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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , JUNE 24 , 1895 ,
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Sunday.
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enc hls l.t " ' "
N i'7LD.So.nry , ! . vuhllc.
"XlTtile loiiRor nntl nil Nobrnska will
bo one vast Clmntnuqua nssombly.
The cats that tlou't catch mloo are
Btlll rctaliicil on the city pay roll as
police detectives.
The latest la a bicycling costume for
women In inouniliiR. The next will
doubtless be a bridal gown adapted to
the wheel. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Look out for a sudden change In the
fashion for men's headgear. The prince
of Wales has appeared In public under
a white plug hat.
With a new chancellor and a new
ft library building the strides of the State
Ir university In the .direction ot progress
Bhould continue unabated and undlmln-
Ishcil.
At Chicago the police have Instituted
n crusade against pay roll stuffors. In
Omaha the crusade will have to be In
stituted agahiht taxeatcrs who are on
the pay rolls but render no service for
their pay.
It Is still the duty of the republican
national convention to enunciate. , the
principles for which the party stands.
And no other assemblage of repub
licans , however eminent and influential ,
can relieve It of that duty.
The democratic congressional commit
tee Is organizing a trust of democratic
orators for operations In the northwest.
When the trust lijea gets a foothold In
politics , private electioneering won't be
able to bold a candle to syndicate
methods.
The convicts In the penitentiary arc
> > - eating food included In the Inventory
upon which the apprasers' award was
made , but the contractor Is still charg
ing the state -10 cents per day for each
convict for permitting the convicts to
eat the state's supplies.
Owing to the failure of the supreme
court to pass on the application for a
mandamus brought against Govenor
Ilolcomb the question of the manage
ment of the Nebraska Institute for the
Blind will have to remain a few
months longer In the dark.
Emperor William wants to Inspect
one of the United States war vessels
now at Kiel. This Is a decided compll
ment , Inasmuch as the emperor would
not care to waste his time Inspecting a
vessel unless he thought he would see
something instructive as well as enter
taining.
Spanish newspapers are excited be
cause they think the demand for a set
tlement of the Mora claim Is only an ex
cuse for this government to seize
Havana and hold It until payment is
made. That may bo .Tolin Bull's way
of collecting bad debts , but It has not
yet been endorsed by Uncle Sam.
Before the republican senators begin
quarreling as to which or them are en
titled to the principal committee chair
manships , they might do well to try to
ascertain what terms they will have to
offer the populist or democratic mem
bers of the senate In order to secure
their co-operation In reorganizing the
body. Unless the republicans arrange
for populist assistance , It is possible that
no.ne of them may ha've committee
chairmanships.
The experts employed by the bonds
men of Treasurer Ilolln arc said tt
have completed their task. Comptroller
lor Olsen claims to have clicked uj
for the school board. This may bt
satisfactory to the bondsmen , but the
taxpayers have tt right to expect the
mayor and council to take steps to
have the books In the treasurer's olllcu
examined and checked up by re.lla.bli ,
nnd disinterested experts without fur
ther delay. There has been altogether
lee much sympathetic Indifference dls
played about this business.
Although both houses of the leglshi
turo hold their sessions In the sanu
building , the hull In which the house
meets seems to be live miles further
from Omaha than the hall In which tla
senate meets. The sums drawn out o
the state treasury for mileage by the
Omaha representatives are compute. !
on the basis of I'M miles , while those
drawn by the Omaha senators are com
pitted on the basts of 110 miles. Whj
this should bo so Is not quite apparen
unless It is that the man elevated to the
lower house of the legislature sees
everything bigger than his associates In
the upper housu.
THE CAMPA10X IX 10 'A.
In the Impending Iowa state cam *
palgn republican success Is a foregone
conclusion. Now , as of yore , nomlna
tlon by a republican state convention
will bo equal to an election. In Iowa ,
as In every state we-st of ( he Missis
sippi , the railway contingent Is a po
tential force In conventions. It Is a
compact fotce directed by shrewd and
unscrupulous leaders , who are In posi
tion to make deals for patronage or
plunder to attain their ends.
Twenty years ago , when Iowa could
bo counted on to roll up from 40,000
to (50,000 ( republican majority , and the
current of anti-monopoly .sentiment was
to'i ' powerful to bo stemmed , the rail
road managers sought to rule by divi
sion and diversion. Prohibition fur
nished the wedge by which the granger
vote was spilt and the paramount Issue
sidetracked. So long as the voters
could be kept distracted by prohibi
tion the railroad contingent could play
lie farmers , merchants and wage-
vorkers against each other. When
.arrabeo became governor , In spite of
tarty dissension , the railroad man
gers changed their tactics. The ml-
ration of thousands of republicans to
ho states and territories west of the
IlsRourl and the defection of the for-
ign veto by reason of tlte constant
ifohlblliou agitation had thinned ( Tie
epublican ranks and reduced Its major-
ties. By shifting the railroad contln-
'cut from one side to the other , the
tate was given over to Horace Boies
iiid democracy for four years. It is
lotorious that the railway employes
ssoclatlon , organized ostensibly for
uutual protection , was used as a pollt-
cal machluo lo defeat the republican
andldates for governor.
The only reason for this cut-throat
) olicy was the fact that the republic-
ins were committed to uphold and cn-
orce existing railway legislation and
egtilatlon. Two years ago the rail-
oad politicians nominated their man
or governor oil the republican ticket
uul thereupon the railway employes'
otes was once more thrown against
he democrats. From the strict party
tandpoltit this was very satisfactory.
'Yom ' the standpoint of good citizen-
hip and good government by the peo-
) le and for the people , It was most do-
lot-able.
The republican party alms to be above
ill things a party loyal to the right of
elf-governmcmt and devoted to , the
ireservatlon of free Institutions. It had
tothlng in common with human slavery
n the south , and ran have nothing In
ommon with monopoly domination In
he north. While It Is pledged to
iacredly protect vested rights and In-
crests , It cannot uphold the snbver-
lon of the rights of Individuals or com-
nunltles as against oppreslve exactions
ilid discriminations by public carriers ,
n the interest of the republican party
uirt good government It Is to be hoped
hat the coming convention will not
H > tray the trust reposed In It by the
> eoplo whom It represents. The con-
entlon should not only nominate rep-
esentative republicans , free from all
orporate entanglements , but It should
ako no stop backward in Its platform
leclaratlons. It should pledge all
> arty candidates , legislative as well as
xecuUve , against all attempts to re-
eal or nullify 1he laws enacted for the
lortlon of producers and shippers
ind the ratis schedules established by
the railway commission and upheld by
he courts as just and reasonable.
run POLICK.
If the police department of Omaha was as
; oed at settling trouble within Its own
organization as patrolmen are at settllnR
trouble on the streets , the long standing
difficulty over the question as to who shall
bo chief would have been at an end months
o.
o.It
It was thought last Tuesday that this
problem had been solved In the consideration
by the board of Mr. Martin White of Chicago
cage , but It now appears that the end la still
n the saccharine futurity. Some attorney
lias unearthed a statute providing that U
shall be unlawful for any person , persons ,
association , company or corporation to bringer
or Import Into this state any person or
persons for the purpose of discharging the
duties devolving upon police officers , and I
tt argued that this law covers tha case In
question , although It Is a well known fact
that the bill was aimed at the Tlnkerton
detective agencies , which hlro out thugs to
corporations for the purpose of shooting
down worklngmen. The question In al
probability will be carried to the supreme
court , and , while legal opinion Is divided as
to the application of this law , the people
are liable to have to screw their patience
up another notch or two and hope tha
everything comes to them who wait.
Mr. White Is said to bo a good man , am
the members of the board who favored his
appointment are of the opinion that It wll
require an outside man who Is free from the
Influences and prejudices of local factions to
put the force In proper order. However , 1
Is hoped that the legal question raised wll
bo settled as speedily as possible , and tha
the department will get down to business.
Western Laborer.
There Is nothing to carry to the su
preme court or any other court The
antl-IMnkerton law has no more to d (
with the appointment of the chief of
police than it has with the appoint
ment of the chief of the lire depart
ment or the superintendent of the pub
lie schools. The law simply prohibits
the importation of mercenaries by prl
vato corporations or Individuals to ex
erclse jyollco powers as deputy sheriffs
or deputy marshals. It lias no bearing
whatever upon men who como to the
state to accept permanent employmen
hi positions for which they have specla
training.
The city charter expressly makes ex
ceptlon to the general rule that police
men shall be chosen from among the
electors. The language of the charto
Is "whenever practicable. " The police
commission has reached the couclusloi
that no member of the present police
force Is competent to 1111 the place o
chief , and , furthermore , that the de
moralized condition of life force makes
It Imperative that a man be appointed
who has taken no part In the factlona
and sectarian contention that has
created discord and destroyed disci
pllne In the force. Inasmuch as nobody
In Omaha , has had the requisite quail
llcatlons for reorganizing and superln
tending the police , It Is not likely tha
such a man can be found In any otbc
Nebraska towu.
The actlou of the police commlssloi
Is , therefore , not only legal , but also In
ccord with the demand. ' ) of the hour.
Jtir citizens have already recognized
lie wisdom of the commission In bring-
ng C'hlef Ilcdell from Chicago to give
s metropolitan ( Ire fighting methods ,
ml they will soon realize that the com-
ilsslon has acted with equal wisdom
11 Its effort to secure a chief of police
vho will Introduce metropolitan meth-
ds of maintaining order and hunting
lown crooks and criminals of every
lass.
imiTlsn
The fact that Sir Julian Pauncefote ,
he British ambassador to the I'nlted
states , went to England on the New
American steamship St. Louis has
atised something of a commotion over
here , both In business and In parlla-
lentary circles. The attention of the
louse of Commons was called to the clr-
umstance , or more particularly to the
act that Sir Julian signed the resolu-
Ion adopted by his fellow passengers
oinmendlng the seagoing qualities of
he St. Louis. A member of the house ,
vho Is probably financially Interested
n British steamships , demanded that
ho government request the ambassador
Itlier to substantiate the assertions ho
iad endorsed or withdraw his name
rom the document containing them. In
espouse the parliamentary secretary
or foreign affairs stated that Sir
ullan Pauncefote signed the resolu-
lens In his private and not In his olll-
lal capacity and the secretary said they
lid not reflect upon the British com
mutes In the least. So strong Is" the
eellng that It Is said In the event of the
.mbassador returning to the United
Hates on an American steamship an
ffort will be made to reduce his salary.
This is the most extraordinary exhlbl-
lon of British selfishness that has been
cen for a very long time. We do not
enow what motive Sir Julian Paunce-
oto luiil In selecting the St Louis on
vldcli to return to England , but It Is
iiitirely safe to say that ho had no de-
Ire to promote the welfare of the
American steamship line to the dctrl-
nent of the shipping Interest of his own
ottntry. Sir Julian Is most loyal to
trltlsh Interests , which he represents
vlth ability and good judgment , and It
mdoubtedly never occurred to him that
n going to his native land In an Amer-
can vessel and In uniting with his fel-
ow passengers in expressing an honest
pinion of that vessels' merits , he was
unking a damaging discrimination
gainst the vessels of his own country-
lien. But that Is the view which some
'Englishmen take of It. The probability
s that Sir Julian Paunoefote will come
> ack to the United States In a British
steamship , but it would be a proper re-
mke of his narrow-minded countrymen
f he we're to return on an American
essel , the same one on which ho went
o England preferred.
FltKXCII HATHKU OF G
The deep-seated hatred of Germany
> y the Trench people has been strongly
nanlfestod In connection with the Kiel
celebration , and in a way not at all
reditable to that people. The report
cgardlng the Incivility shown by the
h'reuch naval otllcers at Kiel seems al-
nest Incredible , and it is to bo hoped ,
'or the sake of the good name of
.i'rencliincn for politeness and courtesy ,
that it is not true. The French naval
'epresentatlves ' at Kiel were treated
with the utmost consideration by the
Hermans. When the first French vessel
steamed through the canal the fJerman
lands along the route of the naval pro
cession played the Marseillaise and the
German crowd heartily cheered the
French colors. The "most generous
good will was manifested toward the
French visitors , and If , as reported , the
latter repaid this treatment by con
duct which was In the nature of an in
sult , the circumstance ought to make
every sensible Frenchman .blush for
his country.
It required the constant vigilance of
the pollco to prevent anti-Ger
man demonstrations In Paris , and
the tone of the French press
has been distinctly hostile and
of a nature to incite popular mani
festations ot unfriendly feeling. The
evidently sincere expressions of the
German emperor In favor of malntc-
Ing peace were sncerlngly commented
upon by the French newspapers , and
an effort made to discredit their sin
cerity. At the same time there has
been made the broadest possible dis
play of friendly feeling for Hussia , as
If intended to give offense to Germany.
All this is very much In contrast to the
way the Germans have conducted
themselves toward the French , theli
behavior as hosts being altogether cred
itable to their manliness and good
sense. Having accepted the invitation
to participate in the Kiel celebration ,
oven though simply as a concession to
International courtesy , the French rep
resenlatlves were under the strongcsi
obligation to conduct themselves with
propriety and to meet the good treat
ment accorded them In a way to at
least outwardly show that It was appre
ciated. That they failed to do this Is
certainly not creditable to them.
It Is noti to be expected , of course
that Frenchmen can have a kindly
feeling toward Germany. Uemembrance
of their overwhelming defeat In the
war of 1870-71 , nnd the loss of terri
tory resulting therefrom Is full of bit
terness to the French people , and It
appears not to grow less bitter with the
lapse of time. But If Frenchmen wlsl
to nurse their hatred of Germany the }
should Iliul occasion to manifest their
feeling when they can do so wlthou
discrediting their character and goot
sense. It Is unquestionably a mtsfor
tune for France , and perhaps , for al
Europe , that this animosity exists , since
It Is one potent reason for the nmlntcu
once of the burdensome military cs
tabllshments of the two countries.
The Tabor college settlement has
camped upon the river bottoms , among
the squatted haunts of wretchet
poverty. These young women nius
have fortitude' and patience or they
could not endure the rough life whlcl
they arc temporarily facing In the slums
of Omaha. They are to the inhabitants
of these dark spots what the missionary
Is to the heathen Chinee. The differ
ence Is that they reallzu the great truth
that Christian charity begins at home
Whether or not this college sctUctucu
novenicnt will attain a permanent foot-
lold hero of cour&rj remains to be seen.
When the UnU , > | i ( Pacific receivers do-
'lared ' a cut of'i7lS per cent in freight
ales between tl | | flver and Utah points
he 11. & M. ami Hlo Grande roads
ehemently deolaryd they would not
only promptly tiu'et the cut , but would
arry the war''Intp ' ( Africa. But they
soon cooled oITi nnd are content to
simply meet tluf cut nnd let It go at
hut. Meantlm'c-j tile Union Pacltlo an-
'
louuces that u 'matter what Is done It
stands ready tiv moot any rate that
nay be enforced 'by ' Its competitors.
Uul while all' Ihls Is going on the
shipper reaps the benefits.
How do the respectable and law-
ibldlng citizens of South Omaha like
he appointment of Ell Doud as city at-
orney In the face of the exposures
nade by The Bee some months ago , In
, vhlch he llgured ns the go-between
for and co-parcener of Deaver , the
ugltlve gambling house keeper ? Hews
s a t'lly attorney going to prosecute
ceepurs of lawless resorts and black-
egs willi whom he has been cheek-by-
lowl ?
Ex-Deputy Coulter , who was notorl-
msly a high flyer and Is not known to
uive had any other Income than his
salary , did not have a single memoran-
linn slip against him In the city treas-
iry cash drawer. Inasmuch as the
Irawer was kept by Mr. Coulter , the
liiestlon is whether he forgot to make
i slip when he accommodated himself
or whether some of the slips slipped
out.
VrriHtlln Oppnor.
ClilPdRO Record.
The versatile Kaiser Wllhelm opens canaU
vlth the same grace and ease with which ho
makes speeches , writes poetry , composes
songs , drills soldiers , paints pictures , sails
achts and extinguishes village fires.
'din Truth llnrt > .
ClilcaK" Newo.
Some English papers object because Sir
'ullan ' fuunccfote signed a memorial praising
an American steamship as though even a
diplomat could not tell the truth once In
awhile without being called to account for It.
llnndr .Mm It for KORIIPH.
llurfalo 12xpres3.
The president of a Colorado land company
a a defaulter and an absconder. He was a
very pious man , but that does not change the
"act that ho has brought suffering on numer
ous widows and orphans In the east. When
shall we hear the last of this sort of pious
nan ?
Function ) ! of the
Mlnnonpolls Journal.
The republican league has the high and
lonorablo function of doing auxiliary service
n the party's work ; of showing what the
party has done , and working throughout the
whole land for the promotion of republican
principles , meeting looally the organizations
of the opponcnta ofUhei republican party with
strong and enthuejastlc and aggressive organ-
zatlon. Between now and convention tlmo
next year the league lias to perfect Its organ-
nation and get inn strong working condition
for 189C. And the league Is equal to the
world i j
nnil Vrrapnrlty.
N'ew lYoikiTrllmnc.
It 1s the most striking fact about the re
covery In business' thns far that It has been
led and to a largo extent cauied by recovery
of wages. Ordinarily , according to common
understanding , ItIs ] ust the other way ;
rising wages como as a consequence of busi
ness expansion. Hut the prostration of 1893
and 1894 had so greatly reduced the amount
; iald for labor , which constitutes the purr
: haslng power of the millions , that substan
tial recovery In business and In the various
industries could not be expected until the
; ieopl were enabled by larger earnings to
expend more freely. So the first clear sign
of recovery was the advance In wages at
many establishments , notably at the coke
works and at many cotton mills. Shortly
many Iron works followed , and this general
improvement continues. Owing to difficulties
caused by the new tariff , U Is retarded In a
measure In the tlnplate works , potteries and
glass works , and some minor manufactures ,
and especially In most branches of the woolen
manufacture. Many workers In these suffer
bacause of the discriminating unwisdom of
these who framed the tariff of "perfidy and
dishonor. " Hut It Is gratifying to know that
In most departments of labor the progress
toward restoration of wages paid In better
times is reasonably rapid.
Ilio Court 'Irlrkml bv I.mvyen.
St. Paul I'loncer-l'rcss.
The supreme court yesterday granted a
stay of proceedings In the case of Hayward ,
who was sentenced to be hanged tomorrow ,
upon the application ot his attorney , who only
filed the papers In the case yesterday. Judge
Canty , however , entered a vigorous dissent
from the order granting the stay , on the
ground that the attorneys , who had had
plenty of time In which to file their appeal
papers long before this , had taken pains not
to do so until yesterday , when they dumped
upon the court 400 pages of matter , without
Indicating on what pages to find the points
they relied upon as the ground ? of their ap
peal. It would require a good deal of time
to examine this voluminous document. Of
cour a It could not bs done In the short tlmo
Intervening before Friday , the date fixed for
the execution , and Judge Canty was em
phatic In the opinion that the attorneys had
no right to trifle with the court In this way.
Rut by means of the trick thus played on
the court Hayward gets a respite of at least
thirty days , and as many more as may be
necessary to hear and decide the appeal. U
was cleverly calculated that by means of this
little game the case could not bo heard till
October. This Is the sort of thing that pro
vokes those outbursts of popular Indignation
that take the form of lynching bees In states
where the Interests ! of public order are not
as carefully guarded as thsy are In Minne
sota.
Mlnnrnnln Iimurnnco Lnvr.
Chlcano Trllmno.
Minnesota has adopted a new Insurance
code , to go Into effect October 1 , which con
tains a number of special provisions of great
Importance , both to Insurers and Insured.
No policy Is to bo rendered void by oral or
written misrepresentations on the part of an
applicant , unless the company can prove that
the misrepresentation was made with Intent
to deceive , or unless the matter misrepre
sented Increases the risk. The coinsurance
clause and all limitation clauses In policies
are prohibited. The law renders null and
void a stipulation In ua' policy requiring a
certificate by a magistrate or other perton to
the effect that thR .loss Is an honest one.
The Insurance company has a right to re
build , provided It so'elects within fifteen
days after a statement of loss has been filed
with It , and the value' of the building need
not bo stated In a proof ot loss , aa the
amount named In ( he 'policy Is the liability
of the company. The1 solicitor for Insurance
business Is made tha agent of 'he company
Issuing the pollcy.t'thls provision making It
possible for a solicitor ; pmployed by an agent
lo waive the condition ? , of the pillcy , r.nd ho
may do this by merely ja verbal assent , while
the Massachusetts law requires a written
assent In order to wXlvo the terms of the
policy. Taxation nwains ; the same as be
fore , at 2 per cent < m premiums received In
cash and other obligations , with no deduction
for losses ,
WICK Vf Tlin STATE I'ltKSS.
Lincoln News : It Is doubtless a canard
that says that the governor Is being urged
to call an extra session of the legislature to
provide the late drouth sufferers with life
preservers.
Beatrice Democrat : U would be amusing , If
It were not disgusting , to see the appeal that
the World-Herald Is making calling for har
mony In a party that It has done more to
disrupt than It possibly can to solidify.
Stanton Picket : Only three men are to
stand trial for the murder of Ujrrott Scott.
Only three , and everybody knows , who knows
anything about the case , that If these three
are guilty many others nro equally to. Hut
It Is hardly probable that even those three
will bs convicted. The nets of the state have
been n bungling mess all the way through.
Blair Pilot ; The trial of the Ilarrett Scott
murdercra Is on In full force at Dutto In
Iloyd county. Four of the defendants were
rclea'ed before the trial began nnd the re
maining two or three are likely to got clear
because the crime was not committed In
Boyd county. The state has made a mo 3
ot this prosecution all the way through , and
no one has any Idea that a conviction Is
possible.
York Times : There are several different
ways of appraising such rubbish as Dorgan
had around the pen. It could bo assessed nt
what It cost , or what It would cost now , or
what It would bo worth to Uorgan to re
move , or nt what It Is worth to the state to
keep and look at , but the easiest way was
the ono followed by the appraisers. Thf > y
Just took $300 npleca nnd gave Dorgan the
rest of the appropriation.
St. Paul Republican : The business men of
Omaha are bending every energy to the end
of making the state fair this year a success
In every sense of the word. A Mgh standard
of excellence has been attained for the fair
during the years Lincoln had It , but from
the amount of vim nnd enterprise now being
displayed In the matter by the citizens of
the metropolis It would not be very surpris
ing If It was even bettor than ever before.
Scribner Hustler : When The Omaha Bee
printed the following with reference to the
State university It did the right thing nnd
hit the nail square on the head : Whoever
the new chancellor of the university may
be , the first thing he ought to do Is to put
n stop to High school Instruction at the ex
pense of the university fund , whether under
the name of "Preparatory Latin echool" or
"School of Industrial nnd Mechanic Arts. "
Platte County Argus : The appraisers have
filed their award In the penitentiary case ,
whlc-h gives Bill Dorgan $33,103.90. Tills
sounds like a big sum of money , but If by
paying out $33,408.00 the state can rid Itself
of the band of penitentiary thieves who have
bsen stealing from the date at the rate of
about $80.000 per year , It will have been
a good thing. The Moslier-Dorgnn crowd
should have been booted off the state's prop
erty long ago , and sued for trespassing. If
properly prosecuted It would have taken more
than $33,108.90 to pay the damages that Is
due the state.
Crete Vldette : Having advocated and prac
ticed the principle of fusing the democratic
party with populists for the past two years.
It Is quite refreshing , but not strange , to
now hear the Omaha World-Herald echo the
refrain of Chairman Miller , favoring a
straight democratic nomination and eechew-
Ing all entangling alliance with the "unfaith
ful populists. " Wo ventured the prophecy
lat fall that young Mr. Bryan , In his great
feat of riding two wild horses In opposite
directions at ono and the same time , would
come out of the race with less prizes and
the longest pair of legs of any acrobat In
the state of Nebraska. He Is rapidly reach
ing that critical position where ho must
"either fish or cut bait. "
A.\I >
The Spaniards report that they are whipping
the Cubans , as usual , which probably means
that the rebellion Is spreading and strength
ening.
While possessors of the silver tongue cast
envious glances at the pneumatic tire , they
shyly point to U as an example of the bene
fits of Inflation.
Husscll Sago Is not worrying about the
Judgment of $40,000 rendered by a New York
Jury. It Is the prospect of parting with the
cash that makes him sad.
Accounts of the dedication of the Baltic
canal are meager and unsatisfactory. No
mention was made of the greater opening
12,000 cases of home brew.
Justice Field's recent trip from Washing
ton to San Francisco was the forty-eighth
transcontinental ride the venerable Jurist has
taken. Ho stood tlio latest Journey with com
paratively llttlo fatigue.
William Haw , a young man who Joined , a
few days ago , the volunteer life-saving serv
ice at College Point , L. I. , saved a young
girl from drowning , under unusually heroic
conditions , on f.'onday. For a Haw volunteer ,
the young man did bravely.
Hon. Richard Croker gives as his opin
ion that there Is too much restriction on In
dividual liberty In America. It was that
conviction and a prospective conviction that
accelerated Richard's departure from the
country.
A Philadelphia paper speaks of "the hu
mane cruelties of warfare. " This Is a com
panion piece for the Montana Jury which dis
charged an assassin because "we find John
Doe was mercifully disposed toward the de
ceased. "
A member of the Chicago Board ot Edu
cation sustains 'tho ' woman teachers In riding
a bicycle to and from school. He says : "My
observation Is that women who have wheels
at their heels are not troubled with them In
their heads. "
An Iowa school ma'am with palpitating
heart hied away to Colorado to wed an al
leged nobleman. Fortunately for her she
discovered that ho was not a nobleman at
all , and shook him Instantcr. Now wasn't
that horrid mean ?
Hon. Robert P. Porter proclaims In
the Cleveland World that the tariff Is the
one great Issue before the country. Mr. Porter
ter lias collected an eloquent assortment ot
statistics on the pubject and Is uncommonly
anxious to have them do the talking.
The medical department ot the Japanese
army reports the following casualties In the
late war : Killed on the field , 032 ; died from
wounds , 172 ; died from disease , 2,489 ; total ,
3,284. Wounded In battle , 2,891 ; reported
sick , 44,137 , Including 2,401 cases of cholera.
The dedication of the statue ot Marshal
MacMahon at Magenta brought out the fact
that of the French military leaders who took
part In the Italian campaign of 1859 only
four are alive , namely. Generals de 1'Ad-
mlrault , Trochu , Uourbakl and Esplrent do la
Vlllesbolsnet.
Chicago refuses to bo comforted with the
naval display at Kiel. It was Incomplete
and lacked the picturesque solidity and solem
nity -which the Illinois man-of-war would
have given the show. Circumstances beyond
human control prevented the Illinois from par
ticipating In the affair.
Think of this , yo harmonlzers , and weep.
Moy Yoy , n Boston Cdilnaman , has been appointed -
pointed to office by the Treasury department.
Talk about the crlmo of ' 73 ! What greater
crime than this , with thousand ! of demo
cratic voters famishing for a smell of fed
eral pie. Oh me , oh Moy.
Newburgh , N. Y. , palrlotlcally resists the
attempt of the postal authorities to lop off
the last letter of Its name. Surrounded as It
Is with a halo of revolutionary memories and
historic associations , Newburgh would b ) false
to Its traditions did It consent to the out
rage , The gibes ot New York avail nothing.
The town will cling to Its Americanisms nnd
Us h's.
Captain William Penn Steilman , who Is
employed In the Agricultural department al
Washington , asserts that he wai the real
captor of Jefferson Davis at Irwlnsvllls , Ga. ,
May 10 , 1865. At the time Stedman was a
soldier In company B , Fourth ( Michigan )
cavalry. He It was , according to his own
story , who halted Davis when , clad In a
woman's hooded mackinto h , ho attempted
to steal away from the llttlo encampment
which the fugitives had made near Irwlns-
vllle.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
PUKE
or THUS .
Chicago Dispatch : City Treasurer Dolln
ot Omaha left a note saying Hint he was
ahnrt In his accounts mid would shoot him-
self. Search was Instituted nnd ho was
round , a fen * hours later , In a ro.vlliousc.
The discovery was mule Just In time ; Hello
was half shot ,
Chicago Mall ! All that defaulting treas
urers or batik cashiers need to do to b ? nblo
to enjny the major portion of their stealings
In comfort Is to keep out of sight for A few
months while their friends ami highly moral
attorneys make ) terms for the compounding
of their felonies ,
Chicago Times-Herald ; South Dakota cat )
st-o In the default of Ilolln , city treasurer
of Omaha , the first fruit of the compoundIng -
Ing of n felony with Its fugitive thief Taylor.
Holln , whatever his present profession , un
doubtedly expects In the end to receive a
letter ot thanks and n receipt In full for his
defalcation If he hands over what small change
ho may happen to have saved out of his
stealings.
lluffalo Express : The moral of the de
falcation of the city treasurer of Omaha Is
the old one. Ilolln was serving his second
term as city treasurer and previously ho Imd
lisd two terms as county treasurer. Ho
liad a reputation tor honesty and , ot course ,
was popular , llut In the end It was proved
that ho had been wasting public funds In
riotous living. Doubtless his accounts had
never been thoroughly examined during nil
these yo-us. No man Is honest enough to
be subjected to temptation , and the law
should make treasurers Ineligible to succeed
themselves.
I'ULITIV.II , .M.VII' A/fOr.S ,
Washington Star : Mr. Slbley's presidential
boom shows lamentable but unmistakable
symptoms of charlcy horse.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Ex-Secretary Whit
ney would like to be president , but he has not
yet discovered that there Is any promise of a
democratic party In 1S3C.
Globe-Democrat : Governor McKlnley does
well to talk nbout the flag ot his country and
what It represents. A candidate for presi
dent cannot possibly make a mistake In stick
ing to Old Glory ,
Chicago Times-Herald : It may seem a little
untimely for Uncle Sam to ask Spain to set
tle that llttlo bill of $1.500,000. but If Spain
has millions to keep putting down rebellion
In Cuba she ought to have bethought her to
usu a trine for paying off an honest old score.
Atlanta Constitution : It has been said of J.
Sterling Morton , the agricultural secretary ,
that he has a splketall mind , but It poems
to be Just as broad ai the minds of any of
the Ignorant or subsidized gang that Is advo
cating low prices and hard times under the
specious cry of "sound" money ,
Uutfolo Express : Ex-Governor Doles Is out
with another letter defining Ills position as a
free silver man. It the democracy Is going
to nominate a free silver candldato In 1896 ,
Holes of Iowa Is determined It shall not for
get that ho Is willing to do anything re
quired to make himself available- .
7oir.i riir.au uo.MMiiST.
Dubuque Telegraph : There Is said to bo
more politics to the square foot In East DCS
Molncs than In similar area In Iowa. Ac
cording to the reports , every other man Is n
statesman or he thinks ho Is.
Davenport Democrat : The salaries of more
than 100 Iowa postmasters have been In
creased , owing to the growing business of
the office. Iowa Is gaining all around , more
probably In tno amount of business trans
acted than In actual population , though the
state census shows that It is pushing ahead
In that respect.
Davenport Tribune : Nebraska crops are In
better condition than they have been for
years. This la the drift of all reports from
that state. It Is hoped the outlook will grow
better and brighter till the harvest Is com
pleted. Nebraska needs corn and wheat , hay
and oats , and every other product that comes
out of the ground.
Sioux City Tribune : Governor Holes has
written another letter on the silver question ,
this tlmo to a gentleman In Dos Molnes
named George II. Lewis. In the Lewis letter
the governor makes It perfectly plain that ho
Is not In favor of the unlimited and Inde
pendent co'nago of silver at the ratio of 10 to
1 of gold until sixteen portions of silver are
equal to ono of gold. The gov
ernor will now find himself In full
accord with the great body of cit
izens who arc Indifferent as to whether they
have legal tender paper money , sliver coin or
gold coin , so that It Is all of "equal ex
changeable value. " Those persons who mis
read his letter to the Alton Democrat to ac
cord with their deslro for "Ifree coinage" are
the only ones who will bo disappointed In this
letter. The governor stands just where the
Tribune said he did. In favor of a stable
money , sound In all men's hands. He has
wisely nnd patriotically cleared up all doubt
upon that point.
ItaUlnsr Volunteer * In Culm.
HAVANA , June 23. Mariano Pine has
raised an Independent company of sixty sharp
shooters In Carthagcnla. He has also suc
ceeded In raising a company of thirty mem
bers In Lajas Villas. Colonel Velas has com
bined his forces with the mayors of Sorano ,
Delgado and Terrer , and ho Is now pursuing
to the country divided bands of Insurgents
from Cassalap. Nine of the Insurgents have
already surrendered to the queen. Colonel
Llnero of the Camaguay regiment , who com
mitted suicide because the major of his regi
ment deserted the army , will be accorded all
ot the honors possible under the circum
stances. The queen regent , hearing of the
death of Colonel Llnero , has ordered Marshal
de Campos to extend to the members ot his
family the royal condolence.
OPT o > Titn
At Jinkoplnff , Sweden , there 10 a monster
machine which mikes 1,000,000 boxes ol
matches per day.
A full-grown devil flih weighs from S.OOJ
to 10,000 pound * , and has eye ? as big as tha
largest dinner plate ,
A fishing schooner with a freezing plant on
board to freeze the Dili as fait as caught
Is now plying from Gloucester.
The cross made Instead ot a tlgnature did
not originate In Ignorance. It was always
appended to signatures In mediaeval times' as
an attestation ot good faith ,
Wllholm I'ctitzel , an aged and wealthy
I'Vankforth bachelor , recently died In I'orl
Said while on an oriental tour. Amonj
other bequests ho left a legacy of 15,00 {
marks naming It a "trlnkgcld" or douccui
to the waiters In a popular Frankfort
restaurant , brc.iuso they had always been
( a attentive to his wants.
A curlout freak of nature In the shape of
a lamb with six legs Is at the Columbia
brewery , In The Dalles , Ore. The animal Is
well formed In every respect , and appears
perfectly healthy. From ( ho right shoulder
two iiillllor.nl legs are growing , which roach
nearly to the ground. Mr. lluclilrr purchased
It from a man out at lllake Oven.
It Is no wonder that ( tones which fall
from the regions of spice ore tired by the
Impact when they strike our atmosphere.
Astronomers estimate that they fall with a
velocity of at least CO.OOO yards per second.
This extraordinary speed U best understood
by comparing It with a ball from a modern
cannon which never travels with n speed
greater than COO yards per second.
A practical Kentucky farmer Is out In a
confident statement that the theory which
makes nil disease Imaginary or amcnablo
to the faith euro Is tar fiom water tight ,
A bull bitten by a mad dog , when seized
with the resulting hydrophobia , g.ivo him
a Hying chase across a tcn-acro Held and
treed him for five hours before assistance
came. His contention Is that the bull was
mad , and not the victim of a perverted Im
agination , and that had ho ten rods farther
to go the result would not have been In the
nature of a delusion.
The London Dally News says that the sys
tem of combatting the locust plague In Cy
prus by the government purchasing live lo
custs by weight and destroying them has not
been altogether successful. Arthur Young ,
director ot survey of the Agricultural de
partment , funilhe.s somn _ curious figures re
garding the locust earn pa IK u of last spring.
The period Is only about six weeks , during
which time considerably more than 286,000-
000 of these pests were so purchased at ace
co t of 3COO. U Is curious to note that ,
owing apparently to the differing weight of
the Insect at various stages of Its develop
ment , the number of locusts obtained tor
one piastre ( a piastre Is about twopence half
penny ) varied from 183 to 747.
CVltltli.\T VO.MICS.
Smith's Monthly : Hlgbco My wife has
Imd considerable troitbh ; with hnr lioad
lately. Wlmt do you think will relieve 117
Doctor A new liat.
Washington Star : "Give mo the man who
sr.ps ! at his woik , " quoted the citizen who
believes nil ho reads.
"Well , " lejolni'd the skeptic , "I'm not BO
sure nbout It. You know tno mosquito doca
that. "
Chicago Record : Toucher When "youns
IxJchinvar came out of the west" how did ho
mnniiRO to cniry his lady love oft with him ?
Johnny Had n tnndcm bicycle.
Indianapolis Journal : He Great heavens ,
woman ! Do you think I am made or
money ?
She I wish you were. I could get you
changed then.
Life : She Do you Mill treasure my photograph -
graph ? The Colonel Do I ? 1'vo had It sot
In my pocket flask.
Hoston Post : Son Father , Is the posi
tion of senator higher than that of congress
man ? Father U comes higher , my boy.
noston Herald : "Did you ever hear ol
Nocnsh's mo t generous offer to the town
of Littleton ? "
"Nowhat ; was It ? "
"Ho offers to Rive the town $500,000 for a
free llbiury If the citizens will raise a sim
ilar amount. "
"Hut Nornsh Is not worth J500.000. "
"Neither nro the citizens ot Littleton. "
Washington Star : "Won't have anything ? "
"Not a drop. "
"What's your Idea ? "
"My partner has Keno fishing this week
nndv < > can't both afford to be t'runK al
the sumo time. "
FICKLE GIHL.
Detroit Kreo Tress.
She had smiled on him nil winter ,
And had given him a splinter
Of hone on which lie thought that hi
could lean :
But as soon n" It was summer
She bloomed out as n hummur.
And her manner after that was real mean *
TII'O Vrvi.KS.
St. Louis Republic.
In bygone days , remembered lonrf-
Thc homely bards , ho quaint or phraw
Sang many a mvcet ana simple song
In pretty Kate's or Annie's jiralso.
Fair Ann with cheeks of apple red ,
That Cupld'H arrow-murks reveal ,
In sober cown with npron spread ,
Situ mndestly with patient tread ,
Revolving swift her spinning wheel.
But nowadays the anxious bard ,
Inspired but by demand poor man ?
E'en tlnda his wrvlco very fmid ,
When ringing to the modern Ann.
Her knickerbockers , blue or pray ,
A length of stockinged calf reveal/
A coat nnd cap a trlllo gay ,
She wears when In the light of duf
She boldly rides her spinning wheel.
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