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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1895)
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I'.iit then the Ice Kcnson has only coinnicnciMl. ( Jlvo the Ice dealers : v chance. Governor Allscld of Illinois Is deny- Iiif ; himself the pleasure of visiting New York out of consideration for thu wel fare of Chauncey Depow. The Slate Itcllcf i-oininlsHlon should top off Its Kood work by exploding the men- dlcant frauds that are still exploiting the drouth sufferers. ' needs. .Pel-Imps the New York legislature can bo persuaded to extend Its annexation Invitation so as to Include Hawaii , Cuba , nnd Mexico as well as Canada. No , President Cleveland's cabinet con sists of the same number of members that has comprised It from the com mencement of his administration. The Mrs. Ilrouddus nuisance seems to have competitors In her own town of Kwlng. The professional charity solici tors should all be suppressed without favor or discrimination. The civil service reformers are on top In Chicago , and It Is a heart-rending sight to see the ward politicians scram bling over one another In their haste to get Into the civil service band wagon. None of the European powers were very anxious to Interfere In the east so long as the fighting was going on. Home people become wonderfully brave after the smoke of battle has been wafted away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Strange how many people are willing to accept a place on the Hoard of Kdnca- tton at the hands of thu members who frf would never for a moment dare to run f the gauntlet of an election by the 5 people. German societies are actively arrang ing for their summer outings. The Omaha Turnvereln has enjoyed rapid growth the past year , and Us plans for the summer Insure for the Germans of the city a season of rare pleasure. Having succeeded In breaking Into the Chicago city council , Hon. Prank Law- ler ought to use his oincial position in providing for a few of his fellow demo crats who were equally unrorlunate with him In Hccurlng federal appointments on the strength of endless petitions. Mrs. .T. Hewitt Ilroaddus writes to the Philadelphia Press that she Is tired of begging. Vav goodness sake , why doesn't she stop , then ? The people of Nebraska arc also tired of her profes sional beggary. But there Is little hope that Mrs. IJroaddus will ever bo too tired to beg. Omaha has had a taste of had , bat unfortunately the crop has not fur nished substitutes either for marbles or hens' eggs. This Is an embarrassing confession to make. Had the same hall fallen In any other place they would certainly have attained proportions tions no smaller than base balls. The Grant monument In lllverslde park , New York , promises to be finished before another birthday of the great general Is to bo celebrated. It Is to be hoped that no further obstructions to Its speedy completion will be encoun tered. Its unllnlshed condition has been 11 reproach to the people of the United States quite long enough. Pennsylvania celebrates two Arbor days. Not that Pennsylvania Is twice ns devoid of trees as other states , butte to be sure that each citizen has an op portunity to celebrate one of the days set apart for tree planting. Nebraska might have two Arbor days , too , but , alas , Secretary Morton Is hleswd with but ti single birthday anniversary an nually. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Our local contemporary has just dis covered that the ten-year garbage col lection contract let by the city council In 181X1 Is and promises to continue to bo a stench In the nostrils of thu tax payers. It ! i ' rather lalo day to , llml this out.Viivn the garbage Job was up In the council and i > assod over the veto of Mayor Ik-mis The lleo alone exposed Its rottenness and fought It front the very beginning. And the end la not yet nit : rr/M.v / The dispatches of the past few days regarding the situation In Cuba hare tx'ciipicil no small or uninteresting per * tlou of the general news. Their general purport has been to Indicate that Hie Insurrection , contrary to reports ema nating from Spanish authority , la really very formidable , nnd that the repre sentations to the contrary are not trust , worthy. It Is of course generally under stood that ko fat * as any advices coming through Spanish channels are concerned Ihvy are colored to stilt the desire of the ruling power and consequently not alto gether trustworthy , but on the other hand It Is not reasonably to be expected that perfectly trustworthy Information will come from the Insurgent side. Un- Oer these circumstances It Is extremely dtlllcult to get nt the truth. It was announced a short time ago , upon vhat was said to be the highest olllclul authority , that the Insurrection was practically suppressed , but subse quent facts show this to have been abso lutely erroneous. The world was given to understand at that time Hint the Spanish authority In Cuba was supreme and that nothing remained to be done but to punish the parties who were re sponsible for the revolt. The latest ad vices that are free from Spanish censor ship do not bear out this information. An American who Is one of the largest sugar growers In Cuba , and who arrived in Ilostoii from that Island a few days ago , said that the present Insurrection Is the greatest struggle that the Island has ever known. lie stated that not withstanding all reports to the contrary the rebel troops are everywhere gaining the upper hand and ( hat they are Im bued with thu greatest enthusiasm and the utmost patriotism. They mean to continue the struggle. If necessary , for years , and according to this authority they have the moral as well as the financial support of all large cane grow ers , who are tired of the methods at present existing and who would gladly welcome any change. This party says that the Cuban insurgents not only have all the money they ui'pd to carry on the struggle , but they will have no difficulty lu getting all the men they require. It Is a somewhat surprising statement that "not only Cuban patriots In the1 United States and Kurope , but financiers and others with enormous sums of money at their command , are only too glad to lend to the Insurgents at a rate of In terest which , taken In the light of the seeming prccarlousness of the struggle , Is very low. " In view of the fact that the state ments from Spanish sources have been shown by subsequent events to have been false there Is substantial reason for believing the reports which give the Insurgents a better standing than Is ac corded them by the Spaniards. At all events It seems unquestionable that the struggle for Cuban Independence Is far from ended nnd that the future will be full of Interest for those who are In sympathy with the efforts of the Cuban patriots. A ir/.STK/\V CAXDIDATK. Ex-Speaker Crisp , who speaks with authority for a large element of his party , says that the next candidate of the democracy for president must be a western man. "We should select some good man from the west , " says Mr. Crisp , "some man with a military rec ord , identified with the dominant senti ment that now controls the party , " by which he , of course , means the free silver sentiment , to which he confesses himself In full sympathy. It would have very greatly simplified the situa tion if Mr. Crisp had Indicated If he had anybody In mind among the promi nent democrats of the west who would till the requirements ho sets forth for the candidate. Who Is there among western democrats , giving the widest possible range to the question , who an swers the requirements of Crisp's can didate ? A few democrats there are with a military record which might beef of some service to them in a national political campaign , but these men are not In favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the United States at the ratio of 1 ( ! to 1. There are other western democrats who are In favor of free silver coinage , but they have no military record. We do not know of a single western democrat of any promi nence or availability as a candidate fertile tile presidency who has the qualifica tions prescribed by ex-Speaker Crisp as essential to the standard bearer of the democratic party In the next national campaign. Look over tha list of western demo crats who may be thought of as presi dential candidates In any possible con tingency. Palmer of Illinois has a mili tary record , but he is not In favor of the free coinage of silver. Vllas of "Wiscon sin Is lu the same category. Holes of Iowa Is a blmotallist , and If ho saw nn opportunity to secure the nomination for the presidency would probably bo hi favor of the free and unlimited coinage - ago of sliver by the United States alone , but he has no military record. Where else lu the states of the west are the democrats to look for a candi date with the qualifications said by Mr. Crisp to bo necessary ? Wo could name a number of western men who are prominent In the councils of the demo cratic party , but none of them would answer the lest proposed by the ex- speaker of the house of representatives and few of them hare any availability whatever. It Is entirely safe to say that not a single western democrat whom any one would seriously think of In connection with the presidency could carry his own state. SU11 Mr. Crisp Is right In the opinion that the democracy ought to select a western man as Its candidate next year. It would manifestly be supreme folly to put forward n southern man , as has been suggested , because the effect of doing so would be to Inaugurate a sec tional contest It Is hardly possible that the next democratic national convention will nominate nn eastern man , for from present Indications the south and west will be tlrmly united against that sec tion. Thu situation Is such that the democracy will make the best showing by nominating a man from the west , notwithstanding the fact that there Is no one In that section who has any great availability. Had as the west Is off for good democratic presidential material , the party caunot Improve Its chances of success by making a selection from cither the cnst or the fiouth. AX IMPtlACTICAnijRDKV1CK. TVlmt has been telegraphed all over the country ns nil entirely new device of the Detroit Tribune to settle forever the controversy over the coinage Is ns a natter of fact neither new nor would t , If practicable , be acceptable to any of ; hu opposing parties. The proposed plan is simply the creation of a new mone tary unit rather than the restoration of the double unit. The new unit Is to consist of neither gold nor silver , but of an amalgamated combination of both. The two metals are to be mixed In pro portions fixed by law and coined Into pieces that shall pass current as the monetary .standard. The Idea of securing a bimetallic sys tem of currency by the union of the two metals Into a single coin has been suggested time nnd time again. Ono of tin ; multitude of plans contemplated a link coinage , consisting of two Inter locked rings of different metals , the combined value of both to represent the unit. Another proposed a coin of two discs , the one of the more valuable metal set into the other , both being leecssary to constitute a legal coin. An other is that just renewed , to niuiil- amate the two metals Into an alloy. Against all of these schemes , however , there are Insurmountable technical ob jections outside of all objections from the economic standpoint. Gold and sil ver will not form a readily distinguish able alloy having characteristics that will enable the genuine to be readily detected from the spurious. At tile same time the argument thai the proposed coin would be absolutely stable in value , the changes In the dif ferent component metals offsetting one another , Is by no means conclusive. Only so much of the annual production of silver could be couied as for which there was a corresponding amount of gold produced for alloy with It. There would be so vast an amount of free sil ver and free gold that the relative values would fluctuate almost as greatly as they do now. We might as well claim that a law requiring for legal tender payments the offer of both gold and silver dollars , one-third of the amount lu gold and two-thirds In silver , would give us a never varying currency. Such a law , however , would be just as practicable and more sensible than the alloy coin device. But It would not solve the question of a bimetallic system of coin age for the United States. CANAL LAW -10 UK TUS1 The action of the county cominls- slouers In refusing tu nct'i'tle to the petition for 11 special election to veto canal bonds under the new canal law Is exactly In line with the advice > ; lven by The Kee and will nmuiustlonnbly be niHiroved by th taxpayers of Douglas county. Apparently Interposing an structlon to procedure wllh the canal proposition , it lu reality expedites ulti mate results. The constitutionality of the law was bound to be tested In'tho courts before the proposed bonds could bo disported of on the mnrUet nnd by proceeding by mandamus to compel the county commissioners to order an elec tlon it Is brought directly and at once in the supreme court without prelim inary hearing In the district court. A decision of the supreme court will clear the atmosphere. If In favor of the validity of the law It will justify the expenditure of the money necessary for holding n special election. It will remove all possible grounds for cavil as to the soundness of the bonds when they shall come to be offered for ale. It will place the otllcers In charge of the construction of the canal on solid ground with reference to their powers and jurisdiction. On the other hand , If there are vital defects In the law thi1 sooner we know it the better. Taking all things Into consideration , the action of the county commissioners promises protection to the various Interests af fected. I'ROTKCTIOX ( ' VXKiX TAUKLfS. The ruling of the highest appellate court of the state of Missouri that the label adopted by the clgarmakers' union is not protected by the laws relating to trademarks will attract no little atten tlon among the ranks of organized labor. Various labor organizations have adopted particular labels bearing wel known devices to Inform the public that goods placed on the market , are thi , product of union labor. Merchant * claiming to sell union made goods ex clusively have by this means been en abled to give assurance to their patrons that their representations are borne oul In their business operations. The unioi : label In this manner serves both ns ar advertisement for the merchants and a protection for the laborer. Til order that the union labeJ may at tain its legitimate ends It Is desirable and even necessary that Its unauthor Izert employment be subject to somt legal penalties. In the case adjudleatec In Missouri , an attempt had been made to prosecute for the counterfeiting o the label under the law prohibiting the counterfeiting of trademarks. The court held that one of the Indlspcnsabli requisites to a valid trademark Is tha It point out the true ownership of the commodity to which It Is attached. Tht union label does not have this quality being adopted only by nn assoclatloi having no claim to ownership In tin. roods to which it Is atllxed. If this Is the law with reference to the device adopted by the clgijrmakers' union , It o course applies to the labels of all the other labor organizations. The court intimates that the use o counterfeit labels can be stopped bj injunction nnd civil suit for damages but It Is quite evident that this Is no the most effective remedy. The niort simple and easy method Is to secure i legislative enactment giving the nnloi label a legal status. Similar laws exls In various states to prevent the wrong ful use of firemen's buttons , Gram Army of the Republic insignia and flu like. In Nebraska there Is a law , passei In ISill , covering the very point In con trovcrsy. It empowers associations am unions of worklngmcn to adopt label.- for their protection and makes thcl unauthorized use , If kuowlngly per slsted lu. a misdemeanor punishable bj fine or imprisonment or both. It also pcclnlly provldcjB for stopping tlio abuse by Injunction nnil recovering Ifunagoa by c ylj stilt. Whnt the work- ngnien In otfiiij | , ptatcs should do la to ectiro the enlistment of legislation slinl- ar to thnt liriWiv In Nebraska. The Missouri doclfiloii Is to remind them lint in the absence of mich legislation hey are practlrnlly powerless to pro- ect their labels1 ; IleDr. . .Tiisejnji T. Duryea has re igned the pastorale of the First Congre gational I'lnirfeh 'ntul his place on the Joard of Kdticntlon. Few men In late ears have come to Omaha as strangers uul made for themselves n warmer ilaco In the hearts of our people than lid Dr. Durycii during the period of his 'esldence ' here. In every effort that uul for Its object the moral betterment ) f the people of this city ho readily took i leading part. His Inlliience was not confined to the limits of his pastorate. Until fulling health admonished him to cease his labors he was actively en gaged In educational , charitable and ihllanthropio work. The Impress la- eft upon the social and Intellectual life > f Omaha Is marked , lie rendered a llstinctlve service to the church and to the city. The Hoc shares the hope of Ills friends In this city that his health may be speedily restored and that a long life of usefulness Is yet In store for him. Outgoing steamship passenger lists are tgaln swelling with the approach of the uintial exodus of Americans to Europe. The traveling habit is making great In- oads upon the people of the United States , stimulated by quick ocean pas sages and palatial pecan steamers. And t Is gratifying to note that the west Is ontrlbutlng more and more to the hrong of recreation seekers who are ooklng for now scenes both at home uul abroad. Tlitrlh inl ) . Courier-Journal. No free sliver man has over explained why It Is , If free colnnKe of silver would Kive us more good money , thnt the money jf the free silver countries Is less per cap ita nnd less In purchasing power than that of the gold standard countries. Opportunity rnr it Itonr. Chicago Times. Ambassador Uustls should have known that his remark about the United States never having- been aggressive In Its dealIngs - Ings with a weaker nation would bring the Charleston News and Courier to Its feet with an Indignant protest , based on the d-nllngs of the United States with the con federate states. Tlio l.llilr mill thi ) Illnomrr. Courier-Journal. And now th blbje has l)3en brought to bear on the blomner question , llo.ro Is the citation Deuteronomy , chapter 22 , verse 5 which Is hurled against the women who wear such abominations. "Tho woman shall not wear that which portalneth to a man , for nil that do so nro nn abomination unto the Ixrd thy God. ( " Hut does this apply to bloomers ? Was there j ever a man who would array himself In such hideous things ? I'eiie * . ! ? ) Mi Mm Orirnt. Netv YnrU World. The terms ot. the treaty of pence between China anil Japan have Involved the orient In I the moves dn the chess board of Euro pean politics. England's traditional an tagonism to Hus'ila has been pushed from the Hlack sea to the Afghan frontier , and now their rivalry breaks out on the shore of the 1'acltlc. Francs shows a. disposition to take a p.irt In U o settlement of the new eastern question , , and , of Bourse. Germany v/IIl 'not consent "to be left out. There lq u possibility that we- shall have the whole eastern question over ngaln. Improved lluslnuas. Glob"llemocrnt. . The dispatches saying that "tho wages of 2jOWO persons In Now England were ad vanced voluntarily last week" and that "the manufacturers nre swamped with orders" tell an eloquent tale of the Im provement In general business. All the great lines of trade feel the effect of the revival. In the woolen , cotton , rubber , hat , straw Roods , and boot and shoe Industries something' like a boom has come within the past few weeks. The Iron and steel manu factories are beginning to show an activity such as was absent for the past two years. This Is the report which conies from all the prominent manufacturing points In Now England , _ Wiuililneton Stnr. The fact Is , and the pooner cyclists under stand It the better ull round , accidents to themselves or to foot passengers are In most Instances due to their own reckless ness or carelessness. This is especially true of that class of riders who , with back humped up and head bowed down , seek to make the fastest speed possible , whether on country roads or In crowded city streets , without looking out to see what Is ahead ot them or likely to cross their path. These are the men who ought to be suppressed , along with the dangerous fools who drive vehicles nt a high rate of speed around street corners , without regard to the rights of foot passengers. I'ruyrr or D.rnninltc. Indianapolis Journal. Evangelist Moody nnd his vast audience nt Fort Worth prayed for rain , and rain came. The wind blew also , and beat upon their tabernacle and destroyed It , forty or llfty people being Injured In the fall and nt least one person killed. What ilr. Moody nnd his hearers wanted was not a hurri cane , but Just n plain , wet rain. Now , the question Is whether or not the fervency of their petitions produced ths unexpected re sults the oversupply of "answer. " so to speak. Or was It nn exceptionally firm faith In the disposition of the heavenly powers to set aside natural conditions and Irrigate esp2Clally dry spots , once attention was called to them ? Whatever was the fact. It should be Investigated and put upon a practical basis. If prayer brings rain It ought to be understood just what quality of petition and degree of earnestness will produce satisfactory results. Some years ago a prayer gnugo as a test for similar results was proponed by Irreverent persons ; this , of course , la not to b ? thought of , but some sort of rain gauge might be estab lished whereby the desired measure of moisture could be Indicated by those asking ing- for It and mistakes \ avoided. As It Is now , the effect of the Fort Worth Inci dent Is likely to. discourage the devout from , further efforts In the same line , and unless a barometric rule of supplication bs fixed Texas Is In danger of goingus dry under pious dispensation as with the dyna mite method of ralnmaking' In force. 3WIJKiKA. Minneapolis Tflfip : Modjeska. the ac tress , Is barred X > uti . * f Russia for making a patriotic speech at.tlia . Chicago World's fair. She will no doubt-- find compensation In amore moro abundant Jl rVfpt of shekels In Amer ica. Boston Glebe : So 'lime. Modjeska has been expelled from HuSMa on account of a speech in favor of the toresr which she made a long tlmo ago In Chicigo . It seems that Kiissia not only lntend * Xounlih ] free speech In Russia , but whenever theru Is a possible op portunity she proposes to punish free speech In America. T / / Chicago Tribune. Mine. Modjeska , In view of her expulsion. , will add to the list of her American admlreri by her vigorous denunci ation of the government which has so long dominated Poland. The mere fact of her ex pulsion counts for but little , for Mme. Mod jeska Is an artist and a woman of all coun tries In the following of her profession. She will find hospitality. and welcome everywhere except In localities ruled by Rutsla , and there are but few nations which will not admire her all the more DOW that she has encoun tered the enmity ot the czar'a government. TIIK T.IO.Vfl ( lltAJI. Washington Star : It will be KngUr.d's next move to cultivate an ImprMilon thnt the Monroe doctrine is a theory and not a condition. Olobe-Democrat : England's conduct fn the Nicaragua matter Is arrogant n < l cowardly , but It Is characteristic. It Is the course she has always taken In dealing wllh small na tions. She Is a swaggerer and a bully ex cept when the other party U a country ot her own size. Cincinnati Commercial : It President Cleve land had only said to England , In n hold , de termined , rcrlous way , that the United States thought the Nlcaraguan requcit for arbitra tion was n fair one and should be acceded to , who Is there but believes tlio request would have been acceded to. Chicago Post : The savage Is not far be neath the skin of this Christian nation. The Inttlnct that leads England to enter up judgment without arbitration , to refuse medi ation and to chastise the quaking antagonist Is the Instinct of the aborigine. It Is the assertion of thcl old doctrine of might makes right which England has nourished under the cloak of Christian diplomacy for eight centuries. Boston Glebe : England has a bill of $75- 000 against llttlo Nicaragua. That country disputes the Justice of the bill , and now England proposes to collect It by force. If this method of procedure should take place between two Individuals , one a big man and the other a little boy , we should apply epithets to the big man that would not be flattering. Why should not the same methods of justice exist between nations as between Individuals ? Denver Republican : The cabinet at Wash ington has acted In a way to suggest that It either feared England or had no sympathy with the feeble republics of the western world. It could have prevented matters from going ns far as they have , and that would have been done If Mr. Hlalne or Senator Morgan had been.In the place of Mr. Cleve land. Nicaragua might have paid the In demnity If it had been advised to do so by the United States. But now that Great Britain has gone to extreme lengths , the question arises concerning what the United States will do In the event that England de clines to withdraw during the course of the nxt two or three years. New York Sun : What concerns , the United States is that the peremptory demand of a European power on an American republic to pay down an amount for nn alleged offense has been accompanied by a threat to enforce H through an occupation of territory and n seizure of resources , If not complied with absolutely at a tlmo fixed. With such n precedent , why may not England , at some future j : time , when she chooses to demand A hundred times ns much of a weak Amer ican republic , and when there will exist a real Inability to raise the sum fixed upon ns Indemnity for an alleged offense , occupy for a prolonged period the soil of that re public and iwcket Its revenues ? New York Tribune : If the president mid Secretary Orcshaiu had been quick wilted they would not have entered Into any diplo matic compact with the British ambassador. They would have either assumed Indifference to what was going on or else they would have held Great Britain reponslblo for the consequences and have declined to sanction In advance any aggressive measures. If they had taken that line of action they would have been In a position to make the occupa tion of Corlnto the ground of justification for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer convention. Nothing can b3 clearer than the fact that under the convention Great Britain has not the right cither to occupy or to exercise dominion over one foot of territory In Central America. VKOri.K .IX1 > THIXaa. It Is due the Board of Public Works to say that It docs not wholly approve of the ban- ana peel as a. test of the solidity of perma nent sidewalks. The people of Delaware must bo wholly absorbed In the senatorial fight. The annual report of the partial destruction of peach buds has not boon sent out. A monument to the victims of the Quantrell massacre at Lawrence , Kan. , Is to be un veiled on Decoration day , and there Is to be a reunion of the survivors of that lamentable .affair. The husky Amazonian queen of Madagascar read her declaration of war against the French invader clad in a Worth gown , bare feet and a flush of rage. Life Isn't worth living j without bslng In the fashion. The transfer of Theodore Hoosovelt from Washington to New York gives reform a fresh boost in Gotham. One of the expected results of the change will he the tanning of the elc- pliant's hide and Its use with the tiger's skin as a doormat. The girls of the University of Michigan will graduate In calico gowns In order to be able to subscribe moro liberally to the gym nasium fund. There's a new-woman Idea that Is likely to make the new man do some hard thinking. Kate Field's health has become so precari ous that she has been forced to suspend her paper , Kate Field's Washington , until she shall have recovered. The sympathy of m-any thousands of admirers of this bright woman will go out to her In her troubles. Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed U diligently acquiring language ? abroad. He Is already conversant with French , Italian and Spanish , as well as United States , and Is now absorb ing German and Gaelic. A man who can campaign In six languages would be Invinci ble In a presidential race. The fear Is expressed In some quarters that the amount of the Income tax will not more than pay the cost of collection. As the total Is estimated at $14.000,000 and the cost ot collection at $260.000 , It ls believed there are enough patriots In the country who would collect the tax for say 50 pjr cent of the difference between the total and cost and relieve the government ot the annoyance. The "coming woman" has arrived In Lon don. Mrs. Deanclerk , a broker , testified In a London court that she employed her husband In her office , but had dismissed him last August because of certain derelictions of duty. "Do you mean to say , " asked the solicitor general , "that If you saw the man you had swcrn to honor and obey writing In your private room you would be so hard-hearted ns to say , 'Out you go ? ' " "I should , certainly , " was the answer. XKllllASK.l J.Vi > XlSIIHJSllAXS. The ladles of Mlnden have organized a band. Hastings cyclists have organized a club and are talking of holding1 a tournament. Two Burchard men have been bound over to the district court for Illegally soiling liquor. A Grand Army post has been organized by the old soldiers In the vicinity of Mason City. City.A A Wayne , man has Invented a now cork for beer bottles. Ho hopes to make his fortune on the patent. Burglars broke Into the postofflce at Bclvl- dcre , blew open the safe and secured $200 In stamps and money. The Douglas Sliver Cornet band has been reorganized with a competent leader and fourteen members. Thaddeus Williams Is the new editor of the Palrbury Journal. C. L. DeFrance , the retir ing editor , will remove to Colorado. Burglars secured $100 wortli of goods from Neely & Derby's store at Bellwood. This Is the fourth time the same store has been burglarized In eighteen months. W. N. McNeil , ex-treasurer of Seward county , died at his homo In Utlca after a long Illness with consumption. Ho had but re cently returned from a trip to California for the benefit of his health. A colt kicked J. D. Burge , residing near Falrbury , tearing off one car , gouging out his left eye , smashing his cheek bone , and fracturing his skull. In spite of his terrible Injuries Mr. Burgo may recover. The Plattsmouth Dally Journal has BUS ponded publication , but Editor Sherman an nounces that ho will continue the publication of the weekly and will rcsumo printing the dally as soon as the times warrant the un dertaldng. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report FIRST INCOME TAX RETURNS Avftlnnoho of Them Expected nt the Treasury Department by Wednesday , RICH MEN FAIL TO MAKE THEIR RLPORTS Olllclnl * nt Washington U'lll lie Kept from Tlioti On Hope * thnt the I.nnr VHU lie Drclnro ! CnuntUu- tlunnl Throughout. WASHINGTON , April 29. The officials having In charge tlio Incumo tax matters for some time past linvo had little to cto except to contemplate the rush of work thut U ex pected to begin next Wednesday. On that day collectors of customs have been In structed to send In all Income tax returns that luvo been examined and tabulated and ttiat on Monday , May 1C , all the remaining returns be sent. It U probable that the re turns which will begin to arrive on Wednes day , May 1 , will comprise fully three-fourths of the whole and from that time on for several months the Income tax bureau will bo crowded with work. The returns prior to the decision of the supreme court have not all been returned to the collectors to be corrected In conformity with the caurt's de cision , so thnt less than COO returns are In the department at the present time. Later Information from collectors Is to the effect that a largu percentage of the heavier tax payers have failed to make any returns what ever. In some Instances the reason for this failure Is undoubtedly carelessness , as Is shown by the larse number of persons who sent In their returns after the time limit had expired , but the action of the greater number Is believed to have been de liberate. The percentage of this latter class Is estimated as high as one-fourth of the whole In some localities nnd throughout the entire country n conservative estimate Is 25 per cent. The olllclals are hopeful of a fa vorable change In the opinion of the supreme court as a result of the rehearing1 and are especially so as to the main proposition. In the event that the court sustains the consti tutionality of the act as a whole It Is said that nearly all of those who have declined to make returns will bo anxious to compromise with the government with a view to avoid ing the payment of penalties. HAItl ) TIAttsV1I.1 , COT NO 1'IOlIKi : . Denver Is Dptruiilnoil to M.iko the Kxpo4ltlou u SurciM * . WASHINGTON , April 29. Hon. E. D. Coe of Denver , who has just arrived here after a visit to New York and other eastern cities In the Interest of the mining- exposition which is to bo held In Denver next year , reports that ho found considerable Interest In the enterprise. Speaking of the exposition today , ho said : "The people of Colorado are In earnest about holding a mining exposition , and they Intend It to be the greatest exposition of the kind ever held In this or any other country. Hard times will not lie allowed to stand In the way of our success. Wo have already had subscribed nearly $500,000. Hon. D. H. Mof- fatt has given $50,000 , and the county of Arapahoe and city of Denver contribute $17G.- 000. 000.Little Little Is known of Colorado's resources and we propose to let the world know what we have. A great many think silver Is our only product. This is entirely a wrong Im pression. Very conservative men estimate that our gold output this year will bo not less than $20,000,000. and some place It as high as J30.000.000. If wo never mined an ounce of silver , wo would still have our gold , zinc , lead , marble and Iron and coal , which exist In great abundance. "We will show the various methods of mining the ores and extracting the minerals We ' are already assured that the mining dis play will be superior to that at the World's fair. fair."We "We also Intend to show on a comprehen sive scale what can b3 done In arid coun tries by Irrigation. All known methods and devices for Irrigation will bo exhibited , and there will be an Irrigated farm In connection with the exposition , on which will be grown all the products of the soil capable of being grown In an arid country. "The managers of the exposition are our best citizens , and they have taken hold of this matter with characteristic energy. I am Informed that applications for space are al ready coming In from mining and machinery firms from all parts of the world. " Mr. Coe rays It Is the Intention of mining men to erect a large auditorium , capable of seating 15.000 people , with the hope that Denver may be able to sevuro one of the national political conventions next year , for which the city Is a candidate. Snrvpjlnu Imllim Territory I.nniln. WASHINGTON. April 29. Mr. H. C. Pitch of the geological survey , who Is the topog rapher In charge of the work In the Indian territory authorized by the last congress , lias Just returned from , the territory after having organized and placed In the field six surveyIng - Ing parties. Cunhlor Cnnia Huck nnd Surrendered. RALEIGH , N. C. , April 29. A special from Charlotte says James II. Holland , cashier of the Farmers and Merchants National bank , who fled last Tuesday night , surrendered to the officers today. It Is thought he had been hiding In his own house. . StlllTIl flllt TIIK J Hcjton Transcript : Mrs. Fonff-Oh , y * , Mi. 3 Dtll.i Snrt U n fine elocutionist. Slit roads > o naturally nnd every word Is til- torei ) with ucli dIMIr.ctnes * . Air. FOL-C- ll'ml Hoiulfl distinctly and naturnlly , does nhe ? Well , all I've u"t lu * " > ' ! > she U no clututloniel , . Atlanta Constitution : "Wlint > wnnt ol you , " unlit ths editor to the poet , "Is HCIHIP- UiliiK new. " "Uullmt do yoil cull new ? " worked .over nnd mailiod till you enii't recogniss If. " j Chicago Tribune : Johnny Doctor , If 1 was to auk you whether It's goln' to hurter or not would you tell me the truth about Dentist I rcrtalnly would , my boy. Johnny Then go ahead uu * pull it out without tcilln' mo. Life : IK I'm going to ask your father tonight. She I suppose so. "Why ? " "I see you're not wearing your ljo t trouscra. " Chlrngo Ilfconl : "Yen. " said the dealer , 'MomentIc tobaccos nre much cheaper now than tlu > y used to be. " "Woll , wild the ruHtomer , who had Just bought n box of clours. "It .terms to me. then , Unit you ought to iiuote a tnuuh lower rate on these Impoited clgurs. " Atlanta Constitution : "What do you think of Uiu llnanclal qtlCHtlim , major ? " "It's nhead of me , nlr. The fellow who Iwrrowed my last dollar loft town last night. " New York World : "Mnintrm" the sorrel colt gazed nnxlously nt his dam "the client- nut Illly wants me to run away with her the next time we go driving together. He looked down shyly. "What shall I say ? " The mare bridled up. "Turn to her , my son , nnd whisper gently , Neigh , neigh , Pauline ! ' " And , with a horse laugh , they resumed the discussion of their table d'o.it. Knte riold'a WanlilnRton. He searched for his ntllnlty Through many ycnrs nnd climes , Just missing her , he funded , At least u score of tlmrs. Homeward , when tired of wandcrlni From llcershelia to Dan. Ho wont , to llml her daughter hail Just wed nnother man. A DK.MOVIt.iT'ti SOLILOQUY. New * . "For silver or for gold , that la the ques tion Whether 'tis better for us democrats To stick to gold anil brnve the sih'erlte , Or to consort with him nnd shout for silver And by so doing win the west : To win The west I Ami when wo say the west TV mean Montnnu , Colorado , Idcho And several others. 'Tls n consummation > l Devoutly to be wished. Uut there's the J cnst ! Perchance wo lose the east ! Ah , there's 4 the rub ! For In that east electoral votes nre many , While lr > the west they're few and far be tween. This sad discrepancy betwixt the two Must give us pause. Hut UH It's votes ami not pause that we nre nftcr , " he con tinued , dropping his Shnkpsporenu Iambic and relapsing ; Into ordinary democratic prose , " 1 don't see how In thunder thnt helps us out any. 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You're More'ii Half Dressed When you're in the company of a man who has on one of our $10 or $12.50 suits and you're dressed as well as any tailor can dress you , for twice the money , when you get one of them on yourself. There arc a lot of styles on the ten and twelve fifty tables for tomorrow sacks , cuta ways , in all the newest fabrics new blues , blacks , tans , gray mixed , and so on , in cheviots and cassimeres. Of course the style is the very latest and we'll guarantee to fit you perfectly with a suit that will wear and hold its shape as long as any tailored to-order suit lor twenty- five dollars. Two big bargains tomorrow ten and twelve fifty. Reliable Clothlarj , S.W. Cor. 15th auJ Sts.