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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1895)
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There is a Krcut deal of horseplay li : the criminal division of the tllstrlci court. And this is hot weather , too. If the demand for free silver colnasi . \vere really n demand for silver on tin market the price of silver would havt shown si ns of Improvement long ago The populace of Itennlngton becomes quite enthusiastic at times. It cat hang a fellow townsman In effigy wltl ' as great facility as It can build u niotoi tramway on paper. The views of T. LK'Wltt Talmage 01 the A. P. A. will meet a responslvi chord in the hearts of many citizens o Omaha. Dr. Talmage is wise in Iili day and generation. If aid Is needed for drouth sufferer : anywhere this year the Kebrasks fa'rmer will be In a position to send on n Nebraska relief train full of contrl buttons for the unfortunates. Editor linker Is not a criminal , bu n victim of Judicial tyranny. Tluii WH | set him 1'1/'lit / , and In that laudabl process the supreme court may conll dently be expected to assist. The bike meet at Kearney July promises to be an umiuallllo'd success The boys ought to agree on a plan ti have u cycle day at the state fair am let every wheelman in the state ge ' Into line. It will soon be necessary for Dr. Al : bolt to > ; lve Steward Itewlck to undet s hi nil that he and not Itewlck Is supei intemlent of the Asylum for the In Kane ut Lincoln. And the sooner It 1 done the better for the state and fo the patients in the asylum. None of the presidential posslbllitle ' nro candidates If they are asked th pointed question. We never do hav candidates for presidential nomlmi tlons. All that any one will confess t Is a willingness to accept conventlo honors If they come his way. One of th noticeable features of th Kentucky democratic state conventlo , wjis the failure of ex-Congressma Urceklnridge to make his presence cor splcuous. Is It possible that Hreckii ridge Is learning to realize that he lin had enough notoriety for a little while Sioux City feels outraged becaus nn alderman , In a tit of abstractloi went'to work for a street lighting coi tractor. It Is hinted that the man I * corrupt lie hail voted for the awar of the contract to his present en ploycr. This does look a trllle crooUet to say the least , but we all have on troubles. The death of Philip Phillips wl cause universal regret. lie was one i the foremost composers of America Sunday school and gospel music an his wonderful voice has charmed man thousands of people the past thlrt years. He lived an exemplary an useful life and left the Impress of h genius upon the pages of sacred must It Is n significant fact that Immcd ntcly upon the heels of the appoln incut of a new city attorney In Houl Omaha a notice "hould be given to U gambers ! to go before the captain an Kettle. The keeper of each 'gamblhi house Is expected to pay ? . " > 0 a monl Into the city treasury , but whi amount he Is required to pay as hu * money Is not stated. The old arrang incut which The Heo broke up was most satisfactory one to both contrat Ing parties , and It Is , of course , to 1 renewed , If possible. One of the apologists for the hone appraisers who awarded the Moshe .Dorgan outfit Sttl.-IOS.W ) for the rei mints of penitentiary rattletraps sa ; that nothing was taken Into account e cept such property as was actual needed by the state for the care < the prisoners. One of the thin ; needed , for example , Is a set of then rlcaU wigs. If the appraisers took In consideration only the property abs lutely needed by the Htate , pray wh ; was there In the penitentiary to whl < Dorgan laid claim which they rcftmi to Include iu the award ? ire UK UEPIIKSKNIRDI There ought to be no doubt that the t'n I ted State. * ) will ho represented In the proposed International monetary conference , yet the question has been raised whether Iho president Is re quired , pursuant to the action of con gress , to appoint delegates. An amend ment to the sundry civil service bill was adopted by congress , providing for the appointment of nine delegates to any International conference called with a view to securing internationally a fixity of relative value between gold and silver as money , by means of a common ratio between those metals , with free colnavo at such ratio , when ever the president shall determine that this government ought to be repre sented at any sueh conference. Three delegates were named by the senate and three by the house , the other three to be appointed by thn president. This action clearly left It with the pres ident to determine whether the govern ment ought to be represented , and It Is suggested that ho probably would not appoint , delegates to a conference at which ( Srent llrltaln was not repre sented. It Is also thought that he might not appoint delegates if the pur pose of a conference , as defined In the call , should not conform with the requirements expressed In the amend ment to the sundry civil service bill. It would of course bo useless to send delegates to a conference In which Great llrltaln was not represented , but as to the other point It would doubt less have no weight with the president It Is understood that Mr. Cleveland'has little faith that any practical result can come from an International mon etary conference , but If one Is called It Is entirely safe to say that he will appoint delegates to It It would ob viously be a grave mistake , which the free silver men would make capital of , 'or him not to do so. TO 1XVKSTMATK TRUSTS. It Is to bo hoped that , the report that Attorney General Harmon Intends to nstltute an investigation of all trusts inspected of being illegal , with a view o proceeding against them under the tatutes now In force. Is well founded , The fact that the present attorney gen- ral has been for years , as his prede- cssor was , the attorney of corpora- Ions , quite naturally caused It to he . ommonly believed that he would not lave an aggressive policy regarding the nonopollstlc combinations , but rathci iVould be disposed to allow them te go on flourishing In violation and dc < lance of the laws enacted for Iheh repression. It will be most gratifying o the anti-monopoly sentiment of the lountry If It shall be found that the lew attorney general has been mis udged respecting his attitude toward rusts and combinations and that he h ireparcd to go to the full extent of hit iiuthorlty In efforts to protect the peopk from their exactions. If Judge Harmon Is thus disposed lit ought to receive the hearty support ol [ 'resident Cleveland , than whom nc mhllu man has condemned the trust ! with more directness or In strongei erms. In his Inaugural address Mr ' 'leveJand said : "The existence of ini neiise aggregations of kindred enter > rlscs and combinations of business In terests , formed for the purpose o Imlting production and fixing prices s inconsistent with the fair Held whicl ought to be open to every independen activity. Legitimate strife in btisliies : should not be superseded by an enforced forced concession to the demands o combinations that have the power t < lestroy , nor .should the people to bi served lose the benefit of cheapnesi which usually results from wholesonn ompctitlon. These aggregations am omhlnatlons frequently constitute' con spiracles against the Interests of tin people and In all their phases they an unnatural and opposed to our Amerlcai sense of fairness. To the extent tha they can be reached and restrained b ; federal power the general governmen iliouhl relieve our citizens from thcl nterference and exactions. " Thl plain , straightforward declaration com mitted the present administration to i policy of hostility to the trusts , but in adequate effort has been made to carr ; out that policy. The only attempt mad to enforce the anti-trust law of 1SI > was In a case against the Sugar trtisl In which the government was defeated The predecessor of Attorney Genera Harmon gave his opinion thnt that lav is so defective as to be practical ) ; worthless and congress Incorporated ii the tariff law a provision Intended t meet the requirements which the earlle act was held to be defective In. Ilu this part of the tariff law has not bee : enforced and the combination at whlc It was especially aimed continues I operation as before the law was enactet' Thus the present administration ha wholly failed to accomplish anythln thus far toward relieving the peopl from the Interference and exactions o the combinations so strongly and wit such apparent sincerity condemned b Mr. Cleveland In his inaugural address lint there Is still time for It to sho\ that what the president said on the da ho entered upon his olllclal duties wa not Intended to be meaningless and ! Attorney General Harmon shall be h strumental In doing this he will d more to win popular commendation fo the administration than has yet bee accomplished by any member of It TEbKl'HOXK COMVKTITION. The Boll Telephone company Is t have a strong competitor , If the organ zatlon effected at Plttsburg on Tuesda carries out what It promises. The ne' ' company Is a consolidation of all tli companies now engaged In the mam facture of Independent teleplumes an Is said to represent a capital approx mating ? r.O,0K,00 ( ) ( ) , which very near ) equals the capitalization of the lie company. It Is the purpose of the ne organization to at once enter the del of telephone service and to push con petition with the monopoly with vlgo It expects to encounter at the outsi a conflict with the licll company I the courts over the question of tl validity of the P.erllner patents , whk Is yet to be determined , the suit r cently decided In favor of the monopol relating simply to whether the mot of procuring the patent was legal < not. So far competition with the lie company has not extended beyond 111 nolH , but an Independent company with a large capital Is being orgitnl/.ed In New York , and It Is expected that within a short time It will be Inaugu rated In all the more populous states nnd be steadily extended throughout the country. The now company ought to bo cer tain of a very general public welcome anil support Everywhere there has been a vigorous outcry against the ex actions of the telephone monopoly and In nearly every state of the unlou leg islation has been sought to relieve the public from these exactions and place telephone charges on a reasonable basis. The monopoly has been generally successful In thwarting these effort * and continues to demand excessive rates for Its service. It Is strongly In trenched , It has the money to Inlluence legislation , It has seemed able to con trol courts. No monopoly was ever managed with greater skill and shrewd ness , and It Is fully prepared to vig orously fight all competition , or , If pos sible , crush It out after the method ol other monopolies , by buying It off. II Is to be hoped the organization effected at Plttsburg Is honestly Intended tc enter Into competition for a share ol the telephone Held , but full faith In 1 will be felt only when It has given sub slantlal demonstration that It is lion estly designed to give the public cheaper telephone facilities. When ever It shall have done this It will un doubtedly IIml no dllllculty In obtain ing a generous patronage. ' STAND l-/HWJ VXDKItl The boodle element In the city councl had better stand from under. The ) have trifled with the taxpayers and cltl zens quite long enough. Their attemp to keep a self-confessed embezzler li the city treasury is the most high handed outrage that has ever been per potr'ated In this or any other state. The council has no right to accep a conditional resignation from a dc faulting treasurer , much less will It conspiracy to hold up competent np polntees who arc able to give tin requisite bond be countenanced by till : community. It was the manifest dut ; of the council to have taken promp and decisive action on the treasury dell clt on the 18th day of June , when Mi liollu admitted that his accounts wer short The law Is no respecter of per sons or positions. The law expressl ; requires the council to depose the treaa urer the moment it conies to Its know ) edge that he has used the public fund for private speculation. In this In stance the public funds have not enl ; been diverted to private loans and ot dlnary speculations , but they have beei lost In grain gambling. The fact tha members of the council have been fn vored with loans of city money shouli spur councllmen on to clear their skirt of complicity with the defalcation In stead of playing Into the hands of pai ties who hope for still further profit o want to retain positions In the treat .irer's oflice when by rights they shoul occupy cells In the jail. When Mayor liemls appointed Mi A. L. Itccd , one of the most responslbl : uul competent men In this city , to th position of treasurer he should hav been confirmed on the spot Instead o promptly taking action on this exec lent appointment the boodle conspire tors had It referred to a committee , s I hat they might have time to hold Mi Heed up and exact promises from hii that no honest and self-respecting ma could make. The result was that Mi Heed refused to go through the order nnd asked that his name be wlthdrawi The appointment of Mr. Swobe whlc followed the withdrawal of Mr. Heed' ' name was again referred to the ji dtclary committee. That simply mean that Mr. Swobe also Is to be held u and that liolln Is to be kept In th ollice of treasurer for an Indellnlt period. The president of the councl who Is the candidate of the howliii dervishes for the place now held by M : liolln , had the audacity to ask Mr. Hce to pledge himself under no condition to accept a nomination for treasure this fall. The same demand will doub less be made on Mr. Swobe and tu rotten comumc In the council will sam bag him if he docs not sell himself soi and body In advance. We believe the time has come for tli strict enforcement of the law. A fo' months ago a poor clerk stole an eve coat from his employer , who was In del to him for wages three or four tliiu as much as the value of the garinen The culprit pleaded that he was sin ply trying to collect what was due bin but nevertheless he was convicted ( grand larceny and sentenced by th ; pink of Impartial justice , Ctmnlnghai H. Scott to a term of live years In tl penitentiary. While this may \\i\\ \ \ been justice untcmpered with mere , defaulters and embezzlers of publ funds and their abettors should hai no Immunity from the consequences < their crimes. The criminal code of Nebraska mak < U the duty of the prosecuting attoriu to file Information against every perse who Is directly or Indirectly rcspons bio for the embezzlement of publ funds. The failure of the county ntto ney to take such steps up to this tin has been due simply to the dllatoi course pursued by the council. Tl olllclal report of the comptroller Icavi him no further excuse for falling take notice of facts. Section 17of the city charter maki It the duty of the mayor to file charfj with the clerk of the district cou against every city otllclal and cvei councilman whom ho believes or knov to be guilty of malfeasance or ml feasauco In otllce , and , furthermoi against every officer who has shov himself Incompetent or grossly neg gent In the discharge of his duties. The duty of the mayor under prose conditions is plain. The treasurer ai his deputy have by their own adml slons brought themselves within t scope of this provision. The city com troller by his own report has also shov himself to be culpable of the grosse negligence , to use a very mild phras And the same is true with regard those members of the city council w ! are deliberately obstructing the effete to place an honest man In charge of t municipal treasury. This Is the par mount duty ( he mayor owes to the cl zcns of Omaha , who look to him as tl chief executive to see to U that t faulters and embezzlers shall not re main custodians of the public funds and that conspirators' seek to perpetu ate thievery 'anil ' jobbery In the city hall shall bo 'de'prlved of power to do * ' ' harm. . Wo note with jijeasurc tliut the name of Tobias CiiHtor la appended to the list of signers of the coiiHtltntloti of the newly formodilX'niocratlc Ilunust Money League of Nebraska. This removes t-vory vestige Jjf "doubt ns to the posi tion of the democratic national coin- mltteonmn for this state and Is a straight contradiction of the olasslllca- tlon of Secretary lllnrlchson , which placed the replTMontatlvo of Nebraska democracy alontf with the most rain- ant shouters for free silver. Tobo Is till for sound money and the federal IHecH , and ho may be rolled upon to tick to that proposition so loan as lioro is the slightest prospect for the Istributlon of a single government job o a Nebraska democrat. It seems that the administration dem- crats do not care to show their trength In convention unless they now a victory will count. The Illinois emocratlc convention was harmonious 'or free silver because the honest money nen refused to participate , and they efusetl to participate because the call trovltb'd for nothing but an empty ful- dilution on the money question. In Kentucky the convention was sum- noiied to make nominations. Otllces aa ivcll as principles were at stake , and : ho sound money democrats were there- 'ore drawn out In force. It makes a ivonderful difference when the attrac- Ion Is something substantial. Dr. Talmage tells us that preachers and politics will not mix. He opine * hat men of the cloth can accomplish lothing by brass" band crusades against , -lce and crime. The result has been , le says , that eradicating municipal Ices in one locality only makes them ireak out In another and scatter. Ills remdy Is to Christianize the people sc hat they will rise and wipe out all 'onus of vice and lawlessness. Now It Is pretty definitely settled hat the Oregon Short Line will not bt llvorced from the Union Pacific sys em. This Is In accord with the besl nlerests of the government , the citj of Omaha and the receivers of the Jnlon Pacific. It Is to be hoped thai he controversy will now be shelvet uid that the receivers may devote thob energies to reducing freight and passenger rates. ger _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ That much , disputed Peralta lani claim has at .hist'been finally declarer .nvalld and fraudulent and the claim ant arrested for the part he has p'ayei n prosecutinprMt "If It Is a fraud , aiu : he court Is do'nbtiess correct In assert Ing that It Is , .It Is one of the most gl gantic swindling schemes that Is 01 record. ltTusnl ) No l.cii * . WjishlrJKton Star. Ex-Secretary Vhltney's great advantage 1 that when he retpses a nomination it dew not appear to damage his chances for th olllco In the slightest. 1)1 < atrium l-'rlenilnlilpji. Olohe-Democrat. The defaulting ex-treasurer of South Da kola confesses that ho lost $150.000 ot th state's money and $100,000 of his own b ; lendinB to friends who failed to repay. Sue : Is usually the case with defaulting stat treasurers. They have too many friend who do the kind of borrowing from them tha leads Inevitably to the penitentiary. A r.rrMiii it of < IxtiiK. Indianapolis Journal. An act of congress passed March 3. 1891 provided that all claims against the Unite States government arising from India depredations , existing at that time , ahoul ba presented to the court ot claims wlthl three years after the passage of the ac under penalty of being forever barred. Thes claims are now all filed. They number 10,84 'and amount to $43,515,807. As the duty o defending them devolves upon the attorne general , It will add materially to his labors Iraprnvril I.Hiul Tnin fcr . Globe-Democrat. Illinois has taken the lead among th states In adopting the Torrens system eland land transfers , under which real estate ca be made a quick asset , with as easy chang of ownership as a certificate of stock. An person may present his abstract and othe evidence of title to the recorder and obtal _ certificate of ownership , a duplicate therec being placed on record ; and at each svibsc qucnt sale the existing certificate will b surrendered and another one Issued to th now owner. It 1s optional with the countle to adopt the system , and also with Indl viduals to bring their land within its opera tlon. Tulklnc tn the Silver Muml. Philadelphia I.oilger. Senator Dubols says that Senator Camero is the favorite of the free coinage men fa the republican presidential nomination , an that his silver record is "plain , straight an unimpeachable. " He adds that Mr. Camero Is organizing Pennsylvania , and that there I not the least doub : In the world that th great Keystone state will rend a delegatlo tor him , and that Quay will ba foremost 1 support of Cameron. See what It Is to g away from home and look for news ! N Cameron boom has as yet materialized I this state , and , as for Mr. Quay , he wl doubtless bide his time until ho learns ho1 the cat Is likely to jump. Pennsylvania I rock-ribbed for honest money , and , wh < ever Its delegations to the republican an democratic conventions will support. It safe to say that they must bo men ; as 1 whose attitude on the money question thei can be no misgivings. The I'urtltlnn of Africa. New York Sun. More- and more of "Afrlc's desert sand : and of "Afrlc's "turning shore" are turnlr out to be well wliterl'd pasture laniU as tl adventurers who explore them take the plai of the rhymsterswhb formerly put them I verso. From Lake Kgaml the trekkera hai sent back word ; thab the lands beyond tl Kalahari are magnificent , healthy and fe tile , and abundantly supplied with wate and are more attractive than those ot tl Transvaal or Orange , Free State. Often , Indeed , wasShakespeare right , ar even when ho tquchjed upon Africa. Ho could he foresh davy the explorations ai the discoveries o ( ildh gold mined that ha' been made there ' vlthln the past few yean With prophetic wit he must have been e dewed when he put Into tha mouth of tl boastful Pistol W3 rwords : A foutra" for , the.wordj I speak of Aplcd and golden Joys. Yet the Immortal Svilllam never heard Mashonaland or .Ithbdesla , and not In all b plays Is there a .character like Premier Cei Hhodes of Klmborley , the "diamond klni ot Africa. itu rixa T/.WKS. Globe-Democrat ; The growth ot almost [ 5,000.000 made In the loans of the New York rily banks ht wct'K tells the liter ? ot busl- icss Improvement. Tito loans In thuso Instl- : utlons are far ahovo the hlRh water mark of the put In this Item. Nevertheless money remains abundant and cheap. Philndelph'a Prons : Tlio announcement that the Carnegie establishment would build two new Iron furnaces near Plttsburg with a ca pacity of 1,000 ton * per day has caused a ijood deal of comment In Iron and steel circles There I ) a tradition In the trade thnt C.irncglo lisa never erected a furnnco except ut an op portune time. Chicago Tribune : The wages of not less thin 250,000 men In the United States have been advanced materially within the last ninety days. Careful Inquiry throughout the country Indicates an advance averaging nearly 12 per cent. The Tribune has compiled a list which embraces moro than 250 firms which have \\ltliln the last few \\ccks ad vanced the wages of their cmphycs. A nota ble feature of this proat Industrial Improve ment Is that the WI'IRCI of these 210,000 men have with hardly an exception been advanced voluntarily by thn employers. Tlio season has been remarkably free from strikes. Km- ployors have shown a spirit of willingness to share the results of the era of general pros perity which seems to have sot In without waiting for any clamorous demands from the workmen and without delaying the division of profits until labir grew Impatient. Chicago Times-Herald : From every quarter of the country , cast , west , north and south , come the tidings of a revived business nnd Increased commercial prosperity. Nor Is It In one line only , but In all. The products of the farm and of the mlno , of the plantation and of the mill have all gone hand In hand toward higher prices , and all the pulses of trade are beating with accelerated fotce. Money , the barometer of business , Is rapidly being withdrawn from Its hiding places and seeking Investment In safe enter prises and adventures , and confidence Is dally being restored. The advance of wages In the manufacturing Industrlrs Is b.TomlriK so com mon as no longer to create surprise nt the announcement. The cotton mills of the south are not only paying better wages than Defore , but are enlarging their force nnd capacity at the same time , and new mills are being built In Arkansas and Louisiana. In Alabama and Tennessee the coal and Iron trades are on a better footing than In past years , and In one county alone of Alabama the coal output for this year will exceed the whole product of the state for 1S94. Here In Chicago the Illinois Steel company has advanced wages 10 per cent , which affects Bomo 7,000 employes , while Its busi ness has so Increased that the contracts now made cover all the product It can manu facture In the next three months. The 1'Uts- burg district shows the same condition of affairs , of Increased wages and enlarged output , while nt Port Chester , N. Y. , the bolt and nut works are running to their full capacity. What has occurred In the cotton nnd Iron Industries may also be noted In the pottery manufacture. At Wheeling and at Trenton wages have been advanced from 10 to 40 per cent and the capacity of the works has been greatly enlarged. Such Indications as these are unmistakable. After two years and a half of depression the load Is lifted and good times have come again. bKllltASIf.l AXIt Xl'.IIIt.lSKAXS. The railroad , assessment for Webster county amounts to $274C84. The village of Uustls worrying along with an Indebtedness of $210. Nebraska City has a choice lot of hoodlums who make a specialty of detroylng park property. Mellam Kollff was drowned In Wheeler's pond , near Spring Hanch , while bathing on Sunday. Ulacksmiths In Republican valley town : are kept busy night and day manufacturing weed cutters. The Iluffalo County Agricultural society Is preparing to make a huge collective exhibit at the Omaha state fair. Nearly every telephone In Fremont was "rung off" by a bolt of lightning that raised a row In the central olfice. A H. & M. train was stalled for several hours by a rank growth of weeds on the trach between Holdrege and Kustls. The brass bands of Sutton , Harvard [ "airfield and Edgar have organized a blj county band with thlrty-nlno pieces. J. A. Shannon , an aged resident of Tllden laid down on the railroad , track will suicidal IntenU. Ho was discovered Ir time. The Franklin roller mills have been rulnec by high water In the Republican river The current washed out the foundation ant the mill toppled over Into the stream. Ur. L. J. Abbott , now the superlntenden of the Lincoln Insane asylum , has rcslgnei as a member of the Dodge county Hoard o Insanity Commissioners. Ho has been a mem her of the board for twenty-two consocutivi years. He has also been county physician foi twenty years. Red Cloud Is ( n the midst of a hot flgh over the saloon question. At first llcensi was refused , but the saloon men have beei tempting the city council with offers o moro money and at a meeting to be hcli July 3 It Is likely that licenses will b granted at the rate of $7CO per annum. IOWA VllKUlt VOM3IKXT. Iowa City Republican : The returns fron the different county conventions seem to In dlcato that the candidate for governor wll not bo nominated on the first ballot. Sioux City Tribune : General Drake ha given It out cold that If ho Is governor whci Allison Is chosen to the presidency , Colonc Henderson need not apply. . The general prob ably has his eye on a sutler. Davenport Democrat : General Drake li loading Harlan , McFarland , Parrott , Harsl and the tal-enders ! for the republican nomlna tlon. It Isn't definitely known whether Gen eral Drake lives In Iowa or Illinois , but it I demonstrated that he knows how to run i railroad and also a campaign. Sioux City Journal : The tariff Is not a ; dead an Issue as some people are pleased ti fancy. Nevertheless , If the coinage agltattoi should go to extremes wo should likely sei moro conservatism on both sides of the tarlf for several years. And It might not bo i very bad thing , either , under all the circum stances. Sioux City Journal : Ex-Governor Doles ha written another elaborate letter , evident ! ; for publication , on silver. This letter I another turn of the kaleidoscope , but gives i qulto different Impression from his recon sensational deliverance In the form ot a let ter to Will Wells. In the latter , which wa evidently understood as Indicating hi sympathy with and as throwing his Inlluenc on the side of the silver extremists In short free coinage at 1C to 1. Hut the governor li his latest deliverance , although not wlthou the serpentine phraseology which character Izes his sentiments , seems to qualify that im prcsjion , at least to the extent of laying foundation for getting out of It If future exl gencles should require. Des Molnes Leader : It has been tele graphed out of DCS Molnes that In his lette to George H. Lewis , ex-Governor BUes "take stronger ground than over for free colnag by this country Independent of every othe nation. " No such Inference can be draw from the letter. Its writer does not declar for free coinage of silver at 1C to 1 under th conditions suggested. On the contrary , ho dt clares for something fundamentally dlfferen the absorption of the American silver produi by the treasury and the Issuance therefor c silver certificates whose value shall bo guai antced by the government. The governor' ' suggestion may not bo a good one , and I practically a repetition ot the Sherman act 1 many respects , but there Is no free coinage < sliver at 16 to 1 about It. U shows that th governor Is committed to the doctrine thf dollars must be maintained at a parity , or els the expression about "guaranteeing" Is abs ( lutely meaningless. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ste. e. to 10 rt 10 a- aI I- I1C 1Ce PURE e- 'ittr arsraa OF cnoi * ar.irj.irjc.1 Mlcnmant of Hlntn Agent * Complntn 8 tor 'Inn l > l trlut , WASHINGTON , Juno 26 , Tiio asMgiinenl t ttito agents in the now system of ga licrlnp rep statUtlcs has born completed save (01 ( wo dUtrlcts. The new pUn practically Joe : nay with tlio Btato agencies , a ) the stale- re grouped Into districts which only one state Kent will mipervUc. The prctent syitctn ol ouiity repurti will nl. o bo supp'.nnto.l by cnc rovMliiK for a reporter In every tonnshlt nd tlio tro systems wlJl bo used conjointly acli acting as a check en tlio other. The ountry will bo divided into twenty-one dls- rlcts. Fourteen of these will comprise group : ( states anil seven single states. Some o ho state agents have been retained as dlJtrlc gunts and others will be dropped from th ( oils. The personnel of the new eorpj Is a ; allows : Now England states , 1'rof. A. li. 1'crry larsachusctts ; New York nnJ Pomuylvanla S. S. Nocly. 1'emisylv.inl.i ; New Jersny , Dola viuo and Maryland , Nathan Pratt , DehwJro Mrglnla and West Virginia. l > rof. J. M. Me Iryilo , Virginia ; North and Eou'h Carolina S' . A. Withers , North Carolina ; Georgia am 'lurlila , cx-Govcrnor W. J. Northen , Georgia Mabama , Mississippi and Louisiana , J. A , anc , Alabama ; Minnesota and Wisconsin , L I. F.iy , Wisconsin ; Tennessee and Kentucky Cooper 1) . ' Schmidt , Tennessee ; California Irpgon , Washington and Idaho , Kdwln P ml'h ' , California ; Kans'B and Missouri , Henrj O. Garvcy. Kansas ; Colorado , Utah , Wjarnlng \tl7onn , Nevada and New Mexico , Frank K 'arstarphen. Colorado ; Mlchlgin , M.K. Marsh ) hlo , L. 1' . Stephens ; Indiana , Washington G Jmican ; Illinois. Krank V. Dllatush ; Iowa , S 1. Davis ; Texas , Allen Illacker ; Nebraska ex-Governor Hobcrt W. Turnas. The agents for two districts ombraclni Ulansas , Indian Tcnl/ory and Oklahoma an , ho other , North and South Dakota aiid Mon ana , have not been selected. The arrange nent eliminates all salaries below $720 a yea atrl makes an average of $1,000. There won ormcrly forty-five agents and the reductloi o twenty-flvo makes an aggregate saving o several thousand dollar ? . AlMMiAHS AU.MN IN CHINA. TltousnmU of Ccloitlnln l.lkrly to Stirrninl During thn Minim IT. WASHINGTON , Juno 26. The Unltei States consul at Fee Chow , China , report he appearance of the Hong Kong phgue a that placo. Ho says It Is already cstabllshci as an epidemic , but that so far It [ 9 confine to the city proper. Ho adds : "There Is n question or doubt about the epidemic In th city being Identical with that which last yea caused such mortality In Hong Kong an other Chinese ports. The symptoms attend ng Us appearance and progress unmlstakabl ; stamp It as the plague and In the Infocto districts within the city the rats arc dying li great numbers , just as It has been the In variable rule wherever the plague has show Itself In the past. "In a city Ilko Fee Chow It Is Imposslbl to Institute any sort of sanitary measures t prevent the spread of contagious dl-'cases , o jven to mitigate the sufferings of the vie tlms. So unless the present epidemic die out of Its own accord there Is every prospec that misery and death will come to thousand of the 1,500,000 people living. In the clt proper and Its Immediate suburbs. " Olio Sot orV rlit' Fmr nlploiiiia IJriuly WASHINGTON , June C. The diplomas fo , ho commissions nt the Chicago World's fat liavo bscn prepared at last and the dlstrlbu tlon will begin In a few days from the Stat department. There are titty-seven of the d ilomas , designed like the exhibitors' dlplomr Sut containing in place of the name , th anguage of the act of congress , provldln for their award to the commissioners. 1'KllSUXAn AXli OTIIKKWISK. Mr. Klchard Le Galllcnne , the decaden Yellow Hook pool , as been engaged to lee turo In America next fall. The library of the late Senator James F Wilson of Iowa will be presented to the his torlcal department of that state. Sixteen to one Is spreading In unlooked-fo quarters. Most of the summer resorts n port sixteen women to one man. Silver Dick niand threatens to Invade th cat't and camp on the grass of Wall stree Mr. Uland represents a haughty and fearfi Issue. Napoleon HI. was the last man In Euro ] : to gather all the fleets of the world at th opening of a canal. The fete was at Sue : and It was followed by Sedan. Senator Benjamin Rlchardsran M. D. , < England thinks that the normal period < human life Is about 110 years , and that save out of ton average people could live that lor If they lived In the right way. Dr. Buchanan , the New York mnrdere who has thus far dodged the electric dial Is In a fair way to shuflle off soon. II wealth Is exhausted and the zeal of his lav yers has tumbled to zero In consequence. Steve Brodle has triumphed over Anthon Comstock , and It has been decided that tl pictures In his saloon on the IJowcry are phi tographs of well known and recognized worl of art. "I'm no panderer to vice , " saj Steve , "I'm a connysure. See ? " There are yet living In Ohio several octi genarlan statesmen who'achieved In publ life a national reputation. They have retire from politics and are living In easy retlr merit. Among these may be mentioned Allt G. Thurman , John A. Blngham , Henry 1 Payne , Columbus Delano and WHIUm S. Urocsfc-'ck , nil unco most favorably mentioned [ or th ! presidency. A Connecticut milkman , who It accused ot causing GOO caics nt typhoid fever by drawing too liberally on a nilcroboan well , Is out with an affidavit resenting the aspersion that he Is In cahoots with the doctor * . The denial Is as weak as his fluid , William Laxton , who hasn't a relative In the world , took a place In the Winchester Repc.itlng Arm * company's works ni fulmU na'o ' ml.xer. He Is to get J30 a week nd work four hours a day. Ho la likely to bo blown to atoms at any minute. Ho will get $1 a day more than Jeremiah Splllanc , who was killed al the last explosion. Forty men asked for the place. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hunter , who died at Philadelphia Tuesday , was highly esteemed by Lincoln and Grant for her service * In caring for the wounded In the late war. She- was the llrst woman to go to Gettysburg otter the great fight , receiving permission from President Lincoln nnd going In a special car. She founded the Northern Homo for Friend less Children In Philadelphia. ado UmitRliii ; 1'iilltU-iU Situation. New York World. Secretary Lament la a. ? sagacious as usual In declining to Indicate Iu advance the lines of the next presidential contest. "It li eighteen months before election almost an epoch , " he says , "and great changes maj take place In 'that time. " Great change ! have taken place In even the last six months. The gold reserve has been restored. Gold exporu have stopped. The free silver fevet has flared up nnd subsided. Commerce and Industry have revived , wages have Increased , prices have advanced and the entire nspecl of affairs have changed. These thlncs must nud will affect the political situation. And between now and next rummer there Is to bo n session of congress which may niter the situation still more. Too great precipitancy Is as dangerous to a party as to a presiden tial boom. JUIITJI. Washington Star : "Do mnn , " snld Uncle Klieti , "ilnt iln's his lebbel In life , high or low , am or success. It am only de misfit dnt rc'ly falls. " Uoston Courier : "What uro you paintlne tlu-ro on your lawn mower ? " "A motto. " "What Is H ? " "It's n good thing. Push It ulong. " _ Milwaukee Journal : Fortunate Is the man whose errors are sutllclently ludicrous to pass current as Jokes. SnmorvlllP Journal : Adam hail nn unde niable pre-eminence In some respects , but ho novi-r knew the bliss that comes to a boy with his llrst pair of pants. Harper's Hnznr : "Darker cot Into n rumpus - pus with n twllcoman the other night , " said I'lnkncy. "He offered to bet the policeman bo tlliln't duru tin-eat him. " "What did thu copper Uo ? " "Took him up. " Indianapolis Journal : "Tho great Ameri can desert , " smtd the RooKniphlcul boarder , "Is gradually being- reduced to naught. " "So I notice , " bald the Cheerful Idiot. "That Is the third piece of plo you hnvo bail at this ono meal. " Truth : Clubfullow I have resolved on suicide , James. It Is my only recourse. James Good gracious , sir. Clubfellow Not u word. James. You shall see how a bruvo man dies. Urlng me the cucumbers. Cincinnati Tribune : "I have n great no tion to apply n trunk strap to you , " said the Irate father. "To what end ? " naked tho. boy. The father looked at htm IOUR nnd suspiciously , but the youth looked BO luno- cent that the old man concluded to let It go at that. Chicago Tribune : Klljordan Knjoncs , you nro a gentleman. I told you a story yester day which I now remember having told you a row weeks OKU , and you took It the second time without wincing. Kajones I be ! ? to assure you .that I did not remember that you had ever told mo the story before. Klljordan Then I take back my first re mark. Washington Star : "A statesman's motto , " said the earnest patriot , "should always be , b sum you're right , and then go ahead.1 "Maybe so , " replied Senator Sorghum , thoughtfully. "But that's not my plat form. " "What Is It ? " , "Go right ahead and square It afterward.1' DISASTER. Knnsas t'lly Journal. In order to be more nilmlrcit , Her limbs In bloomers she attired , Then bravely her now wheel bestrode And 'round the town she gaily nxlo. Alas ! Most painful to relate , Her former beaux nil shook her ntralght ; She found , with many a nigh nnd pane. Her new suit was a bloomcrang. VISA T 1'Ki : VKXT. Somervllie Journal. I sing "tho man of business , " whosa Sole aim Is to get rich IJy fair means or by foul , and ho Is not too stringent which. Misfortune sore may come to these To whom his money's lent , But what Is that to him , so long As ho gets 12 per cent. His neighbors say that he Is "sharp ; " " > Ho calls It "being Iruen , " ' -S" C And challenges you In his eyes To llnd u speck of green. ' Ho never thinks of any ono * Excepting of himself , And rpcmls his life unceasing ! * Amassing stores of pelf. He nlways keeps within the law The written law , thnt Is ; The nioral law he dally breaks , Remarking : "Illz Is biz. " But retribution sure will come , And. the first thing ho knows. He'll get Into old Satan's clutch , And Satan will foreclose. BIG DRIVE FROM NOW TILL JULY 1st We shall have a variety of Bargains to offer BECAUSE we want to reduce all lines of gooJs as much as possible BEFORE WE TAKE INVENTORY- \Ye find , as every other trustworthy house finds , tha it pays to cut off the profit and let the cost price sell them QUICK. Just at present we call special attention to our hat departments TWO OF THEM. AYe have a mammoth assortment of hats , the largest over in Omaha , embracing both men and boys' MEN'S STRAW HATS , 8 or 10 different styles , for 50c , 75c , $1 and up. CHILDREN'S STRAW HATS , in endless variety , at 25c , 50c , 75c and $1. See our Douglas street window for an idea of our great assortment of children's hats , Your monsy's worth or we'll trade back. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Reliable Clothiers. S. W Cor. 15th & Douglas
