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sunany. ononcn n. TOSCHUCK. .
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: Notary Public.
The Cornell crow nccrt not Imvc KOUC
to KuRlnml to make sneli
nil thewny
nn exhibition of Itself.
It Is to be fcnrert that Intcrnntlonnl
collcwc athletics will not bu so popiilav
on tills side of the Atlantic for a. little
while u they have for a few months
pnat.
CompI roller Olsen hns been given an
Imlellnite leave of absence by the conn-
oil. Docs this also taUa Mr. Olson' *
nnme from the city pay roll for an In-
detlnlte period ?
Calls are out In several counties foi
conventions ; to select delegates to thi
republican state convention , which has
not yet been called and may not b <
held until the latter part of September
This Is putting the cart before tin
horse. .
Members of- that Corni'll crew wll
have made a place for their names li
the world ot college athletics even 11
every one of them fails to pass the ex
amlnatUm necessary to successful Rrnd
nation from the Institution which thej
attend. .
And now It Is reported that so sooi
as the price demanded Is produced am
paid over another Fair will will hi
forthcoming. The late millionaire .lame :
G. Fair must linvo had his time prott ;
well occupied making and revising hi
numerous last wills and testaments.
The local Sunday" school assoclatloi
piopose.s to mass all the Sunday schoc
children of Omaha In a grand parad
some tlmo during the state fair week
If the proposition Is carried out th
Sunday school parade will not bo th
least Interesting of the many state fai
demonstrations.
Because the delegates to the Chrlstla ;
Endeavor convention at Boston hav
run against some rainy weather ongh
to cause no extraordinary commeni
Didn't the great Methodist conferenc
at Omaha endure rain for ne.irly
month ? There Is no discrimination I
distributing the favors of the weathc
man.
It ought to be an easy matter for th
county commissioners to determine th
reasonable time reiinired to assess th
property of a given district. There at
ex-assessors whose opinions on the ma
ter could be obtained. This should li
done , not only In order that exorbltai
claims of deputy assessors may li
turned down , but that a fair basis ma
be reached for similar work next yer
and thereafter.
Parliament Is dissolved one week , tl
parliamentary elections held the ne :
week , and the new Parliament coi
vcnctl In another week. The now ]
elected members are not given tin
before entering upon their duties i
forget what the people who electc
them expect them to do. This Is 01
point where the British practice has tl
better of the American system , whit
prevents a congressman from acth
as n representative of his constituent
until a year after they have given hi
their suffrages. t
If Land Commissioner Ilusscll wan
to undertake the laudable task <
knocking out all the fraudulent leas
and sales of state lands he docs n
want to conllne himself to the contrite
which were left to bo sanctioned tu
completed during his term of olllco.
thorough overhauling of the leases tu
sales of state lands for several yea
back would doubtless disclose mai
transactions so steeped In fraud th
their annulment and the recovery
the lands for the taxpayers would fi
low as a matter of course. Here Is i
opportunity for Commissioner Uussi
tp miike a record for himself that wou
commend him to the people of K
brnska.
Wo see that another penitentiary cc
vlct running at largo under the in
parole-prisoner law has been sent
jail In Beatrice for resisting an ofllci
Hero is another opportunity for t
governor to enforce the conditions
the parole and recall the convict
serve his nnoxplivd sentence.V
should men bo allowed to avail the
selves of this law unless they tea
Intend to reform their lives ? A in
who can not keep out ofJail wli
given his freedom has evidently i
leametl the lesson of his original I
prlsoumeiit. The recall of the pure
of such convicts Is no more than f
to those convicts who make the b
use of their conditional liberty.
117 ; Mt'ST KIIAD1C.ITK TIIK
Corruption and bribery have always
been the bane of popular self-govern
ment. It was so In the republics of
the ancient world , It has been so In the
republics of the middle ages , It Is so
ngaln In our own time. The most
dangerous of nil forms of corruption
IH the bribery of lawmakers. It Is an
established fact that our national and
state legislatures are hotbeds of venal
ity. Few Important measures ulTcct-
Ing corporate Interests and capital In
general are enacted without the whole
sale bribery of the men who are chosen
to represent the people In their lawmaking -
making capacity. The disclosure * that
have scandalized nearly every session
of congress anil every legislature have
become common as scarcely to create
any surprise or popular resentment.
This Is doubtless true of the latest of
legislative scandals which has been ex
posed at Hprlnglleld. ( Jovernor Alt-
geld , whose Integrity has not been
called In question , openly charges that
certain members of the Illinois general
assembly were paid large sums for their
support of what Is known as the Hum
phrey racing bill. "That boodllng and
attempted boodllng have marked the
progress of nearly every Important bill
through the assembly , " says the gov
ernor , "Is common report , and there Is
plenty of evidence on the subject.
Whether the senate and the house will
notice the charges and Inquire Into
them I cannot say , but the two houses
owe It to their honor to make a thor
ough Investigation. Unless something
Is done to break up the practice of
boodllng in the legislature It will result
In the breaking down of our state in
stitutions. If some of the members
who make a practice of selling their
votes for mo'noy could be sent to the
penitentiary it would be the best thing
that could happen to the state. The
conviction and punishment of legisla
tive boodlers would free the legislature
from such practices for years to come. "
Governor AltgcM hits the nail on 'the '
head. What has recently happened In
Sprluglleld IM only a repetition of what
happened In our own state capltol last
winter. If It were possible to send
legislative bribe takers to the peniten
tiary as convicts ami not as bogus in-
vestlgatlng committees there would be
an end , for a while at least , to the
shameless hold-ups of vulnerable hr
terests by political road agents who occupy -
cupy seats in legislative halls. Tin
call at Springfield Is for an invcstiga
tion and a special grand jury. The in
vcstigtitlon Is almost certain to be si
whitewash and the special grand jurj
to be a farce. Sooner or later the pee
pie will have to settle with rccrcani
representatives as they used to do will
horse thieves and highwaymen. A leg
Islatlve boodler Is much more danger
ous to free government than any bani
of horse thieves ever was. Whei
legislative bribery Is made high trcasoi
and punishable as a capital crime w <
may possibly be able to eradicate tin
cancer that Is eating out the vitals o
the republic.
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That the United States Is a. debtor na
tlon everybody knows who Is at al
familiar with our business relation
with the rest of the world , but a grea
many arc misled Into the belief tha
such is not the case by seeing the state
ment repeatedly made that the balanc
of trade is hi our favor. As betweei
the exports and the imports of mei
chandise and specie ft Is a fact that fo
years the International balance has beei
on our side , but a different condition I
presented when there Is taken Into con
slderntlon various debtor items whlcl
are not embraced In the statistics stir
plied by the government. With thes
Items Included in the International ac
count It Is shown that not only Is th
United States a debtor country , but It
Indebtedness has been steadily growluj
The Now York Commercial Bullet !
presents , as the result of a uqrefill h
vestlgatlon , highly Interesting figures o
the various debtor and creditor item
other than merchandise and specie. 1
finds that the debtor items , which li
elude Investment account , travel In
credits , Inward freight charges per foi
elgn vessels , outward passenger fare
per foreign vessels , and undervaluation
of Imports , amount annually to ? 17u
4 . > ,000 , while the creditor items , whlc
Include money brought by immigrant
outlays of foreign ships In port , poi
outlays of passenger steamships , an
outward earnings of American vessel
amount toii > ,7i > 0,000. It thus appeal
that the various items of tlio interni
tional account , outside of imports nn
exports of good and specie and of tl
movement in securities , yield a m
debtor balance of 9145,000,000. This r
suit affords un Indication of the court
of the foreign exchanges during recei
years , and selecting the seven fisci
years , 188T to 1893 , both Inclusive , It
shown that the exports of inercliamll :
and specie exceeded the Imports to tl
amount of $5'4,000,000 ! , but during tin
period the debtor Items above note
amounted to ? l,01r ,000,000 , so that f <
the seven years the debtor or advert
balance was $401,000,000 , or an nveraj
of $70,000,000 per year , which it is pr
sumod has been settled by the trasirii
slon uC securities.
It Is ( ptlte possible that Hie cstlmat
of the Commercial Bulletin nru som
what too conservative and that we ha1
been Increasing our foreign Indebtc
ness at a mueji greater rate than $71
000,000 per year , but that amount
enough to suggest serious cousldcratli
of the question whether the country
not driftingtoward a dangerous situ
tlon , especially In view ol' the fact th
at present our imports of merclmndl
are Increasing and our exi > orts fallli
off , as compared with previous yeai
10 while the debtor Items of travel ! ]
credits , Inward freight charges and 01
: o ward passenger fares are larger1 tin
ever before. According to the estlmti
of the Commercial Bulletin , the amou
of the traveling credits annually , tli
Is , the money taken out of the count
by American travelers abroad. Is ? 4
000,000 , but there can be little don
that this Is an underestimate , and t
same Is to be mild regarding the os
mate of Import undervaluations , t
amount of which Is placed tit $5,00
1000. But even that sum serves to sin
the mistake of substituting ad valorem
for specific duties. Another Item which
clearly seems to be underestimated Is
that of freight charges per foreign ves
sels , the amount of which Is placed at
only $24,000,000.
But nt any rate the figures are Inter
esting and Instructive , and what they
most strongly suggest Is the necessity
of nn economic policy that will curtail
rather than encourage the Importation
of foreign goods which can be produced
In this country.
Aft IMI'11ACT1LAHKOPOSTO.V. { / .
The proposition to supplement the bond
of the new city treasurer with a $ 'J5,000
guarantee company bond at the ex
pense of the city Is of doubtful ex
pediency. The treasurer has furnished
a bond In the sum of ? r > 50,000. That
bond Is presumed to be good. If It Is
insufficient In amount or If the sureties
are not responsible for the whole sum
the bond should have been cither In
creased In amount or rejected. To add
? li. > ,000 to the aggregate of the bond
would not materially strengthen the
city's security.
It Is also questionable whether the
acceptance of a guarantee company
bond would not invalidate the personal
bond. The city Jias no authority to
expend public money for guaranteeing
the honesty of any of Its olllccrs. The-
premium must bepaid either by the ofli-
ccr himself or his sureties. If the
sureties of the new treasurer desire to
protect themselves against possible
losses they should take out a guarantee
company bond on their own account
and pay for it themselves.
CAKKOT UlttCUIiATR SILVKlt.
All the efforts of the Treasury de
partment to push silver Into circulation
are unavailing. The amountof stand
ard silver dollars now out among the
people Is about 52,000,000 and It has
never exceeded 00,000,000. When the
treasury has on hand any free silver ,
that Is , sliver In excess of the outstand
ing silver certificates , the United
States treasurer , at fho request
of any banker , business house
or private Individual , will ship
to any point of the country , free
of charge , standard silver dollars In
exchange for qlher kinds of money and
the .government pays a large amount
annually for expressage on sliver. Still
the amount that remains In circulation
does not increase.
A Washington dispatch gives an il
lustration of how dllllcult It Is to force
the silver dollar to circulate. Every
week the cashiers of the big manufac
turing establishments near Boston semite
to the subtreasury In that city and hnvt
expressed to them free of cost sonic-
thing like 25,000 standard silver dollars
lars to bo used In paying off the cm
ployes. These dollars the following
week find their way to the banks
through the medium of the merchants
and from the banks they find theh
way back to the subtreasury. This h
repeated every week , and It Is the sami
with other subtreasuries. Very gener
ally the banks In the ] larger cities an
overloaded with silver dollars whlcl
they cannot dispose of to their patrons
There Is said to be talk of the govern
ment paying a good portion of the sal
aries of Its employes in silver , as :
means of Increasing its circulation.
It Is very evident that the vast hoar <
of standard silver dollars which tin
government has stored away in it :
vaults will never all get into clrcula
tion. Hcgardless of the question o
free coinage , It is most fully demon
strated that the people do not want i
great volume of silver dollars In activi
circulation. They are cumbersome am
in large amounts Inconvenient to ban
die. Yet under a policy of free coin
age as proposed by Its advocates , whoi
every owner of bullion would have th
right to take his silver to the mill
and have It coined into dollars for hi
own account , the people would be coin
polled to take such dollars , beeaus
they could not get gold or paper if
deemablo in gold. Manifestly th
country already has a most uhundau
supply of overvalued coined silver.
A VEIIKIUIOUS PllhCUDKKT.
When Mayor Bemis asked Actln
City Attorney Cornish for advice as t
his duty In relation to the city comi
trailer , whoso gross negligence or h
competency had jeopardized the safet
of the municipal treasury , the mayo
was given to understand that It woul
be Improper for him to take nctlo
looking to the removal of the derelk
olllcer until after the city council's li
vestigation of the comptroller's olllc
had been concluded. In other word
the mayor was ofliclally advised that li
must await the outcome of the pendin
investigation in order that ho mlgl
have a basis for specific charges.
In view of the fact that the niuyr
had abundant material for specif
charges in the reports of the com ]
trailer concerning the condition of tl
treasury , and In the acknowledged fal
lire of the comptroller to discharge tl
duties devolving upon him , every li
telllgent person must have rend b
tween the lines of Mr. Cornish's r
spouse a desire to shelve the who
affair nnd condone the offense. On tl
heels of this supplement to the extn
ordinary letter on the defaulting trea
urer , the council , has granted C'omptrc
lor Olson an Indefinite leave of absent1
This Is tantamount to sidetracking tl
Investigation into the slipshod mctho <
that have prevailed In the comptroller
olllco , and thus burring Mayor Item
from procuring the Information (
which the specific charges of malfea
ance were to have been based.
This Is setting a most pernlcloi
precedent for all city otlicluls. It
a declaration that men sworn to pr
tect the taxpayers may close their ey
and ears to embezzlement and corru
practices without exposing thcmsclv
to oven a vote of censure at the ham
of the city council. It Is virtually
proclamation that a betrayal of tru
will go unpunished so long as the ci
prit has the assurance of support fro
the municipal rlugsters who control
majority of the council. There nev
can be and never will be honest bu
10 ness methods In the management of t
city's finances so long as embczr.lomci
defalcation and reckless neglect of du
nro winked n , # ml Rlosscil over na
trilling nmttoriGhyttliG very ofllocrs who
nro expected f < > "Pnforbe Integrity niul
fidelity l > y making ] example * of dishon
est uiul untrustworthy olllclals.
Five yenra luivdrelnitsed since the im-
tlonnl ceiisiiHwns taken mid Onmlia
was credited jJVjjh a population of
140,000. The y directory of 1804
coiitnlnotl 47ljq , , unities. Multiplied
l y three , to Include women nnd dill-
drcn , the population of the city last year
was found to b < r 143,580 , Ji sain In four
years of only ; jT > 80. The city directory
Just Issued contains 40 , UU names , In-
( Heating n population of iil,183 ; nnd a
loss the past year of 4,302. These 11&-
urea cannot be said to be absolutely
correct , but thi y stand for the approxi
mate variations of our population the
past four years nnd obviously are 'not
far out of the way. That Omalm has
been hardest hit of any transmlssourl
city during recent years of business de
pression Is explained by the fact that
she Is the distributing point for a terri
tory that has Buffered from crop fail
ure to n greater extent than any other.
It Is nlso worthy of note that the crop
conditions In this territory are better
today than In regions east and north ,
so It may reasonably be expected that
tills city will soon recover Its lost pres
tige and forge rapidly ahead. Nobody
who knows the native recuperative
powers of this cly ( and state doubts for
a moment that Omahn will pull through
all right.
Councilman Prince comps to the
'rout with iin ordinance granting per-
ulsslou to the street rnllwny company
t ) extend the motor line to the new
ulr grounds with the privilege of rim-
ting trains only during fair time and
ncc meetings. What the object of
itch n permit may ba we cannot divine ,
f the council hns a right to grant the
Igltt to suspend street railway trallle
luring part of the year over a partlcu-
nr line It must also have the right to
I'lthdrnw that privilege. Inasmuch as
lie street railway company does not pro-
mid to operate a great many miles of
Is track , laid without suspensory prlv-
lege , the company is In no danger of
lelng' compelled to operate the pro-
losed line to the state fair grounds all
the year round.
secretary of the State Hellef
jommlsslon says that the commission
ivlll turn back Into the treasury some
if the money "appropriated for its use.
f so , very w'oll. And the sooner the
(
illice of the ( , 'ciimni.s.skm is closed and
he clerks employed discharged the
arger will be the bum turned back.
> f > hrn hnn.
SIojux < JTIty Journal ,
The death of Gaoeral , Joseph Hollman al
Emerson , Neb. Ja'st. week removed froir
earthly activities , 'one who had been pronv
Inent In the development of the state ol
Nebraska and ever" a good citizen. *
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The Caxf 111 Itonnil Number * .
OboeDemocrat. .
Japan's whdfo'1 army employed agalns
China numbered 'bnlVi'-60,979' ' ' men. Pdrhaiy
the 'best WayJ'WWta ' the "cass' historical ! ! ]
would bo to say 'that Japan made a recon
nclssanco of a neighboring nation of 400,000 ,
000 and found that they wouldn't fight.
Am You Surn ?
Courier-Journal.
Governor Bolea seems to have missed thi
free silver train which wug making such ;
pufllng a few weeks ago. A poll of thi
press of Iowa shows that every democrat ! '
paper In the state , with only two exceptions
Is opposed to free silver coinage at 1G to 1.
A Mtfttnkn Mimewliere.
Chicago Journal.
If Minister Eustls said what he Is roportci
In the Paris Figaro as sayinghe must hav
been gazing too often on the absinthe whe :
It was green recently. Only through thi
cracked Ice of that beguiling French beverag
could the vision of himself as. a candidate
for the presidency of the United States hav
tickled his fancy. The Idea of James E
Eustls as a presidential possibility had no
occurred to mortal Imagination , drunk o
sober , on this side of the Atlantic.
Thn MmrlliiK lienr.
Boston Herald.
Russia Is In. a chronic condition of dlseon
tent and seems ready to quarrel with every
body about anything and everything. Sh
wants to question the right of Germany t
control the new canal ; she is making hersel
disagreeable toward China In regard to tha
empire changing Itj mind regarding the lear
and she Is threatening Japan with war be
cause that plucky little nation wants reap th
full benefit of. Its victory over the Chlnest
The Russian bear Is evidently eager for
flght wlih somebody.
I'EllSOXAl. ASD OTHERWISE.
Call her Omega ? Not much. Grover I
only 58.
Senator Stewart's Silver Knights are appro
prlately named. Nights and silver beams ar
Inseparable.
The New York World , New York Trlbun
and Philadelphia Inquirer furnish occult evl
dence of "broad" editorial policy 15 or mor
picas'to the line.
Senator Blackburn has acquiesced In th
muzzle placed on his mouth by the Ken
tucky state democratic committee. Conl
party loyalty do more ?
The now weather clerk Is discredited I
New York. He supplies too much extern :
wetness on the Sabbath , while the native
put up with an Interncl Sahara or go t
Hoboken.
fi
C. W. Owens , jifhp defeated Brecklnrldg
In Kentucky , wia , , aAweek ago bitten by
spider and It Is' now feared will lose hi
arm. It Is terfjbly swollen and threaten
to Invade the wliole'body.
For ten years" My. , W. I. Smith , a Whll
Plains , N. Y. , business man , did not take
single holiday. But ast week he was induce
to stop work for 'one day and enjoy tilmse
at the seashore. Hd 'went ' In bathing and wj
drowned. ' < > ' "
The signal fallurS'tf ' a sea serpent to ai
pear at Asbury l&rkjls accounted for by tl
fact that Parson3 ! Bradley enforces prohlb
Iton , even to tile'drug stores. Even U
bikers are not p&rmltled to gaze through tl
glass darkly. lo o
The Boston P yt diters an explanation i
the superiority df Tale over Harvard In atl
letlcs. AccordlAR' ' to" the Post the troub
with Harvard It VUio pernicious clique sy
tern , " whereas tie ilcmocratlc spirit of Ya
accounts for Itsjivfctorles. "At Yale , If
student can row , he is found In the unlvenll
boat without any question as to the bank a
count of his father or the tinge of his bloo
It Is the democracy of sport at Yale th ,
triumphs usually over the aristocracy i
sport at Harvard. "
lOllIUEl ) AJIUVT THAT
Spain Wnnt tha Unltml States to Kiplnln
Minister ICnitU * Alleged Interview.
WASHINGTON , July 10. The- Spanish
drelgn office hss cabled to the Spanish min
ster hen , Senor Do Lome , concerning
he alleged Interview with Minister Eustls
n the Paris Figaro , with a view to having
he State department dliavowlng tha re
ported utterances of Mr. Kostls. Tha exact
nature of the cable from the Spanish govern
ment cannot bo learned , but It U believed to
ic , In llto first place , nn Inquiry as to the
acts , with the supplementary Instructions to
make due representations uf disapproval to
his government should It be csUbllslicJ that
uch nn Interview was given by the am-
It lo thought , however , the cable from
Spain Is conservative In character , with a
view to securing action only In case the
Justls Interview Is shown to bo authentic.
t was ent before Mr. Etistls had given a
disavowal of the Interview In n statement tea
a London correspondent. Naturally enough
his doubt aa to what reflection Mr. Eustls
md made on Spain or whether he has made
any reflection has prevented action by the
Spanish minister until the facts could be es
tablished.
Up to this time tha matter had not been
brought to the attention of the State depart
ment In any official shape , although the ofil-
clals have taken note of tha Interview as
cabled to the American newspapers. Even
without the reiterated denial of the authen
ticity of the Interview given out by Ambas
sador Eustls , It Is generally discredited here.
It Is unfortunate for Mr. Eustls that this
particular story should be published at the
present time , even though ho succeeds In
stamping It as baseless , for It Is well calcu
lated to affect his future. H may ba stated
that he has not found his post to bo particu
larly attractive to him , and some time ago he
made It known that he would like to relin
quish It. Now. however. It Is probable that
he may have to remain at Paris against his
Inclinations for the sole purpose of showing
that his rellnqulshment of his post la not In
any way to be connected w.lth the publica
tion of the Interview , for to no otherwise
might cast a cloud over the bright reputation
he has earned while representing the United
States at Paris as first ambassador.
MIIUAKY ACCOUNTS AUK IN A MUDIIIiK
Auditor Declines to Honor- Any further
ItrqiiUttlnn for Money.
WASHINGTON , July 10. The accounts of
Ainsworth R. SpofTord , for many years
librarian of the Congressional library , havn
boon held up for about three months by the
auditing officers of the Treasury department
and Investigation Is makingby the officers
of the library. There Is no allegation made
so far as can be learned of any wrong doing
on the part of any library employe , but there
Is a discrepancy In the accounts and It Is the
opinion of the treasury officials that the
financial affairs of the library , which handles
a considerable amount of money received
from copyrights and other sources , are not
conducted In a business-like manner.
About forty-five people are employed at the
library nnd the pay roll amounts to about
$15,000 per quarter. The Treasury depart
ment has not given any money to the library
pending the Investigation , but tlio employes
have received their salaries regularly. Mr.
Spofford personally advanced the money. Ho
was not disposed to say much today , save
to state that there was discrepancy In the
accounts and that they were being Investi
gated. It Is likely that new methods of
keeping the accounts may result from the
affair.
The law provides that If the accounts do
not reach the auditor wlthtn ten days after
the last day of the quarter for which they
are rendered. , they shall not be approved ,
.but shall be referred to the secretary of the
treasury Tor his action. In some cases It
Is Impossible for accounting officers to make
the returns within the time specified and an
extension has always been granted readily
In such Instances.
Librarian Spofford's accounts for the quar
ter ending March 31 should under the law
have been In the hands of the auditor or
or before April 10. They have not yet beer
received by the auditor. Mr. Spofford's ac
counts for the quarter ending June 30 , shoulc
under the law have been In the hands of th <
auditor on or before today. They have nol
been rendered. Meanwhile the auditor 01
the treasury , having charge of the librarian's
accounts , has declined to approve any re
quisltlon for money and there has been
sort of deadlock.
NO ItUI.ING ON TOXNOK AOKEF.MKNlt
Interstate Commission Isiuos n Circular or
rhp Snbjrct.
WASHINGTON , July 10. Numerous statements
monts ot tonnage agreements entered Into bj
various railroads , and allegations that thi
agreements were sanctioned by the Interstat <
Commerce commission , have resulted In tin
Issuance of a circular letter. In which thi
commission calls the attention of all road ;
to the statutory prohibition of pooling agree
monts. The question whether tonnage agree
ments are actually embraced within the Ian
guage of the act relating to Interstate com
merce Is an unsettled one , and the questioi
las not yet been raided , and accordingly thel :
legality has not yet been decided. No com
plaints of violation of the law through thi
making of tonnage agreements have beei
filed here , but the commission has sent It
letter to the railroads In order to dlsslpati
the Idea that such agreements were official ! ]
approved or have been under consideration li
any way. The majority of the members o
the commission favor certain amendments ti
the Interstate commerce act and regard tin
pooling prohibition provisions as Interferlni
materially with the enforcement of the act
At least several members of the commlssloi
personally are In favor of authorizing poollni
and deprecate Its prohibition.
Respecting reports that the commlssloi
would bring criminal actions against rail
roads parties to tonnage agreements. It I
stated that It Is not within the province o
the commission to take action In crlmlna
cases against roads further than to refer mat
ters to the Department of Justice. This wll
be the procedure In cases of tralllc ccm
plaints to the commission , that the law Is be
Ing violated by tonnage agreements. It i
denied there Is any Intention of making- .
test case to settle the legally of the tonnag
agreemnts.
coitUAN MINISTER FUKOKO TO FI/
Fact that lie AViin Itclaleil to the Kin
C'oalil Not give Him *
WASHINGTON. July 10. The Departmen
of state has been advised by our mlnlste
at Seoul that there Is much excitement I
that capital over the flight of the mlnlste
of the Interior , Pak Yong Hyo , the practlcs
dictator of Corea for the last six month !
The king Issued an order for his arres
on the charge of treason , which gave com
plete satisfaction to the Japanese , but th
latter , fearing the effect on Japanese publl
opinion of the arrest ot the minister , wh
was supposed to be strong Japanese In hi
views , abetted his escape to Japan. Pak I
a brother-in-law to the king and has th
title of prince. Ills relationship to the kin
debars him by Corean law from holdln
office. On December 17 , 1894 , when the ne'
Corean cabinet was formed , Pak was brougl ;
forward by the Japanese and his nppolntmcr
to the office of minister ot the interior wa
forced upon the king. He soon became th
practical dictator of Corea , but accordln
to the State department advices showed b\
little political wisdom , quarreled with a
his friends , and alienated the frlendshl
of the Japanese , who for some time pa :
have been anxious to see him reltsved.
rvrro Kurthquakei in Kutsln.
ST. PETERSBURG , July 10. Severe eartl
quake shocks have been experienced In tl
Caspian and Ural districts. Many housi
have been destroyed at Utunada , Astracha
and Krasnovodslc.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Is
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Democrats Nominate Craft * for Sponkar a
lh llllnoli l , Rl lnture.
SI'UINOFIRLl ) , 111. , July 10. In splto of
the fuel that Governor Altgehl requested
tbo democrats ot the house to refrain from
nominating ox-Sppakcr Crafts for the speak-
crshlp , they went ahead nnd did It. It was
not done without the protest ot twenty-six
out ot the sixty-olio representatives on the
minority side , however. Whether this will
end now , no one can tell , to a certainty ,
but It what Governor AUgeld's followers
say la true , It will not. They say with a
good deal of acrimony , that under no cir
cumstances will they recognize Crafts as the
minority leader. The followers of Crafts ,
however , smllo at this , nud assert that
the disgruntled fellows ulll fall Into line
as soon as their wrath cools down. The
democratic party lash , will bo applied tu
these who remain out of the fold too long.
Secretary of State Henrlchscn , chairman
of the democratic state committee , la with
Crafts , It , U Bald , and will use tlio ma
chinery ot the state organization to move
things their way.
Acting Speaker Needles called the house
to order , and with all formalities announced
that the house would proceed to the election
ot a speaker to fill tlio vacancy caused by
the death of John Meyers.
Whlto \Vhlteshlo placed In nomination
W. G. Cochran , the choice ot the republican
caucus. In a lengthy speech ho extolled
Cochran , told ot all his guod points and
none of his bad ones If ho has any and
concluded with a few remarks as to what
ho bellovcd the now speaker would do If
elected.
.Jones of Green then took the floor , and In
open defiance of Governor Altgeld's rcaucst
nominated Clayton G. Crafts , "In obedi
ence , " as ho said , "to the unanimous man
date of the democratic members In caucus
assembled. "
Davis E. Stranalian then seconded the
nomination of Cochran , and then Curloy
seconded the nomination of Clayton K.
Crafts , "the unanimous choice of the demo
cratic caucus. "
A roll call was taken after tills , and It
resulted In the selection of W. G. Cochran
over Crafts by a vote of 87 to 35.
When the result was announced Acting
Speaker Needles formally declared Cochran
elected , and appointed Berry , Mulr and
Crafts a committee to notify the speaker-
elect and escort him to the speaker's chair.
This was done amidst loud applauRo , and
for the second tlmo W. G. Cochran became
speaker nt an extra session through the
death of his predecessor. Shortly afterward
the house adjourned. The senate proceed
ings were brief and routine.
JUHT 1.1KE C11.4KLIK SIOKIlEtt.
Ncbrnskn Uuuk AVrockor'a hystcm Huccom-
fnlly Imltntril.
URBANA , 0. , July 10. More speculations
of Z. T. Lewis , the bond broker , continue
to como to light hourly. K. 13. Hutchison
of Indianapolis has today turned up $11,000
moro ot forged bonds. They arc Tlppecanoo
school bonds. The $20,000 of these bonds
held by the German National bank of Cin
cinnati are declared to bo bogus. A Sprltig-
flcld bank has $12,000 more. The total
amount of fraudulent bonds so far knowti
to have been hypothecated by Lewis aggre
gates over $100,000 , and may reach doVtblo
that amount. Great excitement prevails
and people here talk of nothing else. Lewis
left hero Monday , and went first to Michi
gan , where his family Is spending the sum
mer. From there ho went to South America ,
to get beyond reach of the law , but there
Is no clew to his route.
SPRINGFIELD. O. . July 10. It Is learned
today that the First National bank hero holds
$2,000 of spurious Mectmnlcsburg' bonds ,
bought of Z , T. Lewis of Urbana. The
Shelby County bank at Anna and the Citi
zens' bank at Ansonla , O. , which Lewis Is
president of , are closed and. runs are re
ported on other concerns In which Lewis was
interested. The fugitive was a prominent
candidate for treasurer four years ago.
HAMILTON , O. , July 10. Butler county
bonds ot $500 each , series ot 1893 , were pre
sented for redemption today and the signals
of Auditor Durr and all the county commis
sioners were forgeries. Z. T. Lewis bought
$40,000 of these bonds and how many he
forged In addition Is not known. The bonds
presented today were bought from him.
Mnxlctin Cnttlo 'Must Ho IliHpcotod.
DENVER , July 10. The State Board of
Cattle Inspection has decided. In view of the
fact that a'movement of 25,000 cattle Is
expected from Old Mexico within a short
time , that all such cattle must be Inspected
before they can be admitted to Colorado.
This new order will take effect at once and
will continue In force until December 1.
Donvflr Aldrrmnn Want * I > unmto .
DENVER , July 10. Alderman John B.
Emery today Instituted suits against the
Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Re
publican for $50,000 damages from each for
alleged slander. The newspapers Intimated
pretty broadly that Alderman Emery was
corrupted by the Denver Union Water com
pany.
t hnrgeil nltti SloHlInc DlnmnnUn.
TACOMA , July 10. L-.onard OsbOrne , a Chicago -
cage society man. Is under arrest at Hope ,
Idaho , on a charge of stealing $800 worth of
diamonds trom B. M. Hunt of this city , a
prominent society and business man , with
whom Osborno stayed two weeks. Osborno
came hero from San Francisco.
UK A KIND.
Minneapolis Tlmrs ; Most Americana wish
t had been a boy at Gray Gables.
Minneapolis Journal : Uuth , Esther , and
now shall It bo Naomi of Groverettn ?
SU Louts Republic : Why dul Mr. Cleveland -
land want a boy when the now \\onmn
onns the earth T
Globe-Democrat r We feel It n duty to
caution Mr. Cleveland agalnit the freii coin *
nge of girls , as a thing likely tc- destroy
the parity ot the sexes.
Chicago Record : As to the new woman ,
the best thing to do with her Is to marry
tier , love her and add her Intelligence and
lirogresslvo notions to the comforts ot homo.
"No family should be without one , " as the
advertisement says.
Chicago Tribune : The largo , fat man at the
Gray Gablei end ot the telephone wire wiped
Ills perspiring brow nervously and shouted
Into the 'phone ! "Is tli.it you. Dan7"
" . " "It's another girl. Dan. Give mo
n good scripture name for her ! "
Cincinnati Commercial : The whole nation
watches the white house babies with tender
love. They ore Us children , It thinks , whom
they liavo commuted to the affection of
your mamma and papa. There Is not n
boy In the country thai would not glvo you
his last piece of candy , and not a man
but would fight for you. You have seventy
millions ot defenders , and everybody will
love you Just ns much as If you were a hoy.
Now go to inntuma , and bo n good llttlo
girl.
S.1llf.l.\l ISHVCKMKSTS.
Chit-ago Tribune : "If you want a sensa
tion for your outside , " buzzed the wasp ,
Hying Into the city editor's room In n buxl-
ness-like way , "X can slve you n pointer. "
Judge : Cawkcr Barlow inndc n rash pre
diction Just now. Cumso What did hit
say ? Cnwlscr He said that the tlmo would
como when It would be respectable to bo
honest.
Springfield News : So much Is the lilcyclo
supplanting the stood. In tlmo his only rep
resentative may bt > the convention dnik
horse and the nightmare.
Chicago 1'ost : Postmaster Is there a col
ored carrier oiltMldo ?
Clerk Yes , ? lr ; Blade 1st there.
Postmaster Send him In I want him to
deliver this special letter with a mourning
border.
Indianapolis Journal : Tommy Paw , what
Is the difference between a pot hunter anil
a sportsman ?
Mr. FIKK One can kill enough game to
make n living at the business and thu other
can't.
Indianapolis Journal : Mrs. Wlnslow Arc
you perfectly 8uro that thcro will be no
men around If you go wading In the broolc
thin morning.
Kitty ( sntlly ) Oh , yes , mother , wo are
perfectly sure that thcro will bo no men * * ,
around whether we go wading or not.
Harlem Llfo : She I was playing whist
nlso last night. It was thn flrst meeting-
our Young Ladles' Whist club. He I won
dered what made you so hoarse.
New York Weekly : Caller Your coat-of-
nrms Is very pretty , but couldn't any ono
else use It ? American Hostess No , Indeed.
Wo paid the designer $10 extra to have It
copyrighted.
Boston Courier : Young Mr. Hangoun
Which do you like best , winter or summer1
Young Mips Wecrle Summer by all means ;
the nights are so much shorter.
Chicago Tribune : Mrs. McSwnt The rea
son I object to you spending so much tlmo
at that club of yours. Bllllger , Is that I um
sure It Is nothing but a resort of loafers.
Mr. McSwat Great Scott , Maria ! What's
any club ?
Indianapolis Journal : "Sir , " said the In
dignant alderman , "are you not aware that
were I to vote for your measure I would ba
exposed to the condemnation of all good
citizens In my ward ? And that sort of
thing , " ho added , lowering hl3 voice ,
"comes pretty high , you know. "
SONQS OK THR SEASON.
New York World.
The man who paddles In the surf ,
Disporting cool and free ,
Is not the chap who writes the versa
About the beauteous sea ,
The fellow who gets oft the rhyme ,
So breezy , nlry , llwliU '
Is up a sixteen-story Hat ; >
Without a wave In sight.
I THE
New Yorlc World.
O these doctors ! Yes , these doctors
Make me weary day by day -
With their everlasting warnings
That they swonr we must obey.
Ah mlcrobla ! mlcrobln !
Thou art a thing of fame ;
But what crimes are now committed
In thy Inoffensive name !
With his microscope the health fiend ,
With most scientific care.
Goes a-gunnlng for bacteria
And he finds them everywhere.
Yes , ho bags them In the liorso car ,
In the foyer and saloon ;
The free lunches ho calls "deadly
As a corking day In June. "
In the corner soda fountain ,
In the keg of foamy beer.
On thn very nimble nickels
That buys thirsty souls a cheer ;
In our hats and shoes and pockets
He finds snakes nnd bugs nnd things
That , when magnified , nro monsters
With ten thousand legs and wings.
O these doctors ! Yes. these doctorsl
Is It then a foot most true
That , with all these warnings , men llvo
Longer than they used to do ?
Nny ! Our ancestors lived longer
In their Ignorance sublime ,
Whllo these howling health fiends scare us
Half to death before our time.
"Little Girls"
They are darlings and a joy. But
Grover wishes 'twas a boy and so
do we. Boys make men Men
wear 'clothes perhaps ours we
hope so. Anyway , we are after
the men to advance their interests
in life , to give them contentment ,
ease and luxury. We'can do it ;
tell you how : There is a whole
lot of remarkably fine suits in our
store , that a re being sold very
reasonable. This is the time of the
year we reduce that quantity , and
assortment we always carry.
WE ARE HAVING A BIG CUT SALE. DID YOU KNOW IT ?
Would like to have you drop in ; if you can't , take a
squint at our windows. You will see a fair assortment
of the many bargains we are offering.
It's all Browning , King & Co.'s own make thnt
is recommend enough. Every piece is guaranteed in
ail respects.
You take no risk when our salesman pronounces
it perfect. If it don't suit you YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TAKE IT.
We leave all to you and the virtue of our suits.
A great line on sale at
$8 ° ° , $10 ° ° , $13 ° ° , $14 ° ° , $15 ° ° , $17 ° ° and $19 ° ° .
From $3.00 to $5.00 saved on every suit you buy
at this cut price mid-summer sale.
We'll trade back if you'd rather have the money.
Browning , King & Co , ,
Largest Makf-rs and Mailers of Fine Clothing In tha World ,
S. W. CORNER 15TH AND DOUGLAS STS.
