both In the business condition of the country and In the condition of the treasury. The very best thing that can bo done to give relief In all directions Is for congress to drop the tariff and adjourn. Another month of suspense and uncertainly may produce most deplorable consequences , so severe Is the strain upon .all business Interests , yet the democratic factions in congress seem cither blind or indifferent to the peril. TllK Un'A I'lV-HlTKKS. The fulsome eulogy of Grover Cleveland and all he has said or done since the 1th of March , 1893 , as embodied In the platform of the Iowa democracy , affords proof conclusive of the fact that the ple-blters were on top In the state convention. The Iowa ple-blters have outdone Senator Vllas In slobbering all over the great federal patronage dispenser. They have put the molasses and soft soap on so thick that It cannot help but disgust nine- tenths of the rank and file. They commend the administration of President Cleveland for the ability , wisdom and patriotism shown in dealing with matters of public interest. Well , where has this administration shown such wonderful ability and wisdom in dealIng - Ing with public questions ? Does the con dition of the country Indicate any marvelous statesmanship in dealing with the finances of the nation ? Have the revenues of the nation Increased and has itio credit of the Unlte'd States been improved ? Have the federal taxes been decreased and is the treasury in better condition nowj than .It ' was before Cleveland came In ? Not content with slopping over about the signal ability displayed in bringing the country to the verge of bankruptcy and revolution the Iowa ple-blters especially ap prove of the present administration for the lopping off of many useless office holders , and for Its firm and wise policy toward the other nations and countries of the world. Is not this enough tickler to make a horse laugh ? What office holders have "been lopped off outside of a few wretchedly paid cltrks and minor Inspectors of meats ? How does the present federal pay roll compare with the pay rolls of former years ? 0 , yea ; thcro has been some lopping off In the pension bureau. But that was done more to gratify the southern brigadiers than the northern taxpayers. That wise and firm policy In dealing with other nations of the world caps tbo climax of ple-bltlng obsequiousness. What nations have wo held off at arm's length by the firm attitude of the foreign office ? The only complication that has arisen In the past seventeen months has been the Hawaiian muddle and that has settled Itself in spite of all blundering interference. The most ridiculous performance of the Iowa ple-blters is their endorsement of the Wilson letter. The consensus of opinion among all democrats is that the letter had better been burned. It has caused democratic leaders at Washington moro stomach 'acho than any political dish of crow that has over been served. It has cicated greater consternation and stirred up moro rancorous resentment than any utter ance or political document that has over emanated from the white house. Instead of smoothing the way for the tariff refotm It 1 ns intensified the jangle over the mongrel bill and brought humiliation upon its author , who will now have to swallow himself by Eilgnlog a bill that he denounced aa In iquitous. The Iowa plo-blters have overdone their Belt-Imposed task. AN AVl'KAl , I'OH SETTJiKMKA'T. The responsible democratic press of the country Is urgently appealing to congress for an Immediate settlement ot the tariff contro versy. It asks the party In power to bring the Issue to an end , oven If It be necessary to allow the existing law to stand , With prac tical unanimity the newspapers of character and Influence which represent democratic and tariff reform Ideas demand In behalf of the general welfare that the deadlock be tween the senate and the house on this ques tion shall bo maintained no longer , and that If they cannot at ones coma to an agree ment the controversy bo abandoned and the Industries and business ot the country be re lieved from the uncertainty and the strain Incident to the conflict over the tariff , A few examples of this sentiment will servo to Indicate the general drift , The Phil adelphia Record , a most earnest advocate of tariff reform , whose editor Is the democratic candidate for governor of Pennsylvania , says : "If the variance between the two houses on the tariff Involved nothing more than a the oretical difference of opinion In regard to the rates of protectlvo duty It would not matter much whether the committee ot conference should come to an agreement next month or next year. In ordinary circumstances neither the revenues nor tbo public finances would be seriously affected It a tariff bill should fall by reason of a disagreement about one-eighth , ot a cent a pound on sugar or upon the question whether or not Iron ore should bo put upon the free list. But the business Interests of the country Impera tively demand that tbo two house * shall ad just their ( iniereiiccs without further delay. To remit thcsg .Interests to another period of agitation , doutiVtnnd uncertainty would bo Intolerable. " > The Philadelphia Times , heartily In sympalliy 'llh ' the tariff reform policy , says that tly > , first great necessity of the country Is to 1 have the tariff Issue settled. "Tho McKlnfcy blll , " declares that paper , "would be bcticr than the condition of uncer tainty that ntuiti prevail If tariff legislation must' bo dcfealbd" The Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican , Afy Varnest advocate of tariff re form , says : nYs hove gene through n panic and a succeeding depression , extending over a year , of nr.ofaimd and unparalleled Inten sity , and this-depression will continue as long as uncertain' ' } ' over the tariff continues. " It declares that business and labor cannot stand an extension of this state of things through another fall nnd winter , and they cry aloud for relief from the terrible , strain. It points out that Investments have become so pre carious that foreigners uro withdrawing cap ital at as rapid a rate as just before the panic ; that after borrowing on bonds the federal treasury has still been reduced tea a worse condition than before ; Hint the reve nues ot the government languish , Its gold re serve Is below the previously recorded lowest point , and It Is confronted again with the al ternative of suspending gold payments or bor rowing moro money. "This thing cannot go on , " says the paper quoted , "without bringing ( ho country to the verge of another panic , and It cannot go on without plunging us Into another winter of more extensive un employment and distress than the last and inviting the most profound economic nnd so cial disturbances. We say , therefore , that congress must settle this tariff question one way or the other Immediately. " The New York Commercial Bulletin talks In the same strain. "The real basis ot treasury Improvement , " It says , "must Ho In the gradual restoration of confidence abroad and prosperity at home , and these require , first of all , the cessation of the tariff dusturbance and the return of business to its normal channels. With this accomplished the drain of gold would cease , the development of crop movements and exports soon begin , the reve nues revive , and the Improvement of treasury conditions would bo more rapid than those who look only at the most unfavorable and temporary features of its present situation seem able to perceive. " These appeals for a soltlement of the tariff controversy at once , one way or the other , reflect a nearly universal sentiment among the Industrial , business and labor Interests of the country. Senator Aldrlch Is reported to have urged the democratic conferees to either come to an agreement or abandon the controversy , and this is what they should do. The existing situation is most deplorable and to continue It much longer cannot fall to greatly add to the disastrous results al ready experienced. ' We are in the last month of summer. If the deadlock on the tariff Is not brought to an kend within the next thirty days there wljl be a winter of unprecedented hardship and privation for millions of the people. Such a calamity must be averted and it can bo done by bringing to a conclu sion the tariff controversy. The Philadelphia Press gives the history of the so-calledi slums report that has been causing considerable comment In the news papers , and whfch/ns we have said , Is not de serving of the , . a'Ucntl ° u 1' 'ias ' received. The investigation of the slums , , of the leadIng - Ing cities oflUhe .cpuntry . , although under taken y CabdrCommtssloner' .Wright , is- really duo to Senator * . Kyle , wp ) | Introduced n resolution for that purpose during the first days of his appearance in Washington as a member of the senate. Mr. Kyle's party affiliations being still a question of doubt , ie encountered no opposition to his pet pro ject , and the resolution carried with an ap propriation of $20,000 to defray the expenses. The work , however , was Intrusted to the labor commissioner , Instead of to Mr. Kyle , as the latter originally contemplated. Com missioner Wright figured that to gather the statistics called for by the resolution would take $200,000 , rather than $20,000 , and there fore confined himself to four of the larger typical cities ol the country. Even then all ho attempted was a mere compilation ot what was already at hand In the census re ports and the municipal reports of the dif ferent cities. He does not claim to ha\c brought out a solitary new fact , except , per haps , by way of comparison , but the $20,000 has been eaten up , and Mr. Kyle doubtless feels relieved. The World's fair officials have succeeded In Inducing the senate appropriation commit tee to Insert Into one of the appropriation bills an Hem for the Indemnification of the French exhibitors who suffered a loss of their exhibits at the fire In the Manufactures building. The house had re fused to make this appropriation , but the Interested parties hope to push It through the house In the shape of a senate amend ment. Thus the World's fair officials will shift upon the taxpayers of the whole United States the obligation which the stockholders ought to discharge , and will increase by nearly $100,000 the already large till which the federal government has defrayed for the benefit ot the Chicago exposition. As a great part of Iho fair stock has been- either given over to the Field museum of Chicago or belongs to the city of Chicago Itself the greater part of this appropriation will In reality be a subsidy to Chicago. The federal - oral government will doubtless bo able to stand the expense , but It is to bo hoped that tls ) | Is the last bill which the fair company will ask the United States to pay for IC * The Rock Is\and \ ijoad , which has been man ipulated by private Interests to building up two town steri"lo ] fhe detriment of the regu larly deslgnatoc cjjuyity seats , only a few miles distant , has Veqeiyed Its first Retaliatory blow In the agrf C Jlent of congress upon a bill requiring It to , .maintain stations at the two towns , Hound Pond , and South Enid , against which It has ibeim. , , discriminating. If this were the end o { , hp controversy the railroad would dotibtletia foi4 satisfied , but In the In terval Its unjnsV and lawless actions have stirred up such a feeling of resentment among the people tit Oklahoma that further territorial leglsla fn regarding the obliga tions of the r'all'rsajjs to the public may bo confidently expccjgd. It seems that the rail roads will never jearn the lesson that It will generally pay them to deal fairly with the people. _ The currency plank of the Iowa demo cratic platform i a somewhat unique pro duction , but It docs not require very close study to show that its authors are In favor of the free coinage of sliver and simply had not tbo courage to plainly aay so. Rx- Qovernor Boles , In his address as chairman of the convention , Indicated the prevailing sentiment In advocating the free coinage of silver with "proper safeguards to preserve - servo the parity of the metals , " The talk about safeguards la the merest subterfuge , because there Is absolutely no war of main taining the parity of gold and silver If the mtntK should bo opened to the free coinage of the Intter under existing conditions. The moment HID United States adopted that policy Independently of other great com mercial nations , whether upon the present ratio or some .other , gold nnd silver would part company , add they would remain apart as long as that policy was maintained. In other words , we should go at once to n silver basis. There arc no "safeguards" against this Inevitable result of free silver coinage undertaken by the United States alone. Secretary Morton doubtless feels elated over the result ot the conference on the agri cultural appropriation bill , which terminated with the exclusion of the Item setting aside a million dollars for distribution among the several states for the purpose ot exterminate Ing the Russian thistle. The secretary made war upon this appropriation from the very first , characterizing It ns a dangerous step towards paternalism. Ho wrote a scorching lettfr against It to the chairman of the sen ate committee on agriculture and used hl own personal Influence to defeat it. It slipped through the senate as an amendment to the house bill , but was caught In conference and the house refused to / > ccept It. The conse- quenca Is that the states that want to get rid of the Russian thistle plague will have to devise the ways and means for themselves. The Agricultural department will also avoid the work of supervision which might have been saddled upon It. L The republican caucuses in this city arc called for next week , Friday , August 10. The thlmblerlggers and wire pullers are already busily engaged In preparations for capturing these meetings. The Bee has never been In favor of the caucus system so long aa the contest must bo settled at the primary elec tion under the law. The ward primary Is the proper place for the expression of popu lar sentiment. Every member of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners Is sworn to consider only the Interests of the city and the success and effectiveness of the departments under his control In making appointment or con sidering promotions or removals. If new appointments are calculated to subserve the efficiency of the police force better than promotions the duty of the commissioners Is clear. The AlnlKinm Pointer. Cincinnati Enquirer. The Alabama election will b ; held on the Gth of August. There will be your "pointer" as to the political complexion of the next house of representatives. If the popullstf show a lontf reach In the Boulh , loolc out for breakers. Jllil Allrii'H "Ilitrrcn Idonllty. " St. Paul Globe. Senator Allen's desire to make the poor rich Is certainly commendable. Hut bis bill appropriating $30,000,000 from the federal treasury will not accomplish his purposi" . The entire Hum named would not be sutll- clent to satisfy more than fifty of the many thousands of poor. He should add half a dozen cyphers to the amount and make a thorough Job of It. * fttilinMenco of tlio Scare. OIobc-Dcmocint. The talk about Increasing the TTnlted States' army has subsided. The army can be quickly enlarged to any extent with llrst-elahs material when the necessity arises. One thing to remember is that our regulars are paid nearly three times the amount received by British soldier * , and that to add to their number means a heavy increase in expenditure. Measuring I hit Ilrnt In Now York. New York Sun. A number of largp wholesale houses in this City hav6 be'cn surprised lately by hav ing thousands of circulars that they had sent out returned to them by the postal authorities for Insulllcient postage. The circulars were all sent out with the en velopes unsealed and were stamped with 1-cent stamps. It appears , however , that the humidity mol-stened the mucilage on the flaps of the envelopes , and that they bed sealed themselves and become first class matter. Funding Hill Doomed. Philadelphia Press. The Ilellly Union Pacific funding bill has never had much chance of passage ; but such prospect ns It 1ms will be seriously destroyed by the destructive criticism In Representative Boatner's mlnoilty report on the bill. The stockholders of the Union Pacific deliberately diverted to their own profit the money which should have paid the government bonds , and no one will re gret If the government finally taken Its own and leaves nothing but the mortgage ahead of its own lien. Heresy of Fusion. C.ilcneo Tribune. It Is a novel feature In Alabama politics that the leading colored ministers In that state held a conference the other day In Ulrmlnglram and decided to give the sup port of their race to the political party that enforced the law requiring bonarate coaches for the two races ; that save like punishments for like offenses , both to the negroes and whites ; that enacted IIIWH pio- teetlng tl ck wcimn fdm ravages of whites and blacks , nnd pledging themselves to maintain law and order. The proposition was submitted to the chairman of the demo cratic state committee , und as the wtrults of his party are pressing It was eagerly and promptly accepted. The ministers theie- tipon Issued an address to their people tell ing them that as they must look to n iiin- jorlty of the best element of the while people for protection It Is Important that all negroes vote for Gates and the demo cratic ticket , and utglng them to do so. It Is agreed upon all sides that thin prac tically Insures Dates the support of the innjoilty of the colored people of the state. Thus the contest Is nan owed down to one between the white democrats und negroes on the one hand and populists on the other. If Gates wins he will owe his election to the negroes. KKIiUAHKA .1X1) XlSIHMtiKAXS , Nat W. Smalls , formerly editor of the Fre mont Herald , has purchased a democratic paper at Lake Geneva , WIs. Thomas Laver , a Custer county boy , was drowned In the lake at Ansley whllo In bath ing. Ho went Into they water in an overheated condition. A. O. Prewctt ot York sacrificed the Index finger of his right hand to furnish material for soap. He was feeding the pressing ma chine nt the soap works when the accident occurred. * Firth was visited by a $10,000 fire that de stroyed the general store of T. Ditrllng , How ard's furniture store nnd a millinery estab lishment. The Insurance will reach about half of the loss. Mrs. Seth Mobley , who has had some exper ience In certain state asylums , proposes to take to the lecture platform this -fall and give the public the benefit of a "Peep llo- hlnd the Curtain of Our Public Institu tions. " The old settlers of Polk , York , Butler nnd Seward counties will hold their annual pic nic In Lord's grove , near the corner of the four counties , on Wednesday , August 8. Great preparations are being made for a grand time. L. Grimm , a 17-year-old boy living near Broken Bow , was thrown from a horse and dragged for some distance , and when he was picked up U was thought he was dead. In splto of his serious Injuries , U Is believed that ho will recover. A queer freak of lightning was the Im pairment of the hearing ot Chrla Vollnago , a farmer near Plattsmouth. The bolt struck Vollnage's house , tore down the chimney , ripped up the roof and reduced the cook stove to scrap Iron. When Mr. Vollnage re covered from hla surprise he found that ho had lost his hearing , but It Is believed by his physician that he will recover It In a short time. Says tbo Cullaway Courier ; A list of the names of those who have left this vicinity for other parts during the Ust six months would bo a surprise to many of our readers on account of its length. It Is probable the exodus has only commenced , und wo would not bo surprised to find at least ono-halt the population of this part of the county gone Inside ot two months. The absence of many will be temporary , although a considerable number are going for good. IT Shall the Party Commit Itself to a Tattooed Standard Bearer ? The candidacy of Thomas J. Majors con the following bill , certified to by T , J. fronts the republican party of Nebraska ns Majors as president of the Bcnatc , was placoil a menace tn Its success In the Impending In the hands of the auditor and a warrant campaign. To elevate him to the position ol for $75 was Issued to W. M. Taylor as bal standard bearer will place the party on the unco due tor alleged services In the sennit defensive and subject It to a nailing fire that for the last fifteen days of th month : Till : TULL-TALI ) CERTIFICATE. f \ > r Service * nt if > ! - A'.X. Deduct amoimf drawn , _ . _ f.f. V. . ? T Jjalanccdite , - f./ ± 2. . . . 1301. Jhcrtly certify that tie alove account It correct aniUiuf , nml hat not txcn jxiUl. u u i > . frT.nLt rm * : . U' f ) ntMent ( j Itccctiril of T.lI. Warrant Xo. It could not withstand. Every candidate and every party leader on the stump would bo compelled to champion the candidacy of a man who Is tattooed with a record of In- delllblc Infamy. They would bo confronted at every crossroad with the story of the forged census returns that scandalized the state at the national capital and placed a stigma upon the man whom the people of this commonwealth hod honored with a place In the ImlH of congress as their representa tive. They would be confronted with the moro recent misbehavior of that same ex- congressman while acting In capacity of president of the stale senate. During tuo sessions of the legislature In which he occupied the responsible and honor able position of presiding officer of the upper house by virtue of his election as lieutenant governor , Mr. Majors was notoriously a tool and capper for the corporation lobby , and exerted all his power and Influence during each session of the legislature to promote jobbery and assist boodle schemes and ob struct , sidetrack and defeat all railway reg ulation bills and measures to curb the rapac ity of corporate monopoly. SCANDALIZED THE STATE. During the session of 1S91 the state was scandalized by the abduction of Senator Taylor , a populist , who had been elected on the anti-monopoly platform , which pledged him to support a maximum rate law. It Is notorious that Taylor was on confidential terms with Lieutenant Governor Majors , and especially with his private sec retary , Walt M. Seely. There Is no doubt whatever that Majors and Seely must have known of the plot to abduct Taylor in order to keep him from casting ills vote for the Newbcrry maximum rate bill. Taylor's abduction created such a sensa tion that oven If Majors had not been ad vised about the plot he could not have been ignorant of the fact that Taylor had disap peared. The fact that Majors directed the sergeant-at-arms to have Taylor arrested shows absolute knowledge on the part of Majors of the disappearance of Taylor. The records of the auditor's office show that Taylor had drawn $262.40 as his pay and mileage for the session up to the time of his abrupt departure in the middle of March. On March 31 , when the session closed , VEOVT.E AXH TllfSUS. Japan is making some striking decora tions on China. Even the weather shows a tendency to slide on democratic grooves. President Cleveland's scrap book has been enriched by Senator Gorman's analysis ot "Cowards In High Places. " A new evil menaces the railroads. Rod hat bands affected by fast young men nlg- nallzo a locomotive tie-up. The first genuine "dry" spell slnco the enactment of the prohibitory laws has Just closed In Iowa und Kansas. Behold the bill collector. He Is hard to pleaso. The recipient ot numerous cool re ceptions , ho Is Invariably hot. David B. Hill plumes himself on having touched a popular cord. This explains his present diligence In working the saw. Periodic reports from Kansas regarding ex-Senator Ingalls' condition tend to show there Is yet considerable power behind the thrown. A change In the political complexion of to be consummation devoutly Kansas Is a wished. The country has had a surfeit of Us hot winds. The announcement of the early arrival of Mr. J. J. Corbett presages the Immediate opening of the dramatic season and several human geysers. Although the Pullman boycott collapsed three weeks ago. several eastern , publications are now shedding vast quantities of Ink on Us defenseless grave. Governor Walte of Colorado declines to . Notwithstanding reports stand for re-election. ports to the contrary , the governor has an occasional lucid moment. ot Topeka doubtless realizes Mr. John Brown alizes now the utter folly of toying with a mule's heels while standing In lunge of the catapult. His condition Is a Brown study. Wisconsin has nn extensive- array of can didates for Btttto offices skirmishing In the timber , but there Is nothing to show that "settlm the they were instrumental in ; woods afire. " Ir H. Baynes of Rockland , Mo. , Is 99 years teeth and eyesight , uses old , but has good neither liquors , tobacco , tea nor coffee , and In an Iron chair for the sake ot Its supposed magnetic value , In n recent duel In Franco between a newspaper man and a deputy , the former carved a blowhole In the cheek of the latter. Considering the article operated on , the sword proved handler than the pen. Perhaps there Is some Corcan question Involved nnd volved .In the scrap between China thus far show that . The operations Japan. celestial Uivomisatlon of ho Japa wants a claim , "There's a hole In the bottom of the sea/ ' seaThe Philadelphia Ledger points out that Shakespeare foresaw the demoralized condi tion of the democratic senate when he poniied the verso In "Hamlet" beginning : "With devotion' * zeal , and pious visage , we do sugar o'er tho" devil himself , " The great 'Manchester ship canal , the open ing of which caused such a jubilee a month ago , seems to h'avo had a few Panama trim mings. Sir John Harwood , deputy chair man of the ship canal board , nays that the sum ot over $1,500,000 has been diverted from Its rightful channel , to-wlt , the canal , and gone Into some wrong pockets , Now there will bo another raging canal seen * . Tlio above Is a fac simile of the certlllcato signed by Lieutenant Governor Majors and approved by the auditor , as now on file In the office of the auditor of state. The warrant for $75 was cashed by Walt M. Seely , private secretary of the lieutenant govcinor , nnd pocketed by him. TaylSr never received a pttiny of this money fraudu lently procured by the connivance of the lieutenant governor. This .ict alone stamps Thomas J. Majors as a dangerous man In any public offico. When he certified that Taylor had served through the entire term he knowingly and wit tingly committed a grave crime that laid him liable not only to Impeachment , but to prosecution In the criminal courts. Had Majors certified to a fraudulent voucher In the army , or duplicated his own pay In the army pay roll , ho would have been court mortlulcd and cashiered In dis grace. Where the offense was as flagrant as the Taylor voucher fraud , ho would have been made to servo a sentence In a military prison. Is this the kind of a man , the re publicans of Nebraska are asked to make chief executive of state and commandor-ln- chlef of the military forces of the common wealth ? THE SENATE OIL ROOM. The climax of Infamy on the port of the lieutenant governor was the conversion of his private office adjoining the senate cham ber Into a legislative oil room. In which liquor was dispensed freely to members of the senate who were addicted to drink , and to lobbyists , male and female , who resorted to the room for debauching the law makers. Every fellow who belonged to the gang carried a Yale lock key In his pocket so ns to have access at all times , night or day , when the senate was In session or nt recess , to the demijohns and decanters filled with choice brands of liquor , with which the lieu tenant governor's room was generously sup plied regardless of expense by the corporate concerns whoso bills -were to bo logrolled through and \UIOBO Interests were to bo protected by the bland , affable and accom modatlng lieutenant governor. Can republicans stultify themselves and Jeopardize their cause by placing a man with such a record at the head of the ticket ? TllK COlttlGAT CJtKir. Buffalo Courier : Oddly enough. It alwayH makes a horseman hot to lose the heat. Indianapolis Journal : Aunt Chloe I's readln' dat dc gods IIUH ambloshcr an" ncpltchura ubery day. Uncle Ephum Uat's nutlln' , honey ; we's got watermllyuns. Chicago Record : The Washington Hostess ( pouring ten ) Do you take migur , senator ? The Statesman ( absent minded ) Confound It , no ! Who says so' . ' Washington Star : "Will you pass the sugar ? " said the henator'.s wife. "Have we done much of anything else ? ' Inquired the absent-minded statesman. Buffalo Courier : " ! H Chlnchcr making any money out of politics ? " "Not a cent. Says he Is perfectly satis fied with what he makes In It. " Browning's Monthly : Doctor Don't bo alarmed. I was sicker than you are a year ago. und with the same trouble. Today I am well und hearty. P.itlent ( anxloiiHly-O ) doctorl loll me who was your jihyslclan ? Minneapolis Journal : "Hot ! " he ex claimed. "Well , I should say so. And the least exertion wears me all out , " And while his wife toted a crying baby around ho wandered down town and walked < ; ght miles and forty-two laps around a bllllurd table. Atchlson Globe : When a young man re turns from a picnic and HayH ho had . good time , after rowing boats and pulling UllcH for summer glrlH , nml fating lunch In a pastino with the bugs , It IH Just as much a lie as though he said ho caught 300 fish or killed a bear. Washington Star : He sat for a long tlmo wrapped In thought. "What Is the mut ter ? " asked his wife , "la there trouble on your mind ? " "Not exactly , " be answered , mopping the pcrKplrntlmi from his brow , "not unless yo inlKht look at'lt IIH a kind o' remorse , . "What was occupying your mind/ "I was wondering whether I'm the aamo limn that kicked about having to shovel HIIOW last winter. " Dent met Ion in 1'ronpect. HiiKlnn Ololie. Seventy-five New York Chinamen have started for homo to offer their services as xoldlerH to the umpt-ior. It they charge on this Japanese the way they do In the laun dry business no opposing at my can with stand their onslaught. TllK WAlt IN TllK KANT. Minneapolis Journal. There was a young man from Japan , Accustomed to "i unhlng Iho canrt ; But u Chinee from Pckln , Of opium reoklii' , Bowled him , out with a blow from hla fan. This young Chinee man had liln eye On the can containing the rye , Which the name ho did drink In thrao nliuken of a wink , Remarking , "How's that for Bhang-high. " At thin , our friend the mikado , Assuming an air of bravado , Replied with a tmeer , "we'll capture Corcul Assemble our National Guard , Ol" The fight then went on till the dragon Wus left with hardly a rag on , And England und Russia They made such a fuss , Kir , That hlu nibs , LI Hunt ; Chung , got < J Jag on.
