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Politics Is ci : grossing all employes of the hoard an politics dwarfs all other consideration In Importance. The factional warfare at seems to have aroused the entire poj ulace. The fall of lion. Hernia Tliiune affords local political historian a highly Interesting chapter. Hut ! was long past due. When a railroad like the See lliu traversing an agricultural territory , n stores the wages of its engineers an brakcincn to what they were two ycai ngo , there can no longer he room 1 doubt that good times are In sight. According to Secretary Carlisle , Pros dent Cleveland did not want to rti for tlio presidency the last time 1 was nominated. Hut that is no indlci tlon that he will not want to bo non inated again and run again If 11011 luated. .The shortage on the city treasurer books Is , according to ollleial statemen over ? : U)00. ) ( ) The question Is , IIo could the accounts have gotten lu this condition had there been a watt1' ' ful and elllclent oillcer In the com trailer's olllce ? The president of the Phlladclph Street Hallway company says It cos him ? 50,000 annually to control tl city council. In Omaha all It takes n bunch of free passes and an o caslonal campaign contribution. Oi local statesmen are not honest , b cheap. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A stalk of Otoe county corn men ures thirteen and one-half feet , taki from a Held estimated to yield ] i bushels to the acre. Stories of proli Holds are coming in from all quartei The outlook Is that Nebraska ncv saw such a harvest as this year's w prove to bo. The Princeton students are sal When they were apprised of the pn euce of hostile Indians they at on set up their college yells and the I dltuis hastened to embrace them their long lost brothers. The colic yell Is the most effective weapon Indian warfare. A Chicago man decamped with $15 his employer's money and at Llncc gave himself up to the law olllce Ills conscience was smitten. A C ! cage man with a good conscience certainly a rarity. He ought to taken buck and elected to a place the town council. Secretary Carlisle announces that will do nothing toward getting t democratic nomination for the pro deney next year. Mr. Carlisle lias i parently joined lu the common t' ( elusion that the democratic presldt tial nomination next year will not Worth working for. Secretary Morton Is constan making new innovations and hit guratiug new economies in the Depa incut of Agriculture. To cap the < max appropriately ho should see to that the whole department Is aboHsli as n cabinet portfolio before lie gli up the ollico to which he has hi called. There Is no moro need of Department of Agriculture than tin Is of a Department of Meteorology. A Sioux City embezzler tries to plain his downfall by saying tl prices of Omaha real estate were high when he lived here that he v tiompoUod to use his employer's 11101 to make payments on It. This may In Sioux City , but If he were go1 to be tried In Omahahe would lu only to Insist that gambling was wl drove- him to wrongdoing iu order secure a lenient sentence of thu ju < of the criminal beuck. ; J.VD THK 1'ltKStDKXrr. Secretary Carlisle has told the repre sentative of a Illehmond , Vn.rwv \ \ \ that he does not want to be president and that he will do nothing toward gel- ting the nomination for that ollln' . lie does not lack npreclatlon of the great ness of the presidency , but there Is lee much work and responsibility at tached to It. Senator Sherman made a similar observation In a rei-enl Inter view and expressed the opinion that the chief exectillve should be a man of leisure rather than an ollleial hack. He should , said the Ohio senator , have time lo consider and .study the general matters of public policy roum-eted with his ollli'o and he should not worry him self over details. The concurrence of till-so two distinguished men , who have had the best possible opportunities for observation. In the opinion that the president Is an overworked man Is all the testimony necessary that such Is the case , and It suggests that some thing will have to be done to relieve the chief executive of so great labor and responsibility , particularly If there Is any danger that the olliee may have lo go abegglug by reason of Its multiply.- Ing cares and duties. Hut of course as to the matter of work a.great deal depends upon the disposition and tem perament of the Incumbent of the presi dential olliee. lie can make his labors heavy or light , according to the ox tent to which he Is disposed to leave details to the care of the heads of departments. Hoth Harrison and Cleveland , who art' ' not afraid of work , made the presidency much more laborious than there waa any necessity for simply "bo&iuse they required to know all anout detail ? Which should have been left entirely tc the management of the departmeul chiefs. 'A president should select men for cabinet positions in whoso wisdon and discretion he has absolute coull dunce and leave to them the drudgerj of the executive branch of the govern ineut. Hut may there not bo something be sides the work and responsibility oi the presidential olllce to explain whj Mr. Carlisle does not now want tha otllco and will make no effort to securi the nomination for It ? Is It not qulti possible that he regards the outlook fo his party next year as hopeless and to therefore , not disposed to saerlllce him self should the party call upon him tide do so ? True , Mr. Carlisle has no vcr ; strong reason to believe that he is like ! ; to bo In demand for the presidency There has been no general expressloi favorable to him as a presidential can didate. A few newspapers , none o them of very great authority or Inilu once , have spoken of him in that con nection , but no leader has come forwan for him and there has been no move incut In his behalf. .Still , he may thin there Is n possible chance that hi party , poor as It is in available pros ! dentlal material , will call upon him t be ItH standard bearer and that it 1 expedient to lot It bo known thu early that he is not seeking and doe not want the presidency. There is ar other consideration that may lullueuc him the possibility that Mr. Clevelan will seek a third term. A great man believe that it is the intention of tli president to do tills , and the statemei of Mr. Carlisle that Mr. Cleveland ha never referred to the matter in hi presence will have no effect upon thl belief. The president is not talkln on that subject , except , perhaps * , t ills most conlldentlal friends , like Seen tary r.amont , and the fact that tlio > who are closest to Mr. Cleveland hav nothing to say regarding the reporl that ho desires a fourth nomination , at least a good indication that he hr not expressed an unwillingness to tal It. That Mr. Carlisle should not wls to be considered a possible presidenth candidate while the purpose of M Cleveland Is unknown is entirely na ural and proper. The statement of Mr. Carlisle wl not Increase or diminish tlio perplex ties of the democratic situation. Will ho is unquestionably the ablest man I the party , he has never had any chant of receiving the nomination for tl presidency. It is now strongly prob bio that If Mr. Cleveland seeks iioniln : tlon at the hands of the sound mom democrats he will get It. Then thei will bo another democratic candidate t a free silver platform. After the prolonged experience i this country In losing gold , and in vie of existing conditions which seem promise a continuance of this order , if Is a relief to learn that there a students of the llnanclal situation wl regard It as more favorable to impor of gold and to high prices within tl next few years than to any consldc able losses of gold. They base the view , It is said , upon the largo go production of the world , the uiuisu 1C accumulations of the yellow metal European banks , the low rate of I terest in London and Paris , and tl demand for American securities. The 10 wlto hold this opinion point out th ' ° the 1'ulted States lias been , since tl passage of the Sherman law , a lar , exporter of gold. This net excess " " exports reached ? S7riO ( ! , < XX ) in the list year 1SJKI , i ? , .r 'JS,0K ( In IS'JI , and hi already reached ? : { ' . , ) iK)0 : ? ( ) at the ei of May , ISlCi. These exports have inn than equaled thogold * production iy the country and left no annual nini'K for use In tlio arts or absorption in I- the currency. The conditions ha now so changed that many observi believe that the current of gold mi also change and How steadily towa the 1'nlted States. The accnmnlatlo Ml In the Kuropcan bunks were nov larger than at the present tlmo a re exceed by nearly fit ) per cent the i souyo necessary to meet liabilities Hie rate of one-third of tinllabllltl x- This accumulation Is accompanied xat at interest rates which are so low tl seas money on call has fallen In London as a. fraction of 1 per cent. It is 1 py lleved that much of the gold in t Kuropenn banks has been put Ihcrc' ig depositors as if safer Investment tli ve lug the period of depression than Ion at at Interest. Capital which cannot II to employment Is said to bo even UK plentiful than its golden token , a cent estimate putting the amoi awaiting Investment In London nt $ : > , i KK ) { > 0) < MK > . ' ' 'his presentation of tlio situation certainly appears to warrant the expectation that a change In the course of tlio gold movement will take place In the not remote future , but still ( here Is reason to apprehend that In the meanwhile tills country will have to experience another considerable de pletion of Its slock of gold. It Is not to bo doubted that this country might at once profit from tlio enormous amount of Idle capital abroad If It were not for the damaging effect upon con- lldenco of the free silver agitation. AWtAin TO V.lTllKlt 'rill-llll When the Churchill lire nnd police commission bill was sent to Lincoln for Introduction Into both houses of the legislature the task of Introducing It Into the senate was politely declined by those members of the delegation who had taken purl In Hie origination of the scheme and was shoved off upon tho. country senator , who was bam- booy.led Into playing the role of sponsor- "by request. " When the dark-lantern plotters wanted to have the city council resolute to poke its nose Into the authority of the present Hoard of Klro and Police Commissioners , Instead of acting by their own representatives In the council , they prevail upon some one who is Ignorant of their Intentions to present ( lie resolution "at the request of another councilman. " Why all this skulking and hiding ? Why should not each member of the city council Introduce his own resolu tions ? Is not the fact that the author is afraid to father his bantling a con fession that there Is something wrong with ills progeny ? Why should any councilman shove Ills resolutions or legislative measures upon an unsuspect ing fellow councilman if the proposition is really meritorious and deserving of popular approval ? Should ho not rather be anxious to have the credit for whatever lie does if there Is any credit to be derived from it at all ? Hut anonymous politics Is the regular practice of the star-chamber coterie that Is trying to extend and strengthen its grip upon our local governments. So susceptible are their plots and con- spiracles to injury from exposure to the light of day Ihat they have to be hatched at night or behind barred doors which open only upon presentation ol the secret password. So noble is the object of this patriotic Order that mem bers are ashamed to acknowledge they belong to it. Men in public olllce can be sandbagged , as Prof. Marble haf recently been sandbagged , so niucli more safely In the dark. The treasury can be looted more readily under cover Prescriptive methods prosper only wher hidden from the public eye. When they are exposed In all their hideous ness , as they will be In the coming local campaign , every honest cltl/.ei : who favors good and cfllclcnt govern ment must repudiate them. AN AKTI-TIlllST M'Alt. There is a contest going on bclweei the New England Wholesale Grocers association and the American Tobacw company , otherwise known as tin cigarette trust , the result of which wll doubtless interest wholesale grot-en generally who handle the product o 1 tlie tniHt , which is said to bo one o the most arrogant and oppressive o its kind. Several weeks ago the as soclatlon , which embraces l&l jobbers undertook to assert Its independence o the trust , the reason being that tin combination had required of those win sold its goods that they should not so ! the cigarettes of any other company Having got. Its grip on the associatloi it entered upon an autocratic polic ; which caused a revolt and the mem hers of the association resolved to sol Hie product of another tobacco am cigarette company , as well as those o the trust. The latter has retaliate ! by refusing to consign any moro of it goods to members of the association and so tlio situation stands. The matter tor is interesting chletly as an ex ample , because If the Now Knglain Grocers' association shall win , and un doubtedly It can do so if it will lirml , adhere to the position it has taken , i will stimulate these elsewhere who ar subjected to a like oppression to unit in resisting it. The power of mo * of the trusts Is largely in the fact tha dealers permit themselves to be coerce and submit complacently to almost an. amount gf oppression , when if the would organize a determined resistant to the unreasonable demands and e ? actions of the combinations they conl very generally bring them to term : It Is to be hoped tlio New Knglan grocers will carry their point and tlm their example will have a wldesprea influence. The order of the secretary of war ii creasing the boundaries of the Depar incut of tlio Platte Is in keeping wit the recommendations of General Hrooli and must greatly facilitate tlio movi ment of troops. It will be noted tin this military division has In recei years had more Held duty to perfon than has any or all other division combined. Omaha Is naturally an actually the head center of nillitai operations and it Is pleasing' to nol the secretary of war sees the Impo tance of strengthening the departmeu It lias been Hxed. The papers ai signed , sealed and delivered. For si successive nights during fair week tl streets of Omaha will be as light t day. Tills alone will equal any 01 feature of the many attractions pr vlded and It has further merit. Tl program of evening festivities will 1 quite as ambitions as the day car it thus affording all who must work du ing the day an opportunity to eiije themselves. Omaha proposes to put i a high class show. An ex-warden of the Indiana sta prison lias captured the wardensh y of the now United States penile tlary at Fort Leavenworth. Nebrasl is might have furnished a number of ca id dldates were It not for the fact th re all but one of her ex-wardens are i publicans and without standing wl a democratic administration. TIM ; . 114\NOCIC iuAST. 'Ml ' Chicago Il'-rora * It In shocking that the ngentd nnd representatives of civilization should fill toTak'e Into consideration In thl case what therpme laws mean tn an Indian. To ( orbld an Indian to hunt and llsh Is much like torblddliimaawhlio man to eat. When he violates the game law It Is In response tea a racial lnstlfTff a good deal more powerful than any respecLrfor pale-face law. He Is a lawbreaker , of couVie , and should bo Inhibited from repeatlng-lUK offense- , but of his crlni-s this Is the one which should be regarded man leniently. If Mho main facts of the affair at Jaclison'n illol ) have bscn correctly re ported there \s \ .rjotn for a stern Investiga tion. ,0 . . . Chicago Chronicle : Enough Injustice has been done the- Indian In this country al ready. Ho may not be al all times great and noble , nor may he attain to the Kleil set by 1-Vnlinore tooper , but being human he has rights and It would not be at all a work of supererogation It the administration nt Washington , which stands as the parent , pro tector and sponsor of the red men In Amer ica today , should send to Wyoming one or two men , Imbued with a high sense of justice and not ignorant of the Indian character , to Investigate the right In this controversy , a controversy by which thus far Indians alone have loat their liven , and to endeavor to bring It to a conclusion without the further shedding of blood. Chicago Inter Ocean : The news from Idaho Is not necessarily alarming. The "Im minence of an Indian outbreak" Is chronic whenever < nd wherever the white man has opened farms on the frontier of Indian reser vations that he covets. It Is quite possible that the whites In the Jackson's Hole country are abundantly able to take care of them selves , and It already Is reported that the Indians were "routed by settlers. " llut II the situation really be serious the troops stationed on the frontier may be depended upon. Never has there been hesitancy , fai less timidity , on the part of the officers anJ men to whose care the property and lives ol the pioneers ot the far west have been In trusted , and very seldom has there been lack \vJsdom In their movements. Should thf Ipdnns of the Uannock and the Shoshont tribes really bo on the warpath Iho end wll : bo short , sharp , and decisive , and dlsastrouf to them. THU IIH1TISII OAMl'AICJ.V. Denver News : The English say the Irlsl are too excitable to be permitted to goverr themselves. How about the English mobs' ' They seem to be rather too excitable to Ix allowed to govern any ono else * even th < Irish. Minneapolis Journal ! George Curzon , win married Mary Leiter of Chicago , won a sea at the English election by 7C1 majority eve his liberal opponent. Curzon'j wlfo workci with him nil through the campaign and dl < moro than he did to secure the victory. Ai American girl can fit Into almost any nev conditions. Globn-Uemocrat : Probably there Is mon ruffianism In every political campaign Ii England than there Is In the United States Ii ten campaigns. England has had polltlca parties and political canvasses for nearl ; two centuries , yet the masses of Engllshmei know as little about the political amenllle or decencies as Digger Indians. Philadelphia Ledger : The parllamentar ; campaign In Great Hrltaln Is atlended will more dlsordsr- and violence than attend congressional elections In this country. Several oral examples "Tof blackguardism are rcportd from England , where several candidates hav been freely treated to showers of stones an mud. The United States has nothing t learn from the mother country In the way c political manners. < Buffalo Express:1 : The British bullies ar not , therefore , to be excused on the groun that they are bullies. The fact tliat th press and the 'better classes treat 'the ' knocli Ing down of women' ' as worthyof no partlcu lar notice shows' - lack of manliness whlc puts them below Ouh standard. The Exprea suggests that tin American who feels a ten dency toward \\nglftmanla cure himself of I by studying this pttase of the British charac tor. Now You're Talking , JiidUmnpoUH News. tttWhon' ' Kannas'.nnil Nebraska tnke"a chcei ful view of life. It is tlmo for cverybod to rejoice. These 'States ' are boasting ( their big crops this year. SIlver'H Ileiil Champion. Cllolie-Democrat. Bland Is the ablest and sincerest man o the free silver side. If the sllverltes hav any earnestness and sense of gratitude the will nominate him for the presidency. l.lnlilc ( o lilt One. .St. J.on la Republic. Governor Boles of Iowa Is still cxplalnln Ills last bullion circular. It Is hoped by M Boles and his friends that the next natloni democratic platform will bo In line with or of these explanations. Out tinSi.olI.M. . Minneapolis Journal. The employes of all the pension agencl ! have been placed under the civil servlc rules. The agencies have been stronghold of patronaga because pension agents hav made their own appointments and give the relatives and henchmen the positions. Iiivltftl ( ho AVroiijv Mini. Sioux City Journal. Both sections of the democratic party In N braska have Invited Secretary Carlisle make speeches In that state. This was prol ably a mistake : ex-Governor Boles Is tl man they were looking for to make speech ) on the financial question so that all wou ! ba satisfied. . The IN-iiiiMylvaiila Ilattle. Philadelphia Times. There has been no factional contest In ar party In this state slnco the organization i republicanism forty years ago that approach ! the desperation of the factional struggle o tenslbly between the Quay and Hastings fore of Pennsylvania. Why It should be so Incomprehensible to the great mass of Intc llgent and dispassionate republicans , but It so and must either grow in Intensity ai bitterness until the 2Sth of August , or 1 ended by mutual concessions and compromls 1'iirtlKiiii Ilrutiillty. rhllaJelplila 1'rcss. When some English newspapers again ca attention to the violence of American ele tlons and the dangers of universal suffrage will be In order to ask their attention to tl scenes that occurred In Newcastle. Enf Thursday evening. A mob of Mr. Morley supporters , disappointed at his rejection the polls , parades the streets stoning t ! windows and house * ot his opponents and a tacking persans wearing rival political coloi and the disturbance waa not quelled uni mounted policedbletlred the streets. It safe to claim that , touch a disgraceful see fcas not been wjtnested In an American cl at the close of pn" election In a generation. , A llonn flir Sivliiillcrx. Inllnnapolli Journal. f If reports are s true , and they seem to verified by expsrtende , our extradition trea with Mexico Is'JWdlcally defective. It said that undoi > sUw naturalization laws Mexico a forelsscujnay go to that countr and , by renouncing allegiance to the count from which he cainA and becoming1 a cltlz of Mexico , may avolfl extradition for a crli committed In the coiyitry of his birth. Su a law Is calculated to make Mexico a hav of refuge for rascals and swindlers from t Untied States , and as a matter of fact seems to be.flpr government should Ins on such a revision .or construction of t extradition treaty at will close the big hi through which sqnmny swindlers are ni u escaping , / _ Oil , that Dlxtniiee Slioulil Iiitervt-n Ixml9vlll Courier-Journal , Some callqw stripling who appears to trying to teach himself how to write In t San Francisco Bulletin much to his o1 discomfiture and wholly at the cost ot tl otherwise excellent newspaper affects to I Hove that the editor of the Courier-Journal In his dotage , .We shall not argue the pol Jmt If the venturesome urchin who mal It were within arm's length of the subji ot his Impudent levity he would speed find , both In the weight and the agility of open palm upon that part of the human an omy which at an early aga we are told "v made to ba spanked , " that the Infirmity question has not descended below the nei Bad boys were ever lucky , inore's the pi and so we shall have to chastise this one rather Inconvenient range. LANE WAS SLOW IN STOPPING Onptain Quick Docs Not Ttiko tlio Matter Very Seriously , SPANIARD WAS IN DEAD EARNEST Snllll SllOt Ad-ONII HIT llOIVM anil Si-Mi a CI-IMV to AMU UIII-H- tloiiM Coni-i-riiliiK Her Identity. WASHINGTON. July 23. Tlio rcportcil firing at the Carrlo B. Line , an American schooner , by n Spanish cruiser eft tlio Spanish coast has .not yet been reported officially to the State 'department , and In the absence of any definite statement ot the act the oniclals decline to express an opinion on the subject. The Important point to bo established In this case Is the exact location of the Lane when she was signalled to stop The cap tain's statement la that this was oft Capo Antonio , but ho docs not say whether or not ho was In the thrce-mlto limit. If he was ho could not claim exemption from responding spending to a demand to establish his Identity , as was contended by Secretary Qresham In the Alllanca case , for his was not a vessel following n regular route , but one cruising from port to port In the West Indies. In view ot the fact that rovernl filibustering expeditions have succeeded In landing In Cuba from the coast of Jamaica and other of the West Indian Islands , officials hero are not surprised that the Spanish commander should exorcise every precaution to make sure of the Innocent purpose of any small sailing craft seen hovering about the Cuban coasts , and It Is felt that this particular com mander acted within his rights If he fired a shot across the Lane's bow It she failed to stop when signalled In regular form. The small size and appearance ot the schooner , It is said , were against her and calculated to excite cusplclon as to her object. The government officers here have received no Information concerning the firing on the Lane by a Spanish war vessel. Navy officers who read the report of the affair , as described by Captain Quick , express the opinion that the Spaniard did not exceed bis authority In overhauling the schooner. If the latter was In the territory of Cuba. The Spanish govern ment , It Is held. Is menaced by the danger of the landing of filibustering expeditions on the Cuban coast , and In exerting Itself to prevent such landing has a right to overhaul and learn the character of any vessel within the three-mile limit that might be suspected of having on board those entertaining designs against the goveinmcnt or a cargo Intended for the Insurgents. Captain Quick's story shows he paid no attention to the man-of- war for an hour or more. This , it Is said , probably caused the captain of the latter to believe the schooner was engaged In fili bustering methods and prompted him to take decisive action In preventing her escape. One naval officer with whom a reporter talked was _ emphatic In his declara tion that the of the captain man-of-war was perfectly Justified In what ho had done. As suming , ot course , that the schooner was within the territorial limits or Cuba , It was the business of the Spanish government to Intercept any vessel that might bo used by the Insurgents. The right of a cruiser of one nation to know the national character of any strange ship she meets at sea Is sus tained by writers on International law. It Is held that the party making the Inquiry must make himself fully known before he can lawfully demand such knowledge from the other vessel. If this be refused. It Is held , the Inquiring vessel may fire a blank shot , and , In case ot further delay , a shotted gun may be fired across the bows of the delinquent by way of positive summons. Any measure beyond the summoning shot which the commander of an armed ship may take for the 'purpose of ascertaining the nationally of another vessel must be at his peril. If any report ot the affair bo made to tht , State department some steps will likely bi taken by this government , should the clrcum stances seem to warrant It. If the statement o Captain Quick that a solid shot waa first 11 roc directly at his vessel Is true It may maki this case a more serious ono. THINKS NO HARM WAS DONE. SWAMPSCOTT , Mass. , July 23. The Span Ish minister , Senor Dupuy de Lomo , wliei shown the Associated press dispatch con cernlng the firing on the schooner Lane by : Spanish man-of-war , said the dispatch wai the first Intimation he liaj received of tin affair , and that owing to tlio absence ot ful details ho was unable to discuss the matter Ho said , however : "The commanding of flcsrs of all the Spanish men-of-war havi I strict orders not to Interfere with lawfu traffic on the high seas. There may havi been something In the appearance of till schooner to arouse the suspicions of the man of-war and sfie was accordingly overhauled There was no harm done , anyway , In ascer tainlng the oort the vessel hailed from. " LEWES , Del. , July 25. The schoono Carrlo E. Lane , arrived hero last nigh and reported having been fired on by i Spanish warship. Is still anchored off tin breakwater , awaiting order for the dlsposa of her cargo of sugar. Captain P. W. Quick the commander of the schooner , was seen b ; a reporter of the Associated press toda ; and asked for additional particulars of th Incident. Captain Quick , who seems dls posed to treat the matter lightly , said : "Th Lane cleared from Clonfugos , which Is on th soutn side of Cuba , on July 11. A fair wlni * carried "her to Cape Antonio , the western ex ' tremlty of the leland , which point she wa about being rounded at 3 o'clock on the morn Ing of the 14th , when a steamer flying th Spanish flng.anchored nearly a mile away fired a shot across her bow. The Lane wa ' . then a mile and'a half from the shore am of course within Spanish waters , pur vessc was1 at the time making a tack and as al hands were busy at work wo did not sto because of the first shot. The Spaniard the fired a second , which passed about twent feet In front of our bow and struck the wate beyond. We then lost no tlmo In heaving. t < A small boat had In the meantime put 01 from the Spanish vessel. It contained fou marines and the officer. On reaching ou ship the officer came on board , accompanle by the marines. The officer asked to see th ship's papers. I produced them and the were satisfactory to him. The .marine : under the officer's orders , then searched th Lane , looking Into the hold and forepcak , bt they found nothing of a contraband natui and they soon returned to their boat. W then proceeded on our voyage. " NO NI3I3I ) KOIl TI1I3 IIIAIK JACKKTi noverniuoiit of Coloinliln Able to 1'rc1 nerve Order at I'aiiiiiun. WASHINGTON. July 25. The apprehei slon ot serious treble on the Isthmus of Pai y nina , owing to the strike of railway en ployes , was much relieved by the receipt of telegram today from United States Const General Vlfqualn at Panama , stating that tl governor of the province of Panama had ai sured the consul general of his ability I y maintain order there. It Is therefore In probable that any warship will now be dl : patched to the Isthmus unless affairs assun : a more threatening aspect than they wear i present. The United States steamship A lanta has left the Florida coast , where si was lying off Key West for a week past , an arrived at Havana yesterday , and so woul bo available for service at Colon If It w : deemed necessary to send a warship there. Some mystery Is made at the Navy depar ment of the Atlanta's mission on the Cuba coast , and no one will say what her destlm tlon Is. There Is , however , reason to bellei that , as a result of the special cabinet meo Ing held In Washington last week , Secretat Herbert abandoned his Intention to leave tl Florida coast and the West Indies without warship , and ordered the Atlanta to rema on the watch to head off the ; filibustering e : pedltlon which the Spanish minister report ! was about to clear from some point In tl United States for Cuba. Kntl of better Carriers. WASHINGTON. July 25. The work of tl postoillco Inspectors who have been "spo ting" the letter carriers In the free dellvci offices throughout ths country continues i bear fruit. First Assistant Postmaster Gei eral Jones has sent orders to the postmastc at Indianapolis , Toledo and Syracuse , I Y. , to suspend or discharge a number their carriers on charges of loafing and I * temperance. . it lllil * for I'liKet Sound Improvement WASHINGTON , July 25. IJIda have bei op ncd nt the Navy iloparlmenl for certain Improvements at thr Pugct xound navnl sta tion. For the construction ot ofllcn buildings nnd officers' qnnrlorn the lowest bids \\crc the Klndorf Construction company of Scuttle , at $32 SSI ; for dredging the approaches to the channel the lowcut bidders were the New York Dredging company nt 2STi ! cents per cubic yanl for the entire work , and 3S cents for a limited quantity , with G % coats addi tional for additional work. For an artesian well and pumping plant the only bidder was Howard Jiiylln and J. D. Olbson of Seattle , at .JTfiO for the pump , nml for the well $100 for 100 feet. $500 for 200 feet , $550 for 300 foot nnd $5.50 for each additional foot up to COO feet. niii.i , FHiirrr.us CAN CO.MIS IN. TreiiHiiry Deimrtiiient Cnn Kliul No liittv to 1'reveiit It. WASHINGTON , July 25. The Treasury department - partment has declined to entertain the pro- cst made liy thn vice president of the Hu- tano society against the admission Into this omitry ot bulls and toreadors from Mexico or the bull fighting exhibition at the Atlanta xposltlon. The society asked that the bulls to excluded on the ground that they Tfcre inmoral Instruments and the toreadors on he ground that their admission would vlo- ate the- contract labor law. Assistant Secrc- : ary Hamlln In reply cites section 10 of the ict of August * 23 , 1S94 , prohibiting the Impor- atlon of "any obscene book , pamphlet , draw- ng , painting , Instruments , or any other nrtl- iles of Immoral nature , vie. " The letter then irocecds : 1 have to Inform you that the department s unable to perceive that the Importation of 'tills ' for the purpose Indicated comes within lie letter or spirit of the prohibition contained n the provision of law quoted , nnd therefore ccllne to issue the desired Instructions. "If , as stated , the cxhlbltlon'of bull fighters s prohibited by the laws of Georgia , It Is resumed that the authorities ot that state .vlll . prevent It , but the subject does not ap- ear to come within the Jurisdiction ot the epartment. Commissioner of Immigration itumpf In his letter cites the Joint resolution iassed by congress January 21 , 1S93 , providing 'or the exhibition on the exposition grounds f scenes Illustrative of arts , customs , etc. , ot 'oreign countries and the admission of aliens > y the secretary for that express purpose. It therefore becomes the duty of the sec- clary of the treasury , " he adds , "to grant dmlsslon to each person holding privileges ml concession from such expositions coming ilthln the terms of the Joint resolution. It s well known that bull lighting affords ono t the chief amusements among the Spanish ml Mexican countries , and , a It nppear.i he authorities of the exposition have entered nto a contract with ono J. P. Portous to ring Into the United States certain bull ighters to give exhibitions , as provided by ho joint resolution , this department can take no steps to exclude them. " CIIANCK VOIl A3II3IIIUAT11AHH. . overiior of Martinique Knvornlilt to n Ileduetloii of DnllcM. WASHINGTON , July 25. Julius G. Tucker , United States consul at Martinique , has sen ! o the State department a report of a visit f the newly Installed governor ot the Island , ilr. Noel Pardcn , to himself and n confer- ncc be had with that official with reference 0 Import duties levied on American products , ilr. Tucker says that he pointed out to Mr , 'arden the great benefits which would ac- rue to the people of the Island from a mod' flcatlon of these duties , and that the gov- rnor assured him ot a deslro to see a ro- uctlon made. Mr. Tucker thinks that ahouli he excessive duties now levied be modified a large Increased trade with the Unltcc : tales would most certainly follow. He adds hat he has talked with many of the princi pal merchants ot the Island and that the } gree that the high duties now levied havt proved a failure , in that they have driver he trade to the adjacent English Islands , v THIS rilAIllli : KINfJ. Some ItomiirlvH on Kliii ; Coru'H Cirli on tilt ; World. Now York World. Corn Is our great staple. It Is a ills Inctively , almost an exclusively Americai product , and In value our corn crop U wortl nore than any other crop we raise. This Is apparently to bo the greatest con year ever known , and the season Is now si far advanced us to rcduca chances of dis asltr to a minimum. In Ib'Jlo raised the greatest corn croi evtir grown , but we arc going to render 1 nslgnlflcant this year. In 1SU1 coin cov un > d 76.204,000 acres and yielded an averag' ' ot twenty-seven bushels to the acre. Till yc.ir the com fields amount to SS.S'M.UOi acres , or fi.OuO.OOO more than In 1S91 , and nl eports Indicate a larger yiclJ per acre thai n that year. Hut at the same average yield the croj ill amount to 2,222,208.000 Iwo billion twi 1 u ml red ami twenty-two million two hundrc. and eight Ihuusand bushels ! Corn Is worth about 50 cents a bushc nor only In the markets , but In the feedlni cf hogs. This ciop will therefore adi $1.111,101,000 to the country's wealth. Thlnl of It ! Mnre than a billion dollars of nctua .iltli pioducfl In a bingle year In tlio sliap ot a single crop ! Who doubts the prosperity ot our grca republic ? Hecoril. It nothing detrimental Intervenes llio conn try this year will have the largest corn cru ; In Its history. It come ? at a most opportun time. The foreign demand for both oats an wheat Is declining , whlln that for corn se-em to be Increasing. For some years the na tlonal government has maintained In Knrop in agent wliofo business has been the intrc ductlon of corn as a food product , and th ! policy has been productive of good results Ic has been hard to teach the European tha corn was as good u food for man as fo other animals , but this fact has coma t bo understood by the poorer classes th great food consumers and the lower prlc of corn as compared with wheat has bee a powerful Incentive to its uso. This year's corn crop is estimated at 2,400 000,000 bushels , which is moro than 200,000 000 In excess of the largest production < corn on record. With no foreign deman such a crop would be almost a calamity I the producers In this country , but the Ir dlcatlons are that the export of corn thl year will be more than quadrupled. Thoi has never been so acllve a demand fc corn for export as now , and this dcman is more likely to Increase than to decline. If corn Instead of wheat could be made tr leading export crop It would bo far better fi the Ameilcan farmer. Corn Is more easll raised and Is not so exhausting a crop for tl soil as wheat or barley. Besides this thei Is less foreign competition for the produci of corn thin for any other grain. The whe : area Is constantly diminishing In Amerlc while the corn area Is Increasing , and tl time may not bo far distant when the Unite States will Import Instead of export whei for domestic consumption. The growth of the foreign corn trade ; one of the most hopeful things about th country's foreign trade. 1'AHTISAN XKAIi CJONH MAI ) . Alijeet 1'iirty Fruity DUIIKCTOUH t Sliitc mid .Municipal ( ioveriuneiil. Chicago Tlmcs-IIeniM ( Inil.-rrp. ) , The most discouraging obstacle that coi stantly looms up to balk the efforts of thoi who are sincere. In their desire for a moi conscientious discharge of the sworn obllg ; tlons of civic officials to whom we comm the public business is that despicable ar pernicious stripe of partisanship which sul ordlnates public weal to party alvantag Whllo this Is notably the era of civic feder ; tlons and of a quickened and aroused publ con clence It U nevertheless a fact that tl blindness of abject pary ; fealty dally futnlshi deplorable Instances of moral strabismus men who In all other relations of life a ; singularly circumspect and honorable , The chastening rod of public discipline r ccntly Administered In various pnrt * of the country through the only channel ot publlo retribution the biillnt box IMO not lm n without Its military Influence upon the moro ntclllgent party leaden , nnd many a cauctm nanlpuhtor tins hnO the good discernment to see the Imperative ) demand for his pcrmn- icnt retirement. Hut there yet remain n tevf hard'hrnded botses Into whose op.iquo cranlums the clarion tocsin of civic decency lias not yet penetrated , who mill Imnglno that the despotic alignment of men under a particular party titleIs the highest business In which the patriot can cng ge. The only arguments mnny of them offer o based solely upon party considerations. Their zeal for a rompact party orc.inlzntlcm transcends nil concern for the public welfare. U the triumph of any party ot 'ilghvr Interest to the people ot Illinois tluui the punishment of legislative blacklegs ? Are the people's rights to bo bartered and tr'amplcd under font merely to enable legislative vampires to be rotated Into offices through the evolutions of party machinery ? Ilns the tariff on sugar or the Monroe doctrine anything to do with the wise nnd economical administration of the state Institutions or the enforcement of city ordlnancc.i ? To purge the publlo service does not neces sarily Imply a decadence ot party spirit nml party valor. The desire for the decent ami buslness-llkc management ot n city does not mean a lapse of veneration for the Illustrious namcH that adorn the history ot political par ties. Our national contests afford ample op portunity for the display of that Inspiring fealty to a common sentiment or conviction that binds mon together In parly servitude. Hut In questions Involving the enforcement of stale law and the letting ot munlclp.il fran chises the fear of a probable Impairment ot party discipline ) will have no weight with men who value the honor of the common wealth and the InlereMs of the citizens as Im measurably above and beyond the telflsh machinations of spoilsmen whoso only r.eal for party compactness Is for their own ug- Eramllzement. _ I'KIISO.VAI , AM ) OTI1H1UVIH13. The reorganized weather bureau threatens to fly Its kite pretty high. There Is n string to the project , however. M. IIouvo , nn enthusiastic mlmlrcr of Victor Hugo , has a collection of 4,000 portraits of that author , 2,500 ot which are caricatures. William Mack Urnoks of Norway , Mo. , claims the honor of being tlm oldest school master of his state. He has taught 114 terms. Five of tha royal personages who were present at the Orleans wedding were obliged to use car trumpets to hear what was going on about them. People who have wondered bow Richard La Galllcnne , the decadent poet , pronounces his name will be pleased to know that the Lon don World rhymes It with "battalion. " H. L. Death of Philadelphia always creates a sensation when ho writes his name in n hotel register. Despite- his melancholy name , ho Is said to be n man of genial tempera ment. At last the official report of the World's fair Is completed. U comprises 3,500 pagta of printed and typewritten matter , Is illus trated by 2,000 photographs and bound iu twenty-two volumes. A. J. Ulackwell , the rich and erratic In dian who owns the cities of Dlackwcll and David In Indian Territory , announces that ha will build a $300.000 temple at David City , Okl. , for the perpetuation ot Indian religions. After moro than sixteen years of litiga tion the contest over the will of Ulshop Ames ( Methodist Episcopal ) has been nettled. Ily the decision of the court all the children will have an equal share of what Is left of the estate after the legal costs arc paid. "Was there a hitch In the ceremony ? " whispered a late arrival at the wedding. "Nono at all , " replloJ the bridesmaid ; "tho arrangements were perfect nnd everything- worked smoothly. " "I'm sorry to hear It , I thought that was what weddings were for. " It Is generally conceded that Attorney Gen eral Harmon possesses In rare measure these qualities calculated to make his administra tion of the legal department of the national governmentsa red letter one. He Is a scientific base ball player and a connoisseur of pic. Slgnor dl Prlsco , an Italian country gentleman - man , recenlly dug up on his estate twenty- eight ancient silver vases of Greek workman ship. He tried to sell them In Paris for { 100,000 , but under the law forbidding tha export of antiquities from Italy the Italian minister of education began proceeding ! ! ngalnsl him. Conan Doyle has discovered Ihat he Is not equal to Dickens or Thackeray as on attrac tion for American lecture audiences. He tells his countrymen that a lecturer makes less money than he would by staying at home , that $100 a lecture Is what he may expect , and thai If ho expects to do much more ttian pay his expenses while seeing the country li * Is likely to b3 disappointed. 9 Jl.VtiMNC ItllY.MIOH. Washington Star. Wilt , wilt , wilt , Oh , collar , mostly Inert ! And that laundered cuff ; What a ( IrusBlcil lilulT ! 'Tl.s the song of the summer shirt. Chicago Ittronl. He rocked the bent In foolish glee. And tried to tnnke the others scream ; His friends nro grappling now. to sen If they can fish him fiom the stream. Indianapolis Journal. When Music ( heavenly maid , you hnow ) was young , Hnd she nn agent who her praises sung ? And boomed by Interested friends , was sin Exploited as an Infant prodigy ? Detroit Krco Press. She put lu-r little band In mine And put It there to stay , So very small Itvnst that I Was euchcred right awuy. New York Ilcconlcr. Won't some Inventor , sago or mentor , Find that chief of boons , Tim wear-resisting , long-persisting , Non-bagging pantaloons ? Detroit Tribune. There once was u. terrible col. , Wlm p thirst was simply Infol. If he suiffercd n wound , No matter were found , Ho would treat It ua being Intol. New York Herald. The perfume of her violets I never shall forget. For the florist's bill that came with them Is boverlnf 'round mo yet. 1'uck. She dives , nho floats with zest On the highest breaker's crest ; The summer plrl Is right In the whirl And she likes hitch rollers best. A FUTU11H I'UOIIAIIIMTV. Jlo lon Ololje. O , grandma , In It reully true That men did once delight To look on girls as goddcsbcn Who dwelt upon a height ? O , did they really shivo for them And think It wns but right ? O. had they then no grievances They organised to ulr ? Did they ne'er vow her tyranny Wus more than they could bear , When woman wore u petticoat , And never cut her Imlr ? O , were mon happy subjects once. Of un unconnclouH queen , Kro yet the sou of Piogross' came "fwixt them to Intervene That henvy sea In which , today , Wo watch her throne curecn ? Was ? ho n thing of beauty , once , Ere yet nbo did nffilght A wotid'rlng worlS by blazing out In bloomerettes ui > mght ; Kre Freedom In her hooka was made Synonymous with Fight ? O , grandma , I was born too late ! A lump comes In my throat To think that a divinity. On whom ull men might dote , Died an unnatural deoth the day That woman got a vote. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report e l- ly o I3 If. f. f.If K.in PUBE
