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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1895)
THE OMAHA DAILY BICE : SUNDAY , MAY 20 , 185)5. ( TiiE OMAIIA SUNDAY n. ATun , KUITOR. I'tJIIUSIIED BVEIll1 MOKNINO. TKUMS OK Dally ! ! ( Without Kiirxlay ) . One Year I w Daily Itee anJ HunJay , One Year 1 OT 8lx Mnnthi . . . . . . . . . . .I. . . . . . . . . . . tW Thrrc HotI In 3 00 > . Y : S" tiunday IK c. One ir J Rntunlay llc. On * Year * Weekly llru , One Year * Om.iln. The ll e tliillJlnjr. . Bouth Oniiitin. Hinder HIM. , Coinrr N nnd 2IIM HU. Council limits , 12 I'-nrl 8tr rt. Chlentro OIII.SI7 Chamber or Commerce. New Yoik. llooins 13. H anil 15. Trllmao IlMg. - , HOT F lUrect , N. W. All cnmmunlratlpni relntlnc to news timl fill- torlol matter nhoulil I ) adilr > ' ! " -l : 'lo tlio luililor. All liurlnvM lottft * nml rcmllltnc * * dliouM be ildr'5ieil in Tinl'.ee 1'ubll'hlnir i-oiiip nj' , Onmhn , UraflK , rht-clo nnJ p.jstnlllco nnUri to ba mailc puj-nble to tli. ) order of h * ' ' ' " 'JP-iDA- ' Tin : IIEK runi.iHiu.NO COMIIAN\ . STATKMKNT OP CI11CUI.ATION. Qi".rKo I ) . TzKcbiKk , rorrftaiy of Tlia lice Hulling rnmimny , lic-lnc ilnly worn. fnj the nctunl number nf full nml complete cmil the lilly l M'linlnir , llvcnlnir nml Hunuiiy prlnlrd during the month of February. lK j , tat follows : 1 . ' 20,193 Z 21 , ISP 14 J 20.S5. ) 17n 4 0,1 ) n t ID te e 21 7 21 22 1J.T99 19.6' > 3 10 21.BOO 11 19.OO r 12 19.816 26 13. . . . . 19,70) ) 27 14 19.700 Zi.- . ' ' ' . ' ' " ' Total 637.M3 Les * deductions for unsold anil returned cuplcs C.C20 NVt a.tles Ul.nU Dnlly avpiaco 19.701 Sunday. aROTton n. TS5PCHUCK. Sworn to before me nnd eubscrlb d In my prcs- cnrc till * 2J day of March , ivj ; . ( Bcnl. ) N. P. 1'RIL. N"lary Public. The iiiuii wlio infl money Into the Wizard Telephone company IIUDK their hnrp on u Willow. The Tlmraton It I HUH may be wanted up In Tliurston county to help the reg ulars keep tlio peace. Possession Is nine points of the law , even In u lunatic asylum. TIiln iiilnKc has njialn been verllled In the case of Dr. Hay. If It w.'is not for ( ineen Victoria's birthday the 1'JiiKllsh people would not have any occasion for KottliiK gloriously befuddled. A repetition of the local showers nil over Nebraska once n week for the next month will make us forget all about the crime of 18" ; ! . The war cloud on the WlnnubUKO re- Bcrvc Is lowering and a shower of lull- lets Is liable to cut. short the debate between Captain Beck and the embat tled farmers. Mr. Bryan accuses Mr. Carlisle of elmiiKliiK Ids views on the sliver ques tion since 187S. Mr. Carlisle's rejoinder will probably be : "Wise men change fools never. " Omaha , socially and commercially , Is Interested In the retention of the Omaha Short Line under the management of the Union Pacific. During times like these no prop can bo spared. Our amiable contemporary has tin un fortunate habit of'losing Its temper on the most nnprovokinK occasions , and then the mask drops which ordinarily conceals Its Mongolian features. There seems to be no diminution In the number of gasoline explosions with attendant fatal results. The mortality records of Omahii show the gasoline stove to be u veritable engine of destruc tion. Will the Board of Education submit to the dictation of the howling dervish faction of the A. P. A. or will it ex ercise its own discretion and act ac cording to the best judgment of its members ? Will the tall be allowed to wag tliu dos ? The Chicago Times-Herald exclaims : "It , as reported , the city detective bu reau has grown top-heavy , the question Is , what has been used instead of brains ? " We have been asking this question In Omaha for some time and nobody has yet been able to answer it. Jim Hill went to St , Paul a little more than forty years ago and ln > gan life as a mud clerk that is , a steam boat check boy on the Mississippi levee. Today .Tim Hill controls two systems of transcontinental roads and draws checks for a million at a time without feeling in the least embarrassed. The Michigan anti-treat law lias Jiist Rene Into effect on the Michigan statute books. Its effect upon the habitual consumers of alcoholic and malt bev erages will bo as much of a dead letter In Michigan and Wisconsin as It has been In Nebraska , where 'the law has been on the statute books for the past fourteen years. Tlio Canadian Pacific Is a rather licnvy load for the Dominion govern ment to carry , but If they venture Into loading up with the projected Pacific ocean cable they will find the burden almost unbearable. Had there been promise of money In the Pacific cable project It would have materialized long ago as a speculative enterprise. Tlte Illinois legislature Is conjured not to adjourn without mating the penalty for utiMiUug n bicycle the same as for Bteallng a horse. The legislature of the Slicker state Is admonished that of all ordinary crimes It Is one of the most wcnsiKM-atlng. It Is akin to what horse Bteallng was In the days of the early settlers on the frontier , when to lose p. horse was to 1m crippled in half the Tanner's resources. It was a crime. In the frontiersmen's mind , equal to mur der , and they accordingly gave but Hhort shrift to tlio horse thief. Tor the ordinary processes of the law were InAdequate - Adequate to reach the horse thieves , and It won not until the regulators had es tablished a code of their own that horse Stealing was put down. The bicyclers tan hardly resort to such drastic meas ures , but they certainly ought to have lutlucjicc enough with the legislature to fcecure the passage of a law Using a heavy penalty to Uio crime of bicycle It call mj DKATJl ( IF JVJ1X n , In tlio death of John H. llnwloy the citizens of Onuilui and Nebraska have rvaxou to deplore the * loss of a man whoso career has shed histru upon his nanu ! and country. .Tolui II. llawlcy was no ordinary man. Ilo was the peer of thu brainiest and most highly cul tured men who have made their mark In the political arena within thu present generation. In thu hour of the nation's peril he gallantly went to battle In de fense of liberty and union. In the halls of congress he championed the rights most dear to every American freeman and upheld thu policy inaugurated by Abraham Lincoln , with whom hi ; had been associated In Illinois during the memorable political contests that pre ceded thu war. As llrst assistant sec- n-tary of the treasury Onoral llawlcy pave proofs of his consummate knowl edge of the science of finance In helping to formulate and put In operation the scheme of resumption that placed thu national credit on an equal footing with that of .the wealthiest and most pros perous nations. In his chosen profession John B. llawlcy ranked with the ablest of at torneys that , practiced In the federal courts. Kquipped for debate on almost every Issue that has engaged the public mind during the past forty years he was the most unassuming and affable of mm and a thorough-going American In every fibre of his make-up. Men of his stamp are very rare Indeed , and few men carry to their graves a more profound esteem and respect of their fellow men. THK T.trnooT or The gradual awakening of the public conscience to tlio dangers that menace the republic through thu bribery of law makers and public olllclals Is one of the most gratifying signs of the timeo. The revolt against this systematic sub version of the will of the people through the bribery of her representatives and public agents is no longer confined to political economists tainted with social ism , but it has enlisted organs that are classed us the bulwarks of corporate monopoly. Only recently the New York Tribune , which wlll not be accused of pandering to popular prejudice against capital or corporations , gave utterance to the following scathing Indictment under the caption which appears over this article : What Rave Mr. Crokcr the power by which as the Tammany loader he fastened the clutch of that organization upon the throat of this town with so tenacious a grip that It took a popular uprising to release no , not release , but relax It ? Money. How does he get it ? Ho docs not use his own , and the campaign contributions of candidates ( or office and public-spirited citizens are not , as Indeed they ought not to be , more than sufficient to meet the ordinary neces sary and legitimate expenses ot a political canvass. Where , then , docs the money come from ? We are asking a question that the merest tyro In politics can answer out ot hand. It comes from the great cor porations of this town no need to name them \vhos9 relations with tlio public are of such a nature as to make them dependent for the success of the business enterprises In which thej- are engaged upon tlio enact ment , on the one hand , ot favorable legisla tion or the defeat , on the other , of hostile measures at Albany. The Tribune has heretofore called attention to the fact and brlelly described the process. The officers of these corporations treat It as a purely business transaction. The principles or policy of the party or parties to which they make their contributions for In most cases they contrlbuto with a certain sort ot Im partiality to both do not enter Into the matter at all. They hand over the money to the Buss with the understanding , expresser or Implied , that the Doss will see to It , so far as the representatives of his own party In the legislature arc- concerned , that the contributing corporation has protection and peaco. In cases where no positive legisla tion Is sought they call It "paying for peace. " f This process goes on year after year. Dove \vo need characterize It ? Is thcro an honest citizen of ordinary Intelligence In whoso mind there Is any doubt as to Its effect upon legislation , upon the character of our legis lators , upon public and private morals ? No man defends It. The very men who as officers of corporations submit to the extor tion for it Is no less arc as loud as any , If not louder , in denunciation of It. Many of them go so far as to say that It is noth ing less than a system ot blackmailing only palliated by precedent and sanctioned by usage. Dut all the same , when the pressure comes they pay pay and look pleasant. They say they must ; that as trustees of great properties or great financial Institu tions ; as custodians of the material Interests of others ; of the "widows and orphans , " who furnish the stock argument for this class ot abuses , they have duties and obligations which they feel bound to discharge , Irre spective ot their own duties and obligations as good citizens or their relations as In dividuals to questions ot social ethics or political morality. All of which , when sub jected to the test , not of a well-ordered conscience tbat may bo too high a standard for ordinary politics but of .reasonable and reasoning common business sense. Is utter rubbish. There is no excuse for any man to submit as a trustee for others to extortion nnJ blackmailing which In his Individual capacity he condemns as subversive of morality and most demoralizing In Us tendencies and con sequences. In another view ot It It Is utterly Indefensible. It is a diversion of trust funds to wholly Illegitimate purposes. Upon what pretext can any corporation oClcer use the profits of a republican stockholder to promote the success of the democratic party when that stockholder believes such success to bo Inimical to his own business Interests and may bo paying out ot his own pocket money for a contrary purpose ? The case Is the same If the money of a democratic stock holder In the hands ot corporation officials U contributed to & republican campaign fund. There 1s neither reason nor cense In It , and , as all will agree , the practice Is the most fruitful source of the worst sort of political corruption. Why do we walk round this crying shame tiptoe and pussy-footed ? The men who know the most about It , who suffer most from It and as private citizens are most vigorous and out spoken in their denunciation of It , are the very men who as officers of corporations and trustees of great material Interests do most to maintain it. They are not confined to either party. They are of both. And the cold truth Is that they are waiting the money of other people and their own not only foolishly , but wickedly , for they are contributing to the maintenance and perpetuation ot a system ot boss rule In politi cal management which oppresses the citi zen and taxpayer and corrupt * the sources of government. They cannot afford to continue It. Sooner or later the great body of the com mon people , the voting masses , will rise up gainst not only the syatcm Itself , but against the corporations which for their cvn selfish purposes have encouraged and promoted it. Tli en will como the whirlwind harvest ot this wild wind sowing. The Tribune utters now Us word ot warning. Corporations may have no souls , but the Individuals who compote them do and eo do the officers who conduct their aftetrs. To itliem ve make the appeal In behalf of honest politics and of good govern ment and ot the general welfare , that they let themselves In their corporate relations as well ai In their Individual capacities as citi zens against this pern clous practice. And we appeal especially to republicans. H this abuse \ to be continued let Tammany and Crokcr do It and llvo by It until public Indignation Is so aroused that an end will be made of.lt. They have the machinery for it In perfection. No use for republicans to undertake competition with them. Tlio party U not made that way. Dut > ho republican party can well afford to take a Hand agaltut the whole business and at the sacrlflco of something in tlio way of corporation contributions to campaign funds appeal to the honest tnslncts : cf the people. Substitute Lincoln for Albany , If you please , and apply every word above ut tered to Nebraska instead of New York and you have a fair presentment of thu methods by which the people of this state have been disfranchised and robbed of the Inalienable right of self- government. The appeal made to the republicans of New York appeals with greater force to the republicans of Ne braska. The word of warning to the corporation managers to desist from continuing the pernicious work by which the foundations of government have been undermined will apply with greater force to the corporation mana gers of Nebraska. Will they heed the warning ? TUB WIIBAT SITUATION. The advance In wheat , with the prob ability that the price will go higher than the best figures of the past week , Is a great boon to the wheat growers of the country who have any stock on hand. From the lowest price of wheat during the last three months the ad vance has been about 118 cents per bushel , which may be roughly esti mated ns having increased thu value of the visible supply of wheat In the United Status about $15,000,000. Owing to the great divergence In estimates of the supply of wheat no accurate calcu lation Is possible as to what the ad vance means for the owners of wheat in the aggregate , but It Is a very con siderable sum. As everybody is aware , the upward movement Is chlully due to thu unfavorable reports regarding crop conditions , but there is another Influ ence tit work. This Is the general In dustrial and business Improvement that Is taking place , which means an en larged consumption of breadstnffs. Shrewd men who have seen the inevita ble recuperation have been discounting the effect and in the period of reaction which they anticipated the continuance of wheat and cotton prices did not seem possible. There is no reason to apprehend that there will be a deficient wheat supply. Unquestionably there Is plenty of wheat for all requirements pending tiio availability of the new crop , which may or may not fall below the average. But the feeling is that the period of abnormal price depression Is over and that there Is not likely to be another for some time to come. It is tills that has no little to do with advancing the price of wheat , as of other commodities. It doesn't require a very great addition to the per capita consumption of breadstuffs - stuffs by our 70,000,000 of people to cat up a considerable proportion of the wheat crop , and such an addition is as sured by the improved Industrial condi tions. At the same time the outlook for the wheat crop is not altogether satisfac tory , though there appears to be no reason to apprehend that the yield will fall short of the demands of the coun try. The reports are not absolutely dis couraging and If those emanating from the Agricultural department are trust worthy , which many are disposed to question , It seems safe to expect a fair average crop. A favorable fact in the situation in its bearing upon the future of prices is the statement that the Ar gentine crop Is less than had been an ticipated. So that there will bo no se rious competition from this quarter. The day of 50-cent wheat has evidently gone by , probably never to come again , or at any rate not for some years. It may be worth while to remark that the advance In the price of wheat has taken place Independently of the price of silver , which has remained almost stationary , while wheat , corn and cotton have been moving upward. At present there Is manifestly no relation between the market value of these commodi ties and the white metal. FOll IIUNKST KtKCTIOKS. The president of the Southern Ballot Illghts league , Hon. J. C. Manning of Alabama , has recently visited the north for the purpose of Imparting cor rect information as to the political con ditions In the south , and what he says Is reassuring to those who hope for a better slate of affairs In that section politically. Mr. Manning declares that the political situation In the south has changed from what it was five years ago. There Is an earnest revolt against bourbon methods nnd bourbon rule. "There Is storm of a popular disap proval , " said Mr. Manning , "which will break forth In the south and no um brella of ballot box stuiiing or of politi cal manipulation will shelter or save these bonrboim from Its fury. " He says the people of the south have come to realize that bourbonlsm 1ms kept out capital and Immigration , nnd that until they can assure the same political rights that obtain else where In this country It Is foolish to expect people to go south and help de velop the resources of that section. The progressive people of the south , according to this authority , are openIng - Ing their eyes to this view of the situa tion. They are beginning to look at the matter from a. practical standpoint. "The bourbon democratic machine , " said Mr. Manning , "has had its op portunity , and the new political south will make way for an opportunity for another element to assume control of southern politics. " This Is Interesting Information , If cor rect. It is undoubtedly a fact that In some portions of the south there has been developed a strong sentiment against bourbon rule , but nowhere has It yet been able to break the power of that clement nrj to prevent It from Itrnctlclng tins lull methods by which It lias always been able to retain power. Nowhere lms ffic anti-bourbon senti ment had a nd/ntfvigorous development than In Alabiyiujjj yet the nu'ti yjit for ward as representing that sentiment Ititve been unTformly beaten In political contests. Rtftl-VtlniethUig has been ac complished ln-lif ( direction of political Improvement .fyoiu which those who are working In thn south for an honest bal lot and a propii rccognltlon of the polit ical rights ofiuvcry citizen may take encouragemeiit _ to continue the work. The needed reforms will come In time , there can be 'no' 'doubt , and they will be hastened according to the rapidity with which the people of the south can be brought to consider the situation from a practical slandpolnt. j VDICU i , Justice Ilarlan of the United States supreme court has been subjected to severe criticism for some of the utter ances of his dissenting opinion In the Income tax case. According to all the Washington corresiMindents Justice Ilnr- lan's delivery of his opinion was char- acteri/.ed by a most extraordinary If not an altogether unprecedented exhibition of fueling , amounting sometimes almost to passion. The dignity and unlmpas- slonud deportment usual with members of the nation's highest Judicial tribunal were cast aside by Justice Ilarlan and he sought to impress his views by violent lent demonstrations , wholly out of char acter with the supreme court and of course entirely unnecessary. Ills man ner , as reported by the correspondents , was rather that of the stump speaker than of a judge pronouncing an opinion in one of the most Important cases ever presented to the court of which he is a part. Them is certainly in the matter of Justice Ilarlan's opinion , which of course becomes of permanent record , much to condemn as being of a nature to arouse the resentment of certain people ple against other people , to array class against class , whether Intended to pro duce such an effect or not. It is im possible to justify declarations from such a source , under the circumstances In which they were made , the tendency of which is to Inflame the popular mind and to Incite n itortlon of the people to antagonism toward another portion. Talk of conlllcts that may put our free Institutions in peril may be pardonable from the politician who Is seeking his own or ills party's advantage and is reckless as to the means of securing It , but such utterance from a member of our highest judicial tribunal is inex cusable and indp ensiblc. In the case of the politician snch talk will have lit tle regard from Intelligent men who un derstand Its motive , but from a judge , presumably harlilg no political ambition to promote atid Jio party Interest to subserve. It carries a weight and in- lluunce commensurate with the char acter of Ills p9slilin. ) It is suggesUidiby one of Justice Ilar lan's critics that 'had a justice of the supreme court committed such a breach of judicial decency in the days of Mar- shiill and Sttiryhe / would have been Impeached and driven from the bench. There has been one instance in our history of the lilipeachinent of a mem ber of the supreme court for indiscreet and injudlclal utterances. This was the case of Justice Samuel Chase , in 1805. Among the imputations urged against Chase was the manner of de livering nu opinion In a certain case , which it was claimed was a departure from all precedents , and another accu sation was that In charging u grand jury at Baltimore lie delivered an "In temperate and Inflammatory harangue , " conduct described in the articles of im peachment as "highly censurable In any , but peculiarly indecent and unbecoming In n judge of the supreme court of the United States. " It may bu doubted whether Justice Harlau has laid him self open to impeachment , as some claim he lias , but there can be no ques tion that he has impaired ills judicial standing and in future will be regarded with distrust , as being less free from political or partisan influences than a Judge should be. It is suggested In explanation of Justice Ilarlan's conduct that he has presidential aspirations , but if such be. the case he has taken n most unwise course to promote his ambition. FltKK SlLVKIt AXD WAdES. Too much prominence or importance cannot be given to the proposition that the free and unlimited coinage of silver by this country at a ratio of 1 ( ! to 1 would work serious Injury to wage earn ers. The advocates of this policy assert that its effect would be to advance wages , but if It be admitted that ulti mately labor would receive more dollars lars for a week's work than at present the result would be reached only after a long and costly struggle , with the chances largely against wages ever be ing raised to a point where they would bear the same relation to the prices of commodities us at present. The advo cates of the fr.ee coinage of silver say that their policy would double the price of all product. it they are right the purchasing pottvr. of the dollar earned by labor would'lie1 ' reduced one-half , or , hi other words , t would purchase only one-half what 1C'Will purchase now , un less wages sliotiitl also be doubled. But who that has any practical knowledge or experience 'on 'the subject will be lieve that wage ? , jlvould be doubled or that Its ndvnuowrtvould keep puce with the rise in prices which the free silver- lies assert woiild * follow the adoption of their policy ? 'It Is the teaching of experience thiit.lsibor would have to fight for every jUilvauce It obtained , to its own loss and to the injury of the general welfare. As was well saldk by Secretary Carlisle , the wage earners cannot cat , drink or wear the money paid to them for their lnlx > r. U Is valuable to them only because they can exchange it for the necessaries and comforts of life , nnd the more of these they can get for a. dollar lar the better oft they are. They have never before been able to exchange a dollar for so much of what they need as at present , and reducing the purchasing power of dm dollar would amount to the same thing as cutting down the wages of labor. All this Is BO obvious , so plainly taught by the facts of ex perience , that it would Hfcm every wage earner would be an uncompromising op ponent of the free sliver policy. - How Is It with wages In countries tlrit have free silver coinage ? Mexico Is such n country nnd there wages are very low and have .not Increased under the free coinage of silver. A writer from that country says : "Nothing which has been promised by the silver men has come to pass here. Wages are lower ami living higher. Since silver lias decreased In value to about one- half everything produced In this coun try which competes with the markets of the world has increased proportion ately. The low wages here Is not con- lined alone to what may be termed the laboring class , but all salaries arc proportionately small. Argue us they will there can be but one result from a sliver basis In the United States. It Is that wages would not be perceptibly Increased and that the purchasing power of those wages would be di minished almost half. " In China , which Is exclusively a silver country , the cost of living has Increased during thu last ten years , while wages have remained about stationary for more than twenty years. Free and unlimited coinage of sliver would reduce the United States to a silver basis , putting It on a level In this respect with Mexico and China. What good reason Is there for assuming that the same conditions with respect to the waires of labor that exist In those countries would not obtain here ? It is not meant by this that wages would sink to as low a level here as there , but that relatively to the cost of the neces saries of life they would occupy it like position. The wage earners of the United States should carefully consider , in the light of experience and existing conditions In silver countries , what Is involved for them In the free and un limited coinage of silver by this coun try. CHII ! ! < > * tint , lol ) . Itoslon Globe. The new woman hasn't progressed so far that she can spade up her own Mower garden yet. \Vnulil Not Hi' Mincnpolls Journal. Lord Thomas Hayard would wear a decor ation from -Victoria. Well , let him ; he'l ! never be missed. The Incident Closed. WnshlnKlon Stnr. Now that Admiral Mcade and the president have told the world what they think of each other , the matter may as well drop. After .SonirtliliiR for Mottling , Chicago Hccord. The scenes at the Yaukton reservation are another demonstration of the singular fac that some men will give up $100 worth o ; time , worry and expense for J50 worth o land. If the land happens to be free. Muuml DIMruu. GlolicDemocrat. . Canada and Newfoundland have comparei debts and mutually decided to keep out of a partnership at present. Newfoundland is the hungriest , but Canada is gliding down the Inclined plane of a deficit with about equa rapidity , _ _ .Icmtlro on n Vucntlon. Chicago Dispatch. An Iowa physician hired a tramp for $10 to "punch the head off" a rival doctor. The tramp got licked , gave , the contract away anil his employer Is In jull in default of $1,000 ball. Justice seems to be spending her summer vacation In Iowa. DlinniKloni of tint Clmnge. Chicago Tlmi's-IIeralJ. That China Is at last becoming civilized ap pears from the emperor's edict recalling the celestial ofllclals fronu Formosa , ceded to Japan. Ten years ago tlio edict would have had a cipher postscript ordering Instead a of all the Japanese on the Island. KnforcliiK Kconomy. Chicago Post. The time that some Washington clerks took to watch a circus parade from the olllce windows has been deducted from their sum mer vacations , and the fear Is expressed now that a man with a cold In his head might lose enough time blowing his nose to forfeit his entlro vacation. Kccorct Hi-culling Coiieratlon. New York Sun. These European authors who write about the degeneracy of the human race give con vincing proof that they are not Intimate with the 65,000,0000 men and women who canstltute the population of the United States. The most vigorous generation of mankind -which ever In habited this country Is the generation which now lives In It ; and If we may judge from the looks and the sports of the young folks , the next full-grown generation of Americans will be more vigorous yet. A N'elmiska JMnn In It. Chicago Inter Ocean. The Mexican National Exposition of Indus tries and Flue Arts , to be held In the City of Mexico next year , Is to be a success , for a Chicago architect has been engaged to design the buildings , and the construction company that will build them has been Incorporated under the laws of Illinois. Mr. P.V. . Taylor , secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Nebraska , has been appointed to take charge of the transportation and excursion department , with headquarters in Chicago , to arrange with American railroads for the beat rates as to freight and excursion rates for exhibitors and visitors to the exposition. ticoiin sisn iioitu. Ex-Secretary McCulloch was nearly 90 years old. I'rlnce nicmarck has been elected an hon orary member of the General German Lan guage union. Captain Charles Kohler , a veteran of the Semlnolo war , died Sunday at Mariners' Har bor. Staten Island , ot pneumonia. Captain Kohler was born In 1S09 In Philadelphia , Prof. Ernst Curtlus , the famous Greek scholar , has recovered from his serious Ill ness and , despite his 80 years , will soon be gin his duties again at the University of Der- lin. Horace Dodd , a resident of Boston , Mass. , has been a member of Suffolk lodge No. 8 , Independent Order of Odd Fellows , of that city for forty-eight years. He Is now 02 years old. At Reading , Pa. , a man ot SO and a woman of 7C have just been licensed to marry. He Is feeble and walks with a cane , but she Is In good health and vigorous. They are certainly old enough to know their own minds. Mr. Gladstone Is passing the time In ar ranging his correspondence and making ex- tenilve notes regarding the principal epi sodes In his career for the asslitance of hit biographer. The cx-prcraler U In excellent health. Dr. George A. Perkini , who died in Salem , Mass. . on the 18th , at the age of 81 years , was for some time a missionary In Africa. Ho was also a skilled artist , a government post surgeon and an expert microscopUt and chemist. Hed Thunder , who wai concerned In the Turtle mountain outbreak In North Dakota and refused to surrender to Major Hale , the Indian agent. Is 88 year * old. It took six deputy marshals to overpower the chief and put handcuffs on him. Ited Thunder has killed four Sioux , two Gros Vos , ono Asslnn- bolne and ono white man In battle. Although the Daroneis Uurdett-Coutts Is 81 he is one of the liveliest women In lon- don. So youthful li her dress tbat It In criticised s being more In keeping with a young woman just "out" In society than one whose years of life are numbered. One dies * that she wore at a recent entertainment , a ccuturne of red velvet , cost uer J5.000. J bKCVI..llt SIIO1H AT Till : Kansas City Journal : The Presbyterian general assembly lias voted overwhelmingly not to gtvp way ono lota to the theological scmlnarlex. Whatever criticisms may be made against th ? Prisbytorlan brethren. It can never be cald that they have retreitrd In tlio face of evfn the hottest of controversies , St , Paul Pioneer-Press : Massachusetts IB rendering tnrdy juMlcs and Incidentally per petuating the memory of early bigotry by putting up a tablet to the memory ot Goody Martin over the site of her cottage at Ante- bury. Th ? inscription re.rJs : "Here stood the house of Susannah Martin , an honest , hard-working woman , accused as a witch , tried and executed at Salem , July 19 , 1C92 , A martyr of superstition. " Kansas City Star : If Hev. Hlshop John H. Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal church said , as reported , In an address at the gradu ation pxrrclfcs of the Scarrltt Illble and Train ing school In this city , that women "should not be allowed to preach or have o vole ? In tlio churches. " then ho denounced a practice sanctioned and encouraged since Methodism began , without which It never would have be gun , and which 1ms made a a success of 09D out of every 1,000 Methodist prayer meet ings which have over hcn successful. It Is an absolutely Impartial , unbiased , oits ; > Klo cplnlon , based on evidence , that the wonvn of the Mutliodlot church liad o.j much to do with Us foundation as the \Vusleys , and have lind more to do with its maintenance than all the bishops. Chicago Tribune : A Iloston clergyman recently preached a sermon upon the actual and relative cost of supportIng - Ing churches which contained some In teresting statistical comparisons. The lace and rlblKjns Imported Into this country yearly cost one-half ns much as the expenses of the churches , whllo the Imported wines and liquors cost one and a half times as much. The cost of jails and penitentiaries Is $50,000.000 more than that of the churches and schools combined. The annual expendi ture for liquor Is more than twice the ag gregate ot all the church property In this country accumulated In a century , and the amount paid for tobacco is still more. A recent census showed that there were ISO churches In Iloslon. worth $11,500,000. and thirty business blocks , worth as mjich ns all the churches. The receipts of the Italian opera for ono night were $11,000 and a recent prize light exhibition In the Music Hall paid $10,000 , enough to run a first class church a year. From the comparative point of view the minister's figures are suggestive enough , but they do not argue anything more than that people arc willing to pay more for luxuries than religion. Nor do they excuse the expense Incurred In running churches which might be obviated , nor the building of churches beyond the means of congregations with the outcome of mortgages. Salvation , which Is in the province of tlio church to supply , Is without money and with out price. The expense of the church chottld correspond so far aj Is possible. It seems In poor taeto to apologize for lavish expenditure by comparison with the things of this world. iOXAl. AXD It will be noticed that silver "lags super fluous" on the trail of wheat. A tax on financial discussion would soon make the national deficit look weary. In view of the demonetization of their plans , wheat bears are justified In bewailing the crime of ' 95. Ono of the sights of Boston Is the solemn and sedate Charley Francis Adams bowling around town on n bicycle. The late Hobert Tyler Jones , President Tyler's grandson , had the distinction of being the only male child ever born in the white house. Now comes Congressman Herr with an offer totry conclusions with Coin Harvey. These caloric duels promise to reach a parity with pugilism. The usual crop of boating disasters is being harvested. There is some comfort de rivable from these somber reports. The fool who rocks the boat generally goes under. The Sebascodcgan Is the latest addition to the coast llpet of Maine. While vessels bear names like that it Is folly to look elsewhere for reasons for the slow growth of America's merchant marine. The legislature of Michigan passed an antl- trcating law as a measure of revenge on the third house for refusing to replenish the legislative lockers , .lust how It will punish the lobby Is one of those peculiar mysteries which legislative minds revel In. There are good grounds for the report that n nobleman , reduced to the ploblan position of janitor , has been discovered In Harlem , N. Y. Ho has slgnlllod his willingness to marry any of the neighboring heiresses and forego publishing his impressions of the country. Colonel Clinrles II. Jones Is agitated over the supreme court's decision on the Income tax. The colonel runs a democratic paper In St. Louis for no other purpose than to In terpret undented democracy , and occupies a leading position in the store decesls branch of the party. Fortunately the decision does not prevent the colonel from paying a patriotic Income tax If ho Insists on It. A New York man proposes to test the question whether tlio state Is not liable for damages for depriving him of his liberty. He was arrested and convicted on the charge of burglary and served two years in the penitentiary. Meanwhile his Innocence was established and a pardon followed. The amount of his damage bill Is $101,838.28. Of this amount $25,000 Is claimed for Injury to reputation and mental and physical suffering while In prison ; the rest Is his computation of the amount lie lost In business by this false imprisonment , with his attorneys' fees added. T/IK rK/.JiJ'fto.VK aitrr. Philadelphia Ledger * Although the de cision in favor of the Hell company and' the UcMlner patent \\lll put a check upon thfl use of microphone device. ) nnd rivalry In long distance telephony It will not prevent thi free use of private telrphnnes or the organi zation ot rival cxctianRfft In cities which can use the mngnct telephone * upon which tlifl patent expired In ISM , Springfield Republican : Thcro U no doubt Imt that the old rules have been rcsponalbla for many tuch Rrcii abuses as the history of the llcrllncr patent reveals , and If they are sustained these abu < ci will probably continue. In tlio event that tlio supreme court doei sustain Ilium congress must bo appealed to ( a amend the law , and if congress gets at work on the patent laws there Is no telling what effect the western antagonism to patenta and the more or less general feeling that the prin cipal benefit from them U received by monop olies nnd not by the Inventors , would haven on the laws. Iloston Pout : The llcrllncr patent was held back In the patent onieo for more than fourteen yean , until such tlmo n Us Issue would serve to prolong thu Hell monopoly , nnd men n II mo the dovlcn nhlch It covers had become free lo all In other countries. Three Edison patents , which hud been ImM back In the same way nnd apparently for the same purpose , were wiped out by the ilccl- Blon In the llato cnsu. The Hcrllner patent ought to go with tlirm. The Hell company Is fully able tu meet competition In a fair fir-Id. U has used Its privileges na a monopoly to extort vast sums from the public through a long term of years. Now U can afford to nettle down to business on the basin of commercial equality. A 'MMiiiolj'n ( | Vlrtnrjr. Now Yoik Woilil. The decision of the United States circuit court of appeals sustaining the Hcrllner tele phone patent may be good law. H U cer tainly very bad justice. The llerllner patent covers the telephone transmitter. So long as It remains In force no rival company cr.n Interfere with the Hell monopoly , because no rival com pa n v .an uae the trunanillter , Tlio Hell conniany has had a monopoly ot the use of the transmitter since 1S7S , a period of seventeen years. Under thin new decision It will continue to enjoy that monopoly until the year I'M * . _ _ 1 > O M KS ll < ! .Chicago Itecord : Mr. Arthurby Just think ! You'll bo Mrs. Arthurby uftur our wedding day. Miss JniiK'son ( ono of the now women Not ut all. You will be Mr. Jatne. un when wo ic married. Truth : He Supposing I wcie to place my nrni n round your waist and suddenly- steal u kiss , would you lit- very angry with m 7 She ( sbyly-I ) might , thnt Is , If-lf It went no further than u supposition. Philadelphia Inquirer : Lane Wnlkcr I n m u wanderer over Uio fneu of the earth. llouscr ( who has just null second best In an argument uai , hlH wife ) 1 wish 1 was. Here'tt a dollar for luelt. Indianapolis Journal : "Clmrloy , " com plained the young woman who goes to all tlio ball camos , "you don't hut ? ma with half the fervor you uxed to. You haven't BOt n glats arm , have you ? " lirooklyn Llfo : "Very fine cliild , sir. I congratulate you. I don't hesitate to say thnt It Is one of the largest babies 1 have uver seen. " "Make it the hifKCst , doctor. Don't mind.me I'm un allldavlt editor my self. " Judfre : Lawyer You will not your third out of the estate , madam. Widow Ob , Mr. IIluebnRsl How can you say Hiioh a thing , and my second hardly cold In hln grave. CliJcaRO News : "And after marriage , Mnbe.1 , " lie said softly , "wo will KlUle ulotiff the path of life MM easily and with as llttlu friction ns If ns If " "As If we rode a well-oiled tandem wheel , " Fhi % Fnld , with love-like Instinct , completing his sentence. Cincinnati Tribune : "Daddy , " asked llttlo Danny GroRan , "what Is this new woman business , anyhow ? " "It manes , " Bald Mr. Orphan , after a moment's thought , "tbot Instld nv n man an' his wife beln' wan finny moore , thot now ho Is wan man un' she l.s another , bednd. " Texas Slftlngs : Applicant I nsk for the band of your daughter. Parent Have you any prospects for the future ? "None what ever. " "She hasn't any , either. Take her. my boy , and bo happy. Ulcss you both. " SUCH LUCK. Ni'W York Hocnrder. To pot a wife ho advertised. She sent to him , returning Hut In a hand too well dlHKulsod A billet doux he highly ptlzed , And ways of mcctliiK ; straight devised To case bis fond heart's burning1. lie came , he BJIW , he started back- It was bis maiden aunt ! She cried ; ho swore till all was black. Then sadly paced his homeward track. His heart of love still felt the lack. Hut pity him , I can't. MHMOltl.ll. DAY. They nro inarchlnfr ! Who are marchlngT Soldiers to the battle ground , Tlio' the wlmlH be hot nnd parching- , / Or the bitter i news abound. i They arc fighting ! Who are fighting ? Ilravo men for the cause of right , > Tho' the leaden hall Is bllghtl ! ! * ; . And the Held with dead Is white. They are falling ! Who are falling ? Young and old by fire anil mvord , Stealthy messengers nro calling ilany from tlio Berried board. They are Bleeping ! Who are sleeping ? Heroes In their narrow beds , While ten thousand haniln are beaplnfr Wreaths and llowers ( iliovn tholr heads. 1SAI113L IlICHEY. BROWNING , KING & CO * > < < \ > r * A * < \ * \ * * > * : > S" s Sfe : ; . . . . _ > * * - i T \ * > v.oP * t v\ V * S A S ? S > - x : BROWNING , KING & CO
