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J't'tlMBlfED KVEUY MOn.NIJIO.
TKIIM8 OF HUIiaCHIPTlON.
Pally HOP ( Without Bunilny ) , One Year 8 M
Jlnlly ll > ana Huml.iy , One Ycnr 1 M
Blt Months 5 M
Tlirre Month * , 55"
BunJny llw , One Ywir 5M
Halurcfny lice. One Year. . . . ' " °
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Counrll limits , is 1'rurl Hired.
Clilpaco OIIIc , J17 ChnmtMT "f OitnmTC .
New York Uonm . 13. II nml IS , TrILuno UulMlng.
Washington , 1107 V Street. N. W.
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totlal matter utioulJM \ > niMre n l ! To the LJItor.
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TUB 1IB5 IM'HMHIIINO COMPANY.
BTATJJMKNT OK CIIU'L'I.ATION.
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llnlilnif rompnny. l 'lni ? ilnly iiworii. nay * that tlie
nrtunl rmmW of full nml rimuilele copies of the
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during the month of May , 1835. win u follows.
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copies . 5'3Z >
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.Sunday. nEOlOB | II. TZ8PIIUCK.
Sworn to before me nnd mitnerllicd In my pres
ence tlilx l l dny of June , IVJ5 :
( Sent. ) N. 1' . KKIU Notary Public.
lowu politics * fire In tins
Bliitc. Tlio eruption will not take
until itfltT Hit' other state tickets are all
In the Held.
No , ux-fiovenior P.oles does not care
to perform In Iowa this year the sacrl-
llco act which Senator Hill undertook
In New York state a year a-o. }
General CoppiiiKer has doubtless read
Hie Kvave forebodings of war from the
voluble tongue of Mr. Peebles with ex
traordinary Interest. He can now scent
the battle from afar.
Between the new brooms of the street
cleaning f-nnj ; and the new chief of po
lice Omaha ought to become a paragon
of virtue , both a's regards godliness and
that virtue which Is next to It.
During this taste of tropical tempera
ture , for those who do not agree with
the belief of Colonel Hob Ingersoll ,
Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality -
tality may prove suggestive summer
reading.
Tlu > mills of the gods grind slow ,
but the grist mills this fall will have
to strike a gait like a Chicago girl
chewing gum to take care of the Ne
braska corn crop , with the present
prospects.
Most people expect to have warm
weather In summer. Hut they prefer
not to linye more , htjat , than is neces
sary for 'the maturing of the crons.
All the surplus will be ch-erfully ? fore
gone with by the people In this part
of the country.
Tim World-Herald Thursday morning
told Its readers that ex-l'remier Stam-
bulolt had slightly Improved in condi
tion and had been able to talk. The
Hee said that the ex-premier had grown
worse and that the doctors gave no
hope of recovery. Stambuloff died
'riiursday. Comment Is unnecessary.
That renowned statesman and war
rior , Hon. W. K. Peebles of Pender ,
tells a thrilling talc of blood and car
nage. It will not , however , cause much
alarm among the people. Hvcu If all
that Mr. Peebles says be true , If the
effort Is one to resist the authority of
Hie government , It Is doomed to failure
In the end.
Government by Injunction has suf
fered another severe test at Doon , la.
The court on petition is expected to
order a bridegroom not. to leave , aban
don or desert his bride of a day under
penalty of heavy line and Imprison
ment. Perhaps the groom would prefer
u prison to the uiesh''S of matrimony.
And who could blame him ?
Ten cases of typhoid fever have ap
peared since .Inly 1. The physicians
tieem , to attribute this to Impure drink
ing water and microbe-laden Ice. Is It
not possible the cause may bo found
elsewhere , due to some local condition
which should not be permitted lo exist ?
This Is certainly a lit subject for thor
ough Investigation at the hands of the
Hoard of Health.
After scouring the town high nnd low ,
up and down , for expressions of dlssnnl
with the methods of Chief White , ono
business man who Is not willing to let
hla name be known has been discovered
who thinks that the chief of police did
wrong In asking the commission to sum
marily dispose of Incompetents , malcon
tents and mutineers. That man ought
to be slated for a place on the Churchill
police commission.
War has been declared by the good
citlxens of Ponder , and a delegation has
come to Omaha to supply the 1'e.uder-
Ites with the proper means or defense
ngalnst the unregenerate red man. If
the people of Pender would start n
colony from among the warring Poles
nt ( Jlbson station they would gather In
some excellent recruits anil relieve
.Judge Herka's police docket from Its
periodical entry chargeable to the coun
trymen o ( ICoscIusxko.
The three-story prlKe-packago store
building In Lincoln , which was last
winter put up as a bait for lottery ticket
sellers , was found lo be on lire earlj
Thursday morning. This would Indl
cate the capital prize had been won
nnd delivered and a defeated ticket
holder Is seeking revenge. If this IK
n true estimate of the situation , let lib
suggest to the disgruntled sucker tlin
the man who drew the prize may havi
evidence of that fact , but wo venture
the prediction that he will uuver got u
clear title to the property.
( Titnt.M r
At the recent meeting of the Slate
Jankers' Association of New York n
esolutlon wn.i adopted favoring the ap-
mlntmcnt of n commission , under
authority of congress , composed of exerts -
) erts and bushiest * men charged with
he duty of reporting to congress for Its
consideration n comprehensive cur-
eney system adapted to thn commer
cial needs and Interests of this nation.
This suggestion Is not now made for
he llrst time. It has before come from
jther llnanclal or commercial bodies ,
ind n currency commission has been
imposed In congress , but It failed to
command much favor there.
UiHUiestlonaldy there Is much to be
said In support of the commission propo
sition. A body composed of practical
Inanclers and business men , represent-
ng all parts of the country , who would
jouslder the currency cpu'stlon free
rom any political or partisan bias ,
should be able to formulate n system
hat would be acceptable to a majority
> f the Intelligent people of the country
mil particularly to the llnanclal and
iiislness Interests. The result of the
lellberatlons of such a commission
night be expected , also , to exert an
nlluenco upon congress , since It would
mibuily the best Judgment of men prac-
Ically familiar with llnauclal affairs
mil Influenced solely by the desire to
nit the currency system on as linn and
) crnmneut a basis as possible , lint It
would be found extremely dllllcult , If
lot impossible , to get a commission
hat would command general conlldence.
If eastern men predominated in Its
makeup they would very likely to be
egarded with distrust by the south and
west , while If southern and western
men constituted a majority of the com
mission the east would probably lack
L-onlldence In it. Thus , in any event ,
there would bo danger of the result
> f the commission's deliberations being
discredited In advance In one section
or another of the country , with the
necessary effect of rendering It almost
If not entirely useless when pre
sented to the representatives of the
people In congress.
It Is a fact that the American people
generally are not favorably disposed
: oward commissions to pass upon iiues-
tlons affecting their llnanclal or eco-
lomlc Interests , and It Is also true that
so-called expert opinion regarding suh <
questions does not have very great
weight In this country. The recom
mendations of the National Hoard of
Trade , a body thoroughly representa
tive of the commercial Interests of the
country , have rarely received any con
sideration In congress. The practically
unanimous demand of the commercial
bodies of the country for a uniform
bankrupt law has not yet been com
piled with. The Haltimore currency
"
[ ilan was the work of practical bankers ,
liresumably experts In finance , and was
ndorsed by a national convention of
bankers , but It was summarily rejected
by congress. These experienced sug-
: est that the labors of a currency com
mission , however carefully made up ,
would probably amount to very little
toward solving the currency problem.
It might afford some enlightenment to
tlie people's representatives nnd to that
extent would be a good thing , but It
could not be relied upon for anything
more. It may be remarked In this con
nection that It Is the judgment of a
great many , who , If not financial ex
perts , have very Intelligent Ideas re
garding the currency , that the wisest
course is to let the monetary system of
the country alone until there are more
urgent reasons than now exist for mak
ing any change.
he little principality of Hulgarla ,
which for years lias been the scene of
numerous political plots and counter
plots , Is again prominent In the atten
tion of Kurope. The assassination of
the ex-prime minister of the princ'pnllty ,
StambulolV , who died yesterday , Is the
cause of the fresh' awakening of Interest
regarding Hulgarian affairs , the prev
alent belief being that this tragedy
ended all hope of Hulgarla bi-t-oming
Independent and that the country will
now become practically a province of
Kusshi , a consummation which the llus-
slan government has been seeking to
attain for ten years or more and against
which StambulolV persistently fought.
Whatever may be thought of hi *
methods , which toward those whom he
regarded ns the enemies of Hulgarla
were severe and relentless , StambulofV
was an uncompromising champion of
the freedom and independence of his
country and the implacable foe of Hus-
slan designs regarding Hulgarla. As
prime minister Ife frustrated many con-
spiracles said to have been worked up
by agents of the Russian government
and It was by his orders that a num
ber of conspirators were executed
several years ago. He has been called
the Hlsnmrck of Hulgarla , this title
having reference to his policy of
strengthening the principality and fos
tering the national spfrlt.
The hostility of StambtdolV to Russia
and the desire of Prince Kerdlnand to
conciliate that power caused him to
be deposed from the premiership last
year , but tie continued to be an active
and Influential force In the political
affairs of the country. Ills power gone ,
however , he could not so successfully
battle against the Intrigues of Hussla
and the Influence of that power over
tlie ruler of Hulgarla has been steadily
growing. In the early part of the
present month Prince Ferdinand sent a
deputation to St. Petersburg for the
purpose of effecting a more friendly
understanding with Hussla ami It was
absent on this mission when Stamlmloft
was murderously assailed by assassins
In a public street of the Hulgarian capi
tal. The ex-prime minister had made
many and bitter enemies and his as
sassination was at tlrst ascribed to re
venge , but there appears to be good
reason to believe It was political , not
Improbably the work of Uusslan emis
saries. The apparent Indifference of the
authorities to the occurrence gives a
color of credibility to the charge that
they were in some sense accessories.
It is not to bo believed , of course , that
Prince Ferdinand himself had any
knowledge that the life of Ids ex'-mlnls-
tor wua even In danger , but thuro has
H'cn nn Indication that ho feels any
egret tit the assassination and pcrlmim
n his eager desire to conciliate Kussln
te would not dare lo express regret if
ic felt any.
A majority of the Hulgarian people
ire decidedly antl-Unsslan and the mur-
ler of StamhulolV must have a tendency
o Intensify this feeling and make
stronger and more determined tlie pur-
Kso to thwart the designs of Uussln ,
vhlch are distinctly adverse to the hide-
lendeiice of Hnlgarla. Stirring events
ire therefore likely to happen In the
trlnclpality. The people , remembering
he devotion and loyalty of Stambuloft
o tlie welfare of the country nnd be-
levlng that for this he was stricken
lo'wn , will be likely to hold to a stern
immutability those whom they may re.
gard as responsible for his murder. In
hat case there may be other startling
ragetlles played on the stage of Hul-
garla.
run voMi > TniLtKies nvriKa.
Now that attention has been directed
o the loose methods that have pre
vailed In the city comptroller's olllce , It
levolves upon the council to formulate
lew regulations that will prevent a re
currence of the Inexcusable negligence
jy which a defalcation In the treasury
cmalncd so long covered up. Tlie new
regulations should not stop short of
compelling the comptroller to verify the
ecords of every city olllcer who handles
nunlclpnl funds In any shape or man
ic i' and to see to It that the cash Is
laid into tlie city treasury promptly nt
east once each month. No olllcer ot
the city , high or low , should be per-
nltted to withhold a single penny of
mbllc money from the treasury longer
him thirty days.
Taxpayer's may be surprised to know
low many city otllcers and employes
lo handle public funds. First , of course ,
stands the city treasur.er , who receipts
for taxes , general and special , as welT
is the proceeds of bond sales , and
noneys paid Into the school fund from
various sources. Next comes the clerK
of the police court , who receives all
lues , penalties and costs imposed by
tiie police Judge. Then we have the
fees collected by the city clerk , by the
mlhling Inspector , by the boiler Inspector
specter , by tlie city electrician , by the
ilumhlng inspector , by the HJard of
I'nbllu Works , by the city engineer , by
the park commission. Last but not
east money collected I y the librarian
) f the public library and by the com-
nlssloner of health and his assistants.
Tlie accounts of most of these boards ,
illicers and employes have never been
examined by the comptroller , nor has
there been any attempt made to get n
full settlement from these various cus
todians of public money. All these
illieers may be perfectly honest and
their accounts may have been kept cor
rectly , but the city has had no means
) f knowing whether the revenues which
belong to the city and are collected In
its name have been pocketed or properly
covered Into the treasury. No other cor
poration that pays out a million a year
tvould tolerate such reckless and unbusi
nesslike "methods.
Lir srmcKLKit siv/ '
When Governor Crouuse appointed
Virgil Ovid Strlckler a member of the
Hoard of Fire and Police Commission
ers he aroused Intense indignation
imong all classes of our citizens. The
selection of a man who had no standing
n the community and notoriously lacked
public confidence was regarded as an
unmitigated outrage. Harring the Hil
ton appointment , nothing reflected
reater discredit upon ( Jovernor Crounse
than'did the selection of Strlckler.
This mountebank has now been per
forming on the police commission
trapeze for more than two years. He
has played to the grand stand by all
sorts of cheap demagogy while secretly
allied with the very people he was
openly denouncing. He pretended be
fore the Young Men's Christian associa
tion to be a great moral reformer , when
In fact lie was as friendly to the re
puted proprietor of the gilded palaces
In the social evil district as was the
late chief of police. While ranting
ibout the gamblers and gambling houses
he lias been the mainstay of ex-Chief
Detective llir/e , who had played Into
the hands of the gamblers and on the
witness stand In the district court testi
fied under oath that he did not know
who was running the Diamond gambling
ami pool rooms.
The latest antics of Strickler are on a
par with all his former exhibitions. For
months he had been clamoring for po
lice reorganization , but when the op
portunity to reorganize was presented
he sought to block every effort looking
In that direction. For two months he
played see-saw with the other commis
sioners and kept the police force with
out a head nnd In a state of utter de
moralization. When the commission
finally tired of his dilatory tactics
and appointed n competent and ex
perienced chief of police , Strlckler en
tered protest. This may have been his
right if ho was actuated by honest mo
tives , but tlie mountebank is not con
tent to stop with this. He set the most
pernicious example by publicly inciting
the police to Insubordination under pre
tense that the appointment of the new
chief was Illegal. Here was a police com
missioner aiding and abetting mutiny
and sedition. While he Is a jack-lawyer ,
Strlckler knows law enough to know
that a do facto olllcer , whether he is
governor or chief of police , is to be
obeyed In tlie execution of tlie functions
of Ids otllce until his title has been ad
judicated by the courts. If anything
could be urged In mitigation of the con.
duct of mutineers who have been dis
missed from tlie force It Is the fact that
they have acted under the Inspiration
of this fomenter of anarchy.
In his capacity as police commissioner
Strlckler has a right to differ with his
associatesjmd he has a right to record
his vote against every reform which he
has pretended to advocate , but no police
commissioner has a right publicly or
privately to encourage police olllcers to
Ijlot against their superiors or try to
'
s'ubvert the discipline ami elllclency ot
the force. Mr. Strlckler should resign
without ceremony or delay.
The Commercial club Is all right. It
has been working on something bigger
than the free silver democratic state
convention , jftfery member Is mi to Ids
neck In work that will make the state
air tlie greatest success since It was
stabllshed. 0Thf club feels that under
he clrcumstimcas It can leave the care
if the free slive'C democratic convention
o the free sllverllcmoerats of Omaha.
* i -1 *
The city comptroller Is now enjoying
nn iudellnltcTenve of absence , while be
s drawing 1M $203 month as usual.
So far as can 'UP ascertained , his olllce
s doing cxuotlj'1 the same work as it
lid while lie" wils there and probably
nore. Some months ago , when the
omptroller was asked whether he could
wsslbly get along with one clerk less ,
le was sure the olllce could not be run
vlth a smaller force than It then had.
To a man up a tree it would seem that
he comptroller Is cither a mere figure-
lend or else ( lie city has been paying
for more clerks than there Is need.
What Is true of the comptroller's olllce
Is also doubtless true of several other
city olllces.
Tlie State university Is going to feel
he stress of the decreased state valua-
lon In the decreased returns which Its
% -mill levy will bring. This goes to
show that the university appropriations
ire made upon an entirely wrong basis ,
nstead of being a levy of a stipulated
> art of a mill they ought to be lump
sum appropriations. In such case tlie
mlversity authorities would have ac-
unite Information of their resources and
could make their estimates with u
nowledgc- that every V-ent relied upon
would be available. As It Is the re
sources of the university vary with the
whims and moods of the local assessors
throughout the state.
Every one recognizes the defects In
he law which allows assessors to fix
: he total tax valuation of Nebraska at
S171,000,000 when the actual value of
real and personal property in the state
t at least ten times that amount. Hut
every recent legislature has refused to
indertake a thorough revision of the
evenues and things have been allowed
0 go from bad to worse under the ex-
sting legislation. The remedy lies In
1 radical change In our methods of tax
idmlnistratlon. The state and county
) lliclals are powerless until the laws
ire changed.
Turkey Is once more threatening to
reopen the lOastern < | iiestion and Is
said to be making .warlike preparations
n anticipation , of possible trouble. This
s Turkey's chief stock In trade and Is
used with beautiful effect every time
occasion offers. Should It come to ac-
itiul hostilities , however , the share of
Turkey In the settlement of the Kastern
inestlon woulil not be very great. Tlie
other interested powers feel quite con-
Hlent that they arc able to adjust that
matter without tlie help of Turkey
when the time foi' action arrives.
Dr. Graham Taylor Is kind enough
to assure the'new warden of the peni
tentiary thatJ his , . , recent public stric
tures , were note'directed ' at. .that . high
functionary. Dr , Graham . 'Taylor , It
will be remembered , visited the pen a
few hours and then felt himself well
( iualillcd to criticise that institution.
He is now confident that his remarks
made a deep Impression upon the people
ple of this state , when as a matter of
fact the idea prevails that the doctor
did not know his lines.
The niMlcutty it to Choose.
Globe-Democrat.
It Is said tliat Morton thinks Allison would
be a good man for the presidency. Other-
think that way , too. In fact the republican
party has several men ot that sort. This
Is ono of the ways in which it differs from
the democracy.
Ilio Thren Torn ( lrncp.ii
St. Louis Hepublle.
Io\v.i heads the list of states Iji acreage
with 8,504.000 acres , and the condition of her
crop Is reported to bo 105. Kansas Is a good
second with 8.42C.OOO acres In almost an good
condition , averaging 101. Kansas' crop Is we'l
advanced and she may be counted on to pro
duce the largest ever grown west of Missouri.
Another state that Is likely to beat her record
as a corn producer Is Nebraska. The condi
tion of her crop averages 95 and she has
nealy 8,000,000 acres.
Olio < > r tlin Nut Ion Hulldcnt.
Chicago Chronicle.
To Stambuloff , the victim or an attempted
arsasslnition In Sofia Monday , belongs the
honor of rank among the nation builders of
the century. Like Illsmarck and Gavour , he
added a new nation to the list of European
states. The princes who pretended to rule
UulGJrhi were but his puppets. He enthroned
them , arranged their marriages , upheld their
power. Never able to compel Kuropean ac
quiescence In the complete liberation cf Bul
garia from the power of the sublime porte , he
nevertheless , by the arts of diplomacy and by
the firmest and moat liiilstont statesmanship ,
achieved virtual Independence of the sultan's
rule.
The Kqnnhlilo for I'lucc.
rhlUJelphla Ileconl.
Ab5ut the worst thing that can happen any
young man of fair acquirements r/itl good
health Is that ho shall secure a subordinate
place In the public employment. Such a pos- !
tlon Is bad enough under the system of rota
tion In office that has prevailed In the United
States , depending upon changes of political
administration. It U still worje under an
established civil service , where the clerk and
his desk becomfe1 practically one piece ol
furniture. It ha ' ttein well said that "the
civil service Is a1 cemetery for young men ,
Interments take fttacb'Jit all hours. Pity It U
that youth does not hive a higher aim. " And
pity It U that thfk noble purault of politics I-
cheapened and degiy.deU by thli etsrnal tquab.
bio for place. ; , ,
M'nrmlnir to fWnr Itrpnlillcani.
Ilumild 'fcJjirens ' ( rep. )
According to ei-MeJfator Sanders of Mon
tana a plan belnV talked of In the Ilockj
mountain states lij to choose electors at the
next presidential rflSclIon with Instruction !
to vote only forV frfre silver man for tht
prssldsncy , without rfrgard to the nomine ;
of the party thef 'represent. ' This Is on a
par with the dthVt plan of withdrawing
In a body fronr > t.\iy \ Vxt national conven
tlon In cate tlie"non1lnce Is not a sllverltc
ns he will not b ? ! "The republican leaders
should make upHbnlr minds that the bssl
way to mlnlmlz ; the Influence of these sllvei
cranks and break the- force of their Inevlta
ule bolt Is to kjep them out of the natlona
convention so far as poislble. Encouraglni
them to come will ) an Idea of effecting i
satisfactory compromise U the merest folly
Titot itt.n is Tint w.M7 : invt.1'.fn
Hnlntlnni Hrttrrc'i lll linp Miitx mill 111 *
I'rlfvU lltplnlnr'.l.
DRNVnil , July 18. Father lloblnson.
vicar ncncrnl of the dlocoso ot Denver ,
Cole , , confirmed the report , telegraphed from
New York yesterday , that the priests of this
diocese have united In n petition to Homo
for early action on Dlshop Matz's resigna
tion , but he declined to discuss the matter ,
Father Corrlgan eald that the fact that "the
cathedral property wax on the verge ot
being sold for debt had much to do with the
matter , as wo all feel that such an event
would be a lasting disgrace to the ( lloc&c.
Wo prepared a letter , setting forth the
situation here as It exists at present nnd
testifying to the Importance of quick action
by Home upon the matter. We stated the
situation fairly , I think , and tried to show
the pope that the church was suITcrlng In
Colorado , both temporally and splrl'.irilly ,
through the delay In taking action upon the
bishop's resignation. The memorial made
no charges against the bishop beyond what
the bishop himself has already stated In his
letter of resignation. Wo simply endeavored
to explain the situation here. Wo caked
that a certain person be sent here to In
vestigate the situation and agreed to stand by
whatever report ho should make. Wo tried
to keep the matter secret , hoping t'mt the
ecclesiastic we asked for would come quietly ,
make his Investigation , report to Homo and
the whole matter be settled without tunlue
publicity. "
Bishop Matz Is In the east endeavoring to
collect money to pay the Interest on the
large cathedral debt and to prevent a crisis
until Home shall relieve him from his great
responsibility.
TOO J'.MtLY t'Oll TllK C.ISII'AWX
C'lmlrtimn I'aulUiicr In Not Sending Out
l-'rrn silver Or.ilor * .
WASHINGTON , July 18. Senator Faulk
ner , chairman of the democratic congressional
committee , denies that any party of dcmo-
ocratlc orators Is to be sent Into the north
west under the auspices of the committee
during the present summer and approacSilng
fall for the purpose of discussing the cur
rency question In a series ot meetings.
" 1 have written Mr. Hazzard , who waste
to have Initiated the movement for the
tour , " said the senator , when asked about
the report , "telling him that the congres
sional committee could have nothing to do
with t'ne scheme. There Is no campaign on
this year and the committee docs not feel
called upon at this tlmo to send orators
through the country to discuss any question.
If any Individual gentleman or a party desire
to go out as Individuals and address the people
ple that U another matter. They have a per
fect right to do so , but It Is not proper that
t'ao immo of the congressional committee
should be used by the party as was pro
posed. " _
.Silver Moil flli'ot In
CHICAGO , July 18. The executive commit
tee appointed by the recent silver convention
at Memphis met In conference hero tod.ay
with the members of the Bimetallic league ,
with ex-Congressman Slbley as chairman.
The Issue discussed was the advisability of
separate political action In the campaign of
next year , but no definite action was de
cided upon and It was. expected that anotiier
meeting will bo held tomorrow. Among those
present today were J. H. Goodwin of Mem-
t/hls , Charles CoIIln of Arkansas , J. 0. Halph-
snyder of West Virginia , secretary ; Ackler
of Nashville ; General A. J. Warner of Ohio ,
A. W. Hucker of Colorado , and ex-Judge H.
W. Miller of Chicago.
Senator Morgan Favor * I'rno Sllvor.
GHIFFIN , Ga. , July 18. The principal
event at the Georgia free silver conven
tion , held here today , was the speech of
Senator Morgan of Alabama. He said that
the democratic party was the friend of
silver. "It Is , " he said , "a safer guardian
of the rights of silver money than any
other party , whether republican , populist or
mugwump. I therefore am willing to en
trust this great question to their keeping
and I shall remain at my post under that
flag , as I have done for twenty years In
the senate , and will do all that Is In my
power for this and the cause of the people. "
DoputlrH rupture a Notorious Woman.
OKLAHOMA CITY , Okl. , July 18. Jessie
FInley , the notorious young woman who
participated In ths escape ul the Christian
brothers , was captured < a Pottawatamle
county last night by a posse of deputy United
States marshals and brought to this city.
She Is the woman who supplied the prisoners
with revolvers and supposedly planned their
escape from Jail. When captured she was
changing male attire for her own clothes
and had not put on her shoes. The ofllcers ,
apprehensive of being caught by the Chris-
tain boys and their friends , hastily mounted
their horses and brought her to the city bare
foot.
SalMnc Vomcl I-ost nt Son.
SAN FHANCISCO , July 18. The British
bark Florence , which left Newcastle , Aus
tralia , on January 26 for Panama has not yet
reached her destination and she has been glv.
en up as lost. Nothing has ever been lieard
of her since she sailed from the colonial port
and a month ago reinsurance was freely of-
ferred at 90 per cent. She was a stanch Iron
vessel of about 1,000 tons burden and was In
command of Captain Hlgglns. She should
have made the voyage by the last of April
and she is now posted as being three months
overdue. She was loaded with Australian
coal.
Watch Doer I'roventod a l'lrp.
CINCINNATI. July 18. The barking of a
watch dog prevented the total destruction
early this morning of the Price Hill Incline
power house , which would have been a loss
of $125.000 and cut off the communication of
10,000 suburbanites. The dog's efforts caused
a prompt alarm ( o be turned In. Tno damage
by the fire was only { S.OOO and the Incline
resumed traffic before noon.
ft ant llatri nn Jloreo Mont.
SAN FHANCISCO. July 18. The Transcon
tinental association has received a communi
cation from Portland , Ore. , asking that the
rates on canned and pickled horse meals
In carload lots be established between Port
land and all cities In the United States. The
application follows closely on the application
for new rates on live horses from Arizona
common points to Oregon.
Munt Owlde by Next Monday.
PHILADELPHIA. July 18. The big carpet
mill owners of Kensington have notified the
striking weavers that tbo mills will be opened
next Monday , and If the strikers refuse to
return they will clcio down Indefinitely. The
manufacturers agree to pay the current rate
of wages until next Decsmber. when they
will pay the advance demanded by the strik
ers.
Well Known > owi | irr Mnn Dirt.
BOSTON , July 18. John T. Ellis , the
newspaper correspondent who fell on the steps
of the Hotel Tliormlyke Tuesday and frac
tured his skull , died today. Mr. Ellis was
well known In newspaper circles In New
York , Chicago , St. Louis and Washington , as
well as In this city.
Cnslilrr of u Defunct Hunk Arrentcd.
AUROHA , Mo. , July 18. W. L. Loudon , ex-
cashier of the Aurora State bank , which failed
last April , Is under arrott on the charge of
having received $18.95 In dcpo<s. knowing
that the bank was In a falling condition. Ills
bond has been placed at ? SOO and was quickly
signed. _
Took llrr DegreM In normally.
BEHLIN. July 18. An American woman ,
Miss Maltby , has obtained the degree of doc
tor of philosophy at the Goettlng university.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
PURE
TAItlWtO Till ! 1'IIOXT.
Washington Post ( md. ) ! With such a tariff
In operation a compromise between the Mc-
Klnley act ami the Wilson bill anil with the
Rim ot prosperity shining on all our Industries ,
It Is ( Illllcult to see liow the republican party
can manage ( o get up n tariff fight next
year. Hut that Is their program. Nearly all
the organs of that party are shouting for a
tariff campaign. They all make the mistake
of attributing their victory In 1894 entirely
to the tariff , whereas , It was the result
mainly of democratic disgust with democratic
Incapacity. There 1ms been no reversal by
the pt'oplo ot the verdict pronounced upon
the McKtnley bill In 1890 , and repeated In
18U2. In Its principal features the present
tariff Is acceptable to all but the extremists
on both sides.
Now York Mall and Express ( rep. ) : The re
publican party has plain sailing before It. It
has only to follow the logic of events , and ,
keeping clear of all sldo Issues , inarch on to
victory along the lines of campaign laid down
In Its successive platforms. The notable vic
tories which It has already won have been
fought out upon the distinctive tariff Issue.
Upon that Issue , as the paramount feature of
the next great national campaign , It Is des
tined to march again Into the control of the
federal government. The republican party
has novcr disappointed public expectations ,
and has always kept faith with the people ot
all conditions and sections , because It has
been true to Its own principles and has not
been seduced Into strange paths.
Boston Journal ( rep. ) : Iowa follows Ohio
In an accurate recognition of the political
outlook. Its republican state convention ,
Ilko that In Governor McKlnley's state ,
voices the dominant sentiment ot the repub
lican voters , and , Indeed , of the American
people , In giving the tariff Issue the prece
dence over all others. It was first In the
speeches ; It was llrst In the platform. On
this point the Iowa republicans , citizens of
what used to bo regarded as a purely agri
cultural state , nro as explicit and emphatic as
over were their political friends of Pennsyl
vania or Massachusetts. They denounce the
democratic notion of free trade , and stig
matize Its embodiment In the Gorman-Wil
son bill as a disastrous humbug. They con
gratulate the country that In the prosperity
of our Industries under republican supremacy ,
their paralysis under democratic rule , and
their revival with the repudiation of the
democracy , the vindication of protection Is
complete. .
I'KHSOXAI. .I.VI * OrilKltiriSR ,
The Chicago nichelleu has discovered the
word fall In Its lexicon.
Dr. Ibsen Is to have a monument erected
In his hcnor during his lifetime. It will
stand In front of the Uoyal theater In Chrls-
tlanla.
Hon. W. A. Clarke having moved from
Montana , his distinguished rival , Marcus
Daly , Is reasonably safe In awarding the con
tract to fence In the stato.
There Is an element of refined cruelty In
heated argument , In view of the persistent
activity of Old Sol. Public comfort de
mands that competition bo discouraged.
Lillian Ilussell's new yacht Is named "Take
Me. " Several have tried It with varying re
sults , but still the fair Lll should not he
permitted to plno away In heartrending lone
liness.
Notwithstanding the generous , oven lavish ,
ailvorttsliiB given Mrs. Stanford's Jtjwcls. with
Incidental mention of her brandy fizzes , It is
but Just to say that philanthropic lady has no
ambition fcr the stage.
George H. Latimer , who was once a fu
gitive slave , celebrated the 7Gth anniversary
of his birth last week In Lynn , Mass. Mr.
Latlmer was the first slave to be captured
under the fugitive slave law.
A government surveying party Is seriously
disposed to add 1,100 to the. altitude of
Pike's peak , making Its height 15G47'.i ' feet
The correction will be useful In elevating the
price of a trip on the cog road.
Major II. A. Huntlngton , late of the United
States army , formerly ald-de-camp to Major
General Hallcck , anil a man of letters , has
been created by the king of Greece a chev
alier of the Order of the Savior.
Robert E. Scott , who died at Augusta. WIs. ,
the other day , was a nephew of Sir Walter
Scott , being the fifth child of Charles Scott
a younger brother of the author. Ho was
born In 1820 and came to this country In
1S44.
Marquis of Salisbury has generously pro
vided for Ills nephews In his cabinet , and Is
now casting about for snug quarters for his
cousins. One of them Is booked for Speaker
Gully's place. Nepotism Is all right when it
has an aristocratic flavor.
Thomas P. AVestendorf , the writer of the
song. "I'll Take Yon Hack Again , Kathleen. "
was recently appointed superintendent of the
state reform school at Chehalis , Wash. Mr.
AVestendorf has written many songs of a like
character , but the one quoted Is the only one
that has lived long In public favor.
Plerola , the rebel leader who has been
elected president of Peru , Is a handsome man ,
tall , erect and well proportioned. Ills hair Is
slightly tinged with gray , and at the top of
his forehead Is a whlto lock that Is In sin
gular contrast with the rest. Plerola is dis
tinguished. It Is said , for his courtesy. Ho
was once a professor of philosophy In a Lima
seminary , and ho Is a son-in-law of the Mex
ican emperor , Iturbldo. , *
Jllppeil Up tlin Hick.
Knnnas City Stnr.
The democratic party In Nebraska Is so
completely split that two separate state con
ventions have been called , and each faction
Is doing Its level best to snub and discredit
the other. If the party had ever been a
real power in Nebraska the split might bo
serious ; but , as It Is , It Is more like
one of the South American rebellions than
anything else hardly worth a serious con
sideration.
Till : l.OXO IHHTAM'K
Minneapolis Times ; Why Ilorr and Har
vey should engage In nn eight-day talk
when the bass are biting so beautifully Is
something harder to understand than- well ,
than their arguments.
Kansas City Journal ; Mr. Ilorr promises
to demolish "Coin's Financial School , " and
Mr. Harvey promlies to demolish Mr. Horr.
There Is reason to believe , however , that the
public will bo the principal sufferer.
Detroit Free Press ; The Horr-Harvey debate -
bate on the financial question U now on at
Chicago. The Issues Involved will bo skill
fully handled , but the controversy will at
tract far less attention than It would luivo
done sixty days ago. When u people are
making money and enjoying the comforts of
life It Is dinicult to eonvlnco them that gov
ernmental mismanagement Is plunging them
headlong to ruin.
Globe-Democrat ; Messrs. Harvey and
Herr , the two eminent journeymen. Jaw-
smiths of finance who have started n debate
In Chicago , arc totally Ignorant of the signs
of the times or they would see that the
particular phase of the money question upon
which they propose to shed the luminosity
of their Ignuranco Is out of date. A few
months ngo everybody seemed to be Inter
ested In the silver question. Now everybody
Is tired of It and howling tor a rest from It ,
Wo have ascertained by Inquiry at the book
stores that the demand for this kind of lit
erature has fallen off from Immense to noth
ing In n few weeks , and that Its standard
price Is liable to descend from the GO cents
n volume of a month ago to IVi cents a
pound In a short time.
Chicago News : Speaking ns he does and
listening as ho does , only one man can work
at a tlmo In n verbal contest. Mr. Harvey
must alt quietly by while Mr. Herr rains
blows on his devoted head and Mr. llnrr Is
condemned to do nothing but smile , or at
most sneer , while Mr. Harvey pummels
him with rhetoric and reason. How much
more Inspiring It would be If they could
stand up toe to too and go at their debate
with vocal blow and parry , thrust and foil ,
"mixing up" In the warm parts of the argu
ments and striving against each other sim
ultaneously with Irresistible torrents of sar
casm , with twists njiil trips of wit , with
sheer brawny rivalry of statistics , until the
referee cried "Hreak away ! " and the contest
ants were led to their corners. Also , how
much sooner would It be over.
Washington Slnr.
She moots the bumb e youth besides the sen.
And they're cngfigud , us fond as fond am
bo ;
Hut , when they come together In BOC- !
Kty , they never speak ns they pasa by.
Troy 1'ieiix.
A woman mny bo cureless ,
And for style mny have no passion ;
Hut If Hho's only pretty
She can't bo out of fashion.
Detroit Nows.
It Is not known that Washington , when ho
was president.
E'er took his bottleful of bnlt and off n-tlsh-
lilt ? went ;
Itut then , you know , 'twas hard for him a
llsherman to bo.
Because In ills eventful life no single Ho
told he.
Detroit Kre I'rens.
There's ono thing about the hot weather ,
U makes us rather resigned
To what may be romlntf hereafter ,
In wise of our falling behind.
Washington Star.
"How much Is my bill , oh. landlord ?
I will pay It on the upotl"
And the landlord paused a while to think
And murmured , "How much have you
not ? "
Tiutll.
How by the statesman Insincere
Man's weary soul Is vexed ;
Ho'll shake your hand one minute , and
IIo'll pull your leg the next I
New York Heoonler.
Nnw woman , In her hours .of ease ,
13esplto her scorn of man ,
AVhon chapod by snakes or bugs or bcea
Screams on the same old plan.
Itosiim midget.
He bobbed the Ily ; ho had n blto ;
He brought the trout to port ;
And as he weighed the fish he walJ ,
"Hy Jove , this Is sport. "
I'ui'k.
That experience teaches no man may deny ,
Hut suuli Is the liarMhnosH of fate
That , though we muy study her texts tlU
wo die.
Wo never can graduate.
Iiullnniipolis Journal.
He brought home a fancy lawn mower ,
And ran It each morning at I ;
Hut the novoltco
lias worn off , and ho
I'crsplres and pushes no mower.
A .M.
Maidens turn their heads away
Meaning yes , and saying nay.
Old
She thought to mnpk her heart from ma
With Jest and laughter gay ,
I know she loved mo by her glanco.
( She looked the other way. )
I sent her roses , begging1 she
Would wear thorn. The coquette
Told me she loved mo by her choice.
( She wore some mignonette. )
And when a rival claimed my waltz ,
Hy her capricious whim
She plainly HhoweJ Hlie cared for mo.
( She gave the dance to him. )
She loved mo well ; and ono fair night
I asked her If 'twere BO ;
I know It liy her whispered word.
( She softly murmured "No. " )
aware that -we are
u
having the most
sweeping clearing
sale Omaha has ever seen ?
The most sweeping in
scope , the most tempting in
price reductions. A positive opportunity
for bargains. "We have just taken an
other slice off of the already low price ,
and we now consider the present values
on our clothing absolutely absurd.
They can't last long the way they
are now , so don't hesitate or you will be
too late.
THAT SALE
J
on straw hats still continues.
Any straw hat in the house Men's ,
Boy's and Children's at just one-half
price.
If you want the Money , we'll Trade Hack ,
