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THE OMAHA DAILY jniijiU : TIIITKSDAY , AUGUST 1 , 1895. Tim OMAHA DAILY BKE. K. nOSK\VATIit. EJltor. "i-tMiMtmro KVRIIV MOUSING. TKWMS OK HUDJ'Oltll'TION. Dully Jt l\Vltlii > nt HiirwUx , On * Y ur I ? M I Willllw . n l Humlay. umYiBr rj HIM Slftilhi. . . * ' Thtw M ll'ti ' ± ? ! Hunilnr llff , i ne Yir -22 HHlurdrty lUi. * > no y Mr * ? 5 \Volily IJw , mi * V jr w OI'I'ICIM. Omnl-.n Thi > ll llullilhiK . , . . , , , . 1-onlli ( > iiKilia , Minster Illx. . riirnff X nnd : < lli 8t . ( Xiiiu-ll ItliifT * . IS INrl .Jii--t. rtilf.-iKu Onr. ! > . SIT Cli mlr rif ronimMi ! " . . . . . _ Nw Vnrlc , ro : < > ni 11. II Hii.l 15. Trtliuii UulMlng. All rninmunl".illi.li tcl.ittlin l : ifwi Btid tortal nmtliir * l > ii | . | lp ai'drcm-iM : 1" tha Ka . All liu > lii" kitrr nuil irmlilunccs stioulJ b * nrttrfin.-d t.i Tli" It"- IMWlHliInifi.iniianv. . Oiiulm. Ui.ifin.IMU. . . iin.1ioillcr . | oril-rt to li" mail" in.iMi' > > HIP oulr it lliu coiniciii | > . Tin : m-iJ : i STATIMINT : : OK CIUCUI.ATIOM. IMIIKP II. Txrclsnik , nrrelury of Till- Hoe I'lin- lldilnc ifiniimny , li'lng duly swoin , r y * U' ' J Jj * * Ptiial niimlixr el full nml i-oinpl'l' ! cutilc.-t of ll * ' Unity. Hurtling , tlvci-lnsr itnJ itundny IJ-r nrlnl'il tlurlne tlie tnor.lli of May , UW , wai " ( 'illo ' - 1 , ooo IT n.O.t 11,1)41) ) o 7 . 8 . I'J.'ICI I . J9.1M lit . 19.M * n . 19.0:1 12 . IMSS 11 . WW1 1.1 ll ) TotM I.PM N t Iin'lv ' - nt-erneo Sunday. nKOROK ft TOCltt'CIC. Rworn to lx > fnro mo Hint nub'-rrllicd In my prcs- pn"ilii8 . lnt iLiy of .Inn" , isi'i : ( fl..nl. ) N. 1' . PHIL , Xutary 1'ubllc. voiu' Hl ii. "Iiiillnllon linltor lion * . " cousiilfiioii l.v ( llsiihtyutl fruiu now on. Then ; arc wvoral tic'.v IIIWH now In force \vlil 'h will soon TomHit - people to ask why they WITO i-nncti'd. That man Holmes sri-mM to luivo HUI.- cpt'tlctl In ilt'stroyliiK more human lives than have lieen sacrllU-ed altogether In the wondurfnl war tit .lackson's Hole. Last year Hit ! animal exhibition of thu United Htati-s troops took -ilaee. at Chleap ) . This year it orrnrs out In the wlltls of Idaho. Kven the soldiers ai pi-eelale variety. An Hnjjlish lord has been llneil for heiptn to mob H. Itlder Ihi 'ard. Hazard's literary olTenses have been Hival , but the court holds that they are not Krave enough to snbjeel him to the penalty of niohhln& Itolh cnppor initiin- ; and lead mialn-- have suffered noticeably from low prices diirliiK the past year of depression. ] $ ut neither the copper miners nor the lead miners have yet asked congress to raise the price of their product by law. Vic McCarty , whose brush with the Dawsons Is ( lie subject of investigation t tlie Instance of the British minister , will , If permitted so to do. prove that lie played the good Samaritan act when he met the Dawson family by the way- Hkle. . rf we will only believe thl * stories of the discharged ex-policemen there is not one in the whole batch who ought not not only to have been retained but also to have/ been promoted to one of the vacancies higher up. The similarity of their stories discredits them. Why should K. C. Wall be given the Japanese mission when there are so many other democratic olllce seekers who need the place much more and have to recommend them the fact that they went down on the democratic ticket tinder the late republican tidal wavoV The English rarliamentary elections are at last over. The Kn.gll.sh elections extend over a comparatively long period , but the Kngllsh campaign Is compara tively it short one. On the whole the. duration of election disturbances in Knghind Is less than their duration in this country. If the members of the late boodlt legislature are ever called togethei again they will surely adopt a joint resolution expressive of their apprecl atlon of the high Compliment paid U them by Colonel Hussell , who declares that there wasn't u man among then who would as much as look a bribe It this face. Solon L. Wiley keeps on gelling In hi * work In the city council in most artistli Hhape. While the council Is parleyiiif , over a proposition for illumlnntloi during fair week Solon slips through i resolution to put on more permanent arc lamps on the outskirts of the city In place of gasoline lamps. Thus tht council retrenchment machine keeps operating backward. The school board combine will uiv : < no trouble lu getting applications for : $ ; iX ( ! ( ) snpcrlntendeney by the score Hut tlie applicants are all men of smal or no experience and still smaller repu ttttion In the educational world. It h u dangerous experiment to trust tht schools of a city like Omaha to the can t > C any one who has not already provci Ids capacity for tilling such a position AH of the principal stale otliclals im [ supposed to take up their resilience a the state capital during the iimtlnuauci < of their terms of olllce. Attorney ten ! oral ( Mum-hill , however. Insists that hi spends all of his time in Omaha and i : perfectly conversant with everythluj that goes on at Omaha. Kliher the at torney general Is at Omaha when In ought to be In Lincoln or he docs no Icuow so much about Omaha affairs a : lie thinks he docs. The whole matter of the Wiuuclmgi land leases has ln-en turned over by tli Interior department to the I'ultci States district attorney for further at tlon. Hut that will not cut much llgun The members of the Nebraska cimcre * Blonal delegation have iinbunKmci themselves upon the Interior depart inent , aud tlie effort Involved was al together too , great for them to repea the per forma net * for the bouetlt o the district atloruey , , /vsr/ir TO TJII ; rtni ; > fn. The otllco of governor entitles Us occupant - ' cupant to courteous * and respectful treat' j inent from every ( Ill/.i-n of the com- | monweiillh. As cJtlef executive of No- hrattka , ( Jovernor Holcomb Is In his of- llclnl .1-apac.lty the representative of n mirtJoti people. He Is not the governor of nny political parly or of any faction of a political party , but of the whole pe.oplp of the stale. It Is due to the dignity of tlio olllco which Mi" governor occupies thiil lu all I heir dealings with him and communications to him other stutw olllcers shall obverse at least Hit- onus of decorum and decency that x-ntlemen exact from their equals anil slentl to their superiors. The communications that have been foully addressed to Uovernor llol- omb by Attorney General Churchill nil Commissioner of Public Lands Uus- ell an- not only disrespectful and dis- 'onrteoiis. ' but an Insult to the cJdef naglstrate of the state and an affront o the people from whom they all de lve their authority. These letters ad- Iressed to thu governor sire slate pa porn hilt will be. preserved in the archives if the capltol and will become part of S'ebraska's pollilc.il history , for tills reason. If for none other , they should mve been couched ill language bec.nn- ng public olllcers who respect I heir lositlotis If not themselves. Covernor lloleomb Is a gentleman tnd has conducted himself as such ever since he was Inaugurated Into his olllce. Cven his political opponents concede hat he Is thu peer of any man wim las been honored with the place of chief -xectitive of this state. Ills demeanor owanl other state olllcers has at sill ; lmcs been becoming the position he loltls and nothing he has either said or lone would justify the brutal and In sulting replies which his decorous let- ers have elicited. Who is A. S. ( Mum-hill , anyway , who iresnmes to cast slurs and Insolent pithels at Silas A. HolcombV On the Kith day of February. 1SS7. a bill of ndlctment was presented in open court in the presence of the grand jury in Cuss county In the state of Iowa by the foreman , II. < ! . Cotton , charging A. S. Churchill with grand larceny. The Indictment was later ( plashed on a technicality , but the record remains and can be found by reference to the criminal docket for that year under No. . - : ! ! . And this Is the man that has the temerity to lecture the governor of Ne braska upon his duties to uphold and enforce the law ! This Is the man who presumes to represent the integrity of our statutes. It Is equally If not more scandalous for a man of Uussell's caliber and breeding to rant about Charles I and the Imputation on the character of the late legislature. If there ever was a more venal and corrupt gang In tin- state house than during the last ses sion It can only have b. en when Kits- sell was a member and was chairman of the infamous judiciary committee that bargained with Omaha and Lin coln blacklegs to defeat the anti-gam bling bill. WILL TIIRY KVKll 'fKr.l , TIIK TllUTlIt Lot us look for a moment nt the history of this law. The people of Omaha are Intelli gent they are presumed to know what they wanted. They elected twelve good men to the legislature. Those twelve men voted for this law. It received more than a three- fifths vote in each house. * * * U was a , matter purely local to the people of Omaha. They asked for It. H. C. Ilussell to Governor Holcomb. This Is rubbing it In pretty hard. Who asked for the passage of the Churt-'hill-ltussell bill aud when and where did the twelve members from Douglas county get their Inspiration for tills measure ? Nobody In or out of Omaha heard or thought of It during the campaign. Nobody would have proposed such a scheme to the delega tion if Majors had been elected gov ernor. No decent man would have sug gested that the power to appoint the commission should be taken away from the governor and nobody in Omaha ever before proposed to leave the mayor out of the board. Suppose Churchill had been defeated at the polls last year , would that wonderful delegation have entertained the proposition to create an appointing board made up of the governor , attor ney general and commissioner of pub lic lands ? Anil'why does Commissioner IlussoM now show such concern about matters purely local and why did hi Ignore the demands of the mem bers of the delegation from thl ? county when he as u membei of the legislature took the Omnlni charter out of their hands ami mu- L tilnted It in conjunction with Pan ! Vaudervoort uml other oil-room lobby ists against their vehement proteMsV Tnio , the late delegation from Dougla * county voted for this bill , but Its action was In deliance of public sentiment , Two of these members found It con venlent to turn their backs on Omahii within ten days after they perpetrated the outrage and the others could nol be elected t'.og-catchers if the otllce wen elective. xn cirn. xK/fr/rw Another Important step toward the ex tension of civil service reform Is abou to be taken. Twenty-live- classes of em ploycs have been brought under tht ' merit system by this administration * anil It Is now contemplated to brln- . * the laborers lu the employ of the gov eminent , the postmasters and the con l' sus ! under the scope of the civil serv Ice reform system at an early date If I can be done without change of law M'here has been doubt whether thesi classes of otliclals. numbering altogcthc over tto.otx ) . could be brought within tin scope of the reform system withou new legislation , but It is tlie oplnloi of members of the Civil Service com mission who have been studying th subject that some Important steps cm be taken by simple order of the presl dent. If this shall be done it will b a most valuable gain to the cause o civil service reform. MMie classified serv let1 now Includes nearly .V > , < M ) < ) plne and will be swelled to liri.OOO If posi masters , consuls and laborers are en : braced lu that c-ervltv. It seems tha the classltlcatloa of postmasters has al ways been a puzzling problem and ther ling liot'ii doubt whether It could bo ac complished by the ordinary methods. No definite plan has yet been ll.xed Upon by the Civil Service coinmlsslo- In the absence of legislation , but they have been considering the matter seri ously and a practicable way of reachIng - Ing the desired result will probably lp ) found. Hut If It should not the uccdc.il legislation will be secured In time , for there can be no doubt It will be de manded by public sentiment. With re gard to placing consuls under the civil service reform system there Is practi cally no opposition to sueli a course. e.\- ept from those who are hostile to the reform altogether. The commercial In- erests of the country are In favor of ompletely divorcing the consular serv- c.o from politics ami nobody who has , 'lven intelligent consideration to tlie natter questions that this Is absolutely necessary In order to bring the service up to tlie highest standard of etllcleney nnd usefulness. It Is the only way to . -ffect the desired Improvement In the -onsnlar service , the Importance of ivhlch to the commercial Interests of the oiintry Is not so generally appreciated . ) > the people us it ought to be. The administration merits hearty com mendation for what It has done and Is . 'inleavorlng to do for tlie extension of . -Ivll service reform , every step In the lirogress of which has been justified by results. Nobody now questions that the I'lllcleney of the public service lias been Improved wherever the reform has been applied ; that more ami better work is obtained from employes of the govern ment under the merit system than be fore ; that employes In the classllled service are more faithful and zealous In the performance of their duties than those who got positions through political Intlnence. IIKTTKII. If A. Sylnm Churchill were as great a lawyer as he Is a prevaricator he would rank 'way above all the men who ever tilled tinoltlce of attorney general in Nebraska. Churchill asserts that IIP is credibly informed that quite a uun.ber of the policemen rei-ently appointed to the police force in Omaha were im ported from other states , when in fact he knows that every policeman ap pointed by the hoard Is a t-Itlxcu of Ne braska and it resident of Omaha. Sev eral of the new policemen were born in Nebraska. Chief of Police White Is the only man appointed who was brought here from another state , aud in that respect he stands on precisely the same footing ns 1'ire Chief Kedell. Mr. Churchill declares that he has talked with si very large number of people In Omaha and has found no person who would directly or" indirectly Intimate that there is any apprehension of a contlict between rival police forces. when he knows that for weeks this sub ject not only has been town talk but has also been the topic of telegrams , letters and editorials In lending papers In and out of the state. Only Saturday last the Western Laborer of this city published the following in leaded type on Us front , page under the head "Trouble Next Month Iiinoi'ent Itlooil to Flow-1 In Orrinhii" ou Account of tin- Police Force. " "Save yifcir money and buy a gun , for during August you will see terrible times In Omaha , " said a man who docs not talk through his hat to a reporter for the La borer yesterday. He said further : "There are lined up for the terrible struggle for control of 'tho police force two strong and deter mined factions. Friends of the present board will raise the point that the governor still has the power to remove men from the lire and police board for cause , and as fast as the new appointing power appoints the governor will remove ; and also , the csm- mlsslons of the new lire and police board must be signed by the governor , but ho will not sign , and there Is no way to force him. There will bo two fire and police boards and two chiefs and police forces will bo In It. When they clash look out for blood ! " Tin : HOLD Several weeks a o the mint bureau sent out an estimate that the world's production of jold for the current year will equal SliOO.OOlMXX ) in value and it appears that the reports which are rcacliiiiK the bureau confirm this esti mate and indicate an even larger pro duction. It Is stated that material In creases are already disclosed by the re ports from various parts of the I'lilted Slates , from Australia and from South Africa. The Cripple Creek region of Colorado Is reported to be avcniKlnfi a production of about .yTiiMi.oooHT month , where the product has until' recently been only .f.'iOO.OOO to $ -l ( ) ( > ,000. The LeadvlMe district is also increasing its output and an increased production in California Is expected as Hie result of tlie resumption of hydraulic mining. Aivordln- the mint estimate the en- tin- product of tlie I'nlted States for tSir ! will probably not be less than : ? IV Otio.ooo , iiKiiinst ! ? : tl)0MM ) ( ) ( ) In isiil. and it is quite possible that the estimate for this year will be found too small. In deed , if Colorado should realize expecta tions and produce $17NX ( > ,04)t ) > of j'od ! , almost doubling the production of IS'I ) , the product of the entire country may Australia , which took the lead In gold production last year with fIl.Ti'O.tMX ) , will do better lids year , while It I * possible that both that country and tin rutted States may be surpassed by Africa , from which jjlowln ; ; reports arr made. H is slated that few reports ol diminished production have been re ceived from any quarter of the world and some piius are looked for in tin South American conn tries as they come to be explored and their mineral re. sources to be developed. This Increas ln production of told Is especially In ten-ittliiK for tlie bearing it may havi upon the future of silver , the product lor of which Is decreasing. Last year tht e silver output In the I'nited ' States wa : lO.riOO.lUX ) ounces less than In IS'.KI am then * will be a still further decrease this year , as now Indicated. If p > li production keeps up tit the present ratt and Hie production of silver does no Increase the effect must be to brliiK tin two metals nearer together In value , re nardless of any action. International 01 o'therwise. to give silver greater rccojjnl lion as a money metal. It would hi years before the two metals could read parity under this process , but HID nltl mate attainment of that relation wonlt be certain. There Is another consider atlou that U worthy of attention , ant that Is that .an annual addition of ? 'J)0- ( 000,000 to ( lie world's gold stock ought to dispel mly doubt that may exist re garding the'stipply of that metal being sullleleiit fori jlje world's requirements. With the methods that prevail In the transactlonjj' i/'jweeu / the great commer cial nations , requiring relatively only a very small amount of actual money , such j an annual addition to the gold supply Is i ample for the wants of the world. As In all gold yiroilnclng regions the effort Is to incrcst ! | ; ( he production of that metal there Is ivason to expect that the present output. , will at least be main tained for years to come , with the prob ability that It will be larger before there Is ii decrease of production. The loading trade paper of Kngland , tlie London Kconomlst , recently referred to a few of the benellts to Ilrltlsh manu facturers resulting from our present tariff. It stated that owing to the res toration of cotton lies to the free list the recent advances in the price of Iron In America have enabled Kugllsh makers to capture orders for these hoops. MMie same upward movement lu prices , tlie Kcoiiomlt-t .said , raises ( he question of the future of the tlnplate trade , a sub ject which ll remarked is carefully watched by the South Wales manufac turers , who an. anxious to regain their old-time monopoly. It admits that the decreased shipments of ( inplates have been felt with crushing effect by the Welsh Industry , but sees in the higher price for steel a possibility that the manufacture of tlnplate in the Hulled States may receive a cheek and the Kngllsh t ratio be revived. Here Is In disputable testimony to the value of he republican tariff policy in building p the American tinplatc Industry and Iso to the worth of the democratic uriff to Urltlsh manufacturers of cot- mi ties. It is such testimony that tretigthens the cause of protection. You ask mo to Join with you In your plan f settlement , and you say the whole matter I'll ! be peaceably settled with dignity and ecoriim. No , governor , that would not do. H. C. Hussell to Governor Holcomb. Of course , that , would nol do. M'o set- o the police commission- controversy Piiceably would interfere with the plan f campaign which the dervish conspira- > rs had mapped out for themselves efore the bill was introduced In the 'gishiture. The people will gladly dispense with he excitement of an Indian war even t the risk of discrediting the veracity f certain newspaper correspondents. A l'orililiiKf'limiiiilriini. | . I'rooklyn I'aslp. Is It not time tt ) abolish this poppycock bout the Shlnneccck ? Tin * Soil CiiliiliiKViillh. . Chicago Clironli'lP. The crops of'Iowa will carry Into the state his year $150.000,000 In money. Democrats i ml nil other producers In that state luvc etched the conclusion that they want payer or their products In dollars worth 100 cents ach , not in 5Q-cenUdolhrs. \ot ii Cilftj f SCntcrprlMc. Jlj.tlnn Qlnb . Secretary J prton , has decided that the utted States , ' . Buvarmnent sUnll. no. longer ) e a seed distributor. There Is really no uore reason that the Government should give armers seeds than dry goods men cimbrlc and calico or grocers surar nml coffee. The government Is not a gift enterprise. SIlVI-r'N lilINt ClIIINI111 1 < MVII. I'.ik-riRO Tlnies-Heralil. Fifteen county democratic conventions wore leld on Saturday last and In only one were lie free silver men successful In forcing a declaration In favor of free coinage. In the other fifteen convent Ions the silver men met vlth defeat In nearly every Instance. During he week seventy more conventions will be leld , and It Is safe to say that the sentiment against free silver U stronj ; enough to pre vent any considerable number of them from being captured by the flatlsts , and there Is not the slightest probability that any attempt will be made to Insert a silver plank In the ilatform to be adopted ut the state conveu- lon at MarEhalltown. Tinorniiil Condition. Clilonijo Trllmnn. With the exception that the war In Cuba is daily growing In dimensions , that a battle Is on between the rebels and government of Ecuador , that llrazll is in a row with Eng- and over the possession of Trinidad , that risings are Imminent In Nicaragua and Ilon- duias , that a revolt has begun In Salvador. that an uprising Is threatened In Guatemala. that Peru and Chile are making faces at each other again , thul Colombia is In domestic turmoil , and that Venezuela Is wrangling with Hngland and France , the republics tc the south of us seem to be In a happy am ! contented frame of mind. . The condition ol all of them appeirs to be normal. Coal roinliliuSpri' l'lilln-lcihia ! | IlM-iiil. Combinations of coal mining Interests seem to be the order of the day. A few weeks ago numerous Ohio coal producers formed an or ganization , and more recently the two targes mining companies in Alabama have poolei their interests and added 25 cents per ton to the price of their fuel. Now It is proposec to extend this Alabama combination so as to Include all the mine operators In Georgia Alabama , Tennessee and Kentucky , and al organization for this purpose has been formed New * comes , too. from the northwest , telling of tne revival and reorganization of the Min nesota Coal trust , which was driven out o existence last winter , by the Minnesota legls lature. Tills U an age of trust , and experi ence has shown tlut tha arm of the law Is rarely long enough to reach such combina tions when there are so many legal loop holes through which they may escape. All I'.iiMti-rii VliMT of f'aplalii Jli-cli. Captain Heck , Alir army olllcer who is act ing as Indian aprent on the reservation In western NebrasMi , isfems to be a man of violent lent temper , bift 'Wlh a backbone that does not know how to Ue' d. These who like fair play will welcome -tile novel exhibition he Is giving of an agqpt ) who really Is Interested in his cbargea.jundj determined to protect their rights. Tnp reverse has usually been the case. Indlah'1 ' agents have too commonly been cheap or coMuH ; politicians , who worked their otllcps for"al | the profit there was In them , regaidless of 'whether they were en forcing the laws"aifA doing their duty or not. The trouble ( id ( he Omaha reservation seems to be that yjlue men have been squat ting on the lands'orthe Indians , and are now setting up a clajjn..of ownership by virtue of this occupation. , MCJaptaln Heck has under taken to expel them- One big land company at least is enlisted on the side cf the squat ters , and probably H 'will ' be the chief gainer If the rights of ilie'Indians are overthrown. A considerable quantity of arms and ammuni tion has been bought by the settlers , and there Is danger tint they will provoke a collision If not Interfered with , as the sc-Ulers in Jackson's Hole , Wyo. , already have done. At present the plain duty of the government is to support its ugent , who Is bofriendlng the Indians. Later negotiations may , perhaps , be effected by which some of the lands already occupied by settlers may be bought from the IrTdlaiis. The detailing of army olllcers as Indian agents wag one of the excellent Ideas of the Harrison administration. Secretary Latnont. acting on the usual policy of the Cleveland administration of reversing everything Its predecessor had done , removed moat of tht nlllcars from this service and restored the Indian agencies to the mercl s of spoilt politics. Ciiualn Deck , however , sesmi t' have been oi.e of the exceptions who was al lowed to remain at hU piit Ills count , shows the wisdom of the Harrison ixillcy I'KIISON.U , AM ) OTMI3HWISU. Jim Corbett's family gkeletor. was clearly outclassed by the collection of Mr. Holmes. While expressing n decided preference for silver , an Indiana financier greedily ex- chmiRod cash for a gold brlr-lc made of mud. "Monobranchlatl Xoophltes" have been found In the water nt Fergus Falls nnd the town wilt presently bloom as a sanitarium of unrivaled attractiveness. Ira Ilrown , a Port Jen-Is base ball player , on attempting to alight from u freight train ell eighty feet Into the IJMawnro river and ' scaped with a few bruises , Ths llannock ; , so far ns known , are not o'lig the ghost ihncc nor Me.'slah business , k < the I'lne llldgo Sioux. Nevertheless , ic Jackson affair looks like a Holo-y show. Max N'ordeau , the critic of degenerates , l.-i rinding out n novel , and will follow It with i play. Max Is an Industrious author. He > egan writing at 12 and was earning money Ith his pen at 14. Kvery little whllo the cable reports that iift'n Victoria has had a "stroke. " Still. Ith all her experience In that line , she tie-fully refrains from tickling the heir ap- urciit with a stroke of abdication. It Is now charged that the bicycle causes Icerated gum * and lease lueth , particularly mong t-corchers wlui strive to m.mlc.itB lie handlebars.Vllh thu average rider he trouble Is Konerally below the belt. lUlfour npvcr wears his hat In the House f Commons , fnllnwlm ? in this respect the ashlon et by Disraeli and Gladstone. The iiistoin Is to keep ihc head i-overc-tl while In hehoiue , except when addressing the oh.-ilr. The dreaded thirteen has lost Its terrors or an Ohio man. He left homo on tin ? 13th f July with 13 cents In his pocket. Thlr- ecn hours later IIP was Informed that an nple who had recently died left him $13,000. 1'rlnco lllsmarck has decided to dovotc ho fund placfd nt his disposal In honor of ho SOth anniversary of his birth to tha uildlng of a home of th ? bund ( ronfcder.i- Ion ) In llerlln. lilt : decision mees : general atlsfactlon. It Isn't so very long since Dr. Koch , the amous German discoverer of the "cousump- Ion cure , " was almost worshiped. Of late , lowevor , where he Is best known tablets and thor mementoes glorifying him have bsen quietly removed or destroyed. There are only 350 seats In the House of 'ommons , barely enough to accommodate nlf the members. Hut aa all the elect 'stood" for Parliament It Is presumed they ire patriotic enough to continue In that pasl- lon to tlie end of the session. Tha champion bull fighter of Mexico wants 30,000 for a brief series of contests with luffed and hornless bulls during the Atlanta xposltlon. As a bttslnesj venture the Mexl- 'in ' should get his price. The bigger the nimbug the greater the recrlpls. Jan Van Deers , the celebrated Flemish painter. Is slim of stature , sallow of com- lexlon and Impetuous of manner. HU mous- ache and goatee are ebony-hucd and ho Is aid strongly to resemble Van Dyck , from vhom , by the way , he Is maternally de- icended. The most extensive part of the kaiser's i-ardrobe Is composed of his naval and mlll- ary uniform ? , of which he has 12S. In ad- lltlon to these he possesses the regalia of 'arlous ' high orders , together with enough -IvIlUn - suits to make the fortune of the allor who constructed them. Prof. Rudolph Gndst of Ils-rlln , who died Monday , was a bitter opponent of the Ger- nan government In his parly days. Although lismarck forgave him , the loyal family never did and consequently ho was never able to cbtalu the ambition of his life a ssat In the Imperial ministry. The will of the- eccentric Richard Vaux. the ate Chesterfield of I'hlhidciphia , Is a char acteristic document. It begins as follows- 'Being of sufficient mind and understand- ng to know what Is my last will and testa- nent without the aid of my countrymen , 1 do make this my last will and testament and publish the same by these presc-nts. " \ftr disposing of his estate , ho concludes : ' 'I deslro that such papers and the his- : orlcid views of old buildings and like col- ections made by father. Robert Vaux , who was the most active of the originators ot tha present Historical Society of Pennsyl vania , ba given to that society. I do this out of respect to my father's memory , as I live' no very exalted respect for that so ciety , that In 1860 , or about that year , drew party politics Into the election of Its olllcers. " TIIK nAi.K srnsimi.s. Kansas City Star : With the close of the florr-Harvey debate comes the report that the richest gold strike In the world has been made In Cripple Creek , Colo. The sliver mine owners ought to have suppressed the news , for It hurts Harvey's arguments. Chicago Post : As for Mr. Herr and Mr. Harvey , they have earned a long vncatlcn , and the public cheerfully puts It at their dis position. Who would blame them If they went , to a retreat where absolute silence Is commanded and where even the pleasure of talking to one's self Is discouraged by rigid penance ? Globe-Democrat : A gentleman of an In- qulsltlvo turn of mind wrote to the Globo- Democrat a year ago to know what its editor considered to be a few of the great essentials to the conduct of a first-class newspaper. The editor promptly responded that the first essential was a big waste basket , nnd the second was a man who was not afraid to fill It. This will account , for the nonappearance ance of the IIorr-Harvey debate In these columns , now tlut It Is over. iM : < - < ntriTIIIJ LAWS. InIiaVi * < -ii < - < > llfttvi-i-n ll < > iiNoiial > l < - KnCori-i-iiifiil anil I't-i-NL-i-utlon. Chir.iKo Olironli-lt * . It Is a catchy phrase of crank reformers that "as long as a law Is on the statute book It should be enforced. " They add that If any law should not be enforced It should be repealed. This cant and claptrap Is de rived more or less directly from n grimly humorous aphorism of General Grant to the effect that the h = st way to procure the re peal of an obnoxious law It enforce It. Many statutes are enacted In public emer gencies , or to meet possible emergencies , the daily and constant enforcement of which would be oppressive beyond endurance1. Some laws are enacted to suppress gross and public Immorality , but tholr terms prohibit minor private offenses which the pollca cannot roach without practicing a system of In tolerable espionage. There are laws ot a general character which should be enforced In some localities and not In others. Laws are passed for the purpose of remaining on the statute books as a dead Jeter. These laws , which are enacted for the purpose of being enforced only In part , erIn In localities , or In emergencies , do not re late to criminal ofTc-nscs. Crlmo must bo suppressed. Kvery violation of strictly criminal law should be punished. There should be no relaxation of criminal discipline- , for every violation of criminal law there sould be certainty of detection , certainty of arrest , trial and conviction and certainty ol punishment. Hut It Is Impossible to enforce with rigor all the laws against mere conventional offenses and against minor Irregularities of conduct of a vicious , rather than of a crim inal nature. If the Sunday laws were en forced the world would stand still for one day In seven. Half the ofllcea of llfo would bo unfulfilled. There would be no railroad trains nor travel of any sort , no newspaper either Sunday or Monday , no hotels open fur the accommodation of guests , no factory fires kept alive to save the cost of kindling anew. Absolute Idleness for the man and beast would be the rule. Yet It Is wise that Sunday laws should been on thp statute books. They can be enforced to prevent outrageous Sunday desecration , to repress turbulence ) and activity , to pro mote quiet and peac ? for the day. Hut to enforce them literally Is Impossible and would bo unendurable If tt were possible ) . This In only an Illustration. Hut It thows the absurdity of proclamations that all laws shall be enforced. It thaws the sham ami humbug of such crusades as that of Koos ° vell In Now York. It strips cant thu cant that "laws were made to ba enforced ' of this pre tension and arrogance. Roosevelt shows the utter absurdity of his claims In saying that he.ls merely enforcing the laws.as ho finds them , but In falling to enforce any law but onei. onei.Thero Is no lost of respect for the maj esty of the law In this enlightened view of the discrimination with which It should b : enforced. Renpect for the law Is lncr ° aset when It Is not belittled and perverted for partisan , factioui , hypocritical , frivolous or crank utes. Rlghtpous law Is consistent with reasonible liberty. To make the law or single laws a nr-re agency for small pollca espionage , for putty persecution , for ex iratlr | > K llttlo Infractions on fro dom o conduct Is to maka en mica for law and for society. PEOPLE WITH WHOM CIICRCIIIU IS NOT ACQUAINTED Wlillo WPMIIJAll Hip l.onilliiir Ill-Nine * * MPII > f Oniuliu I't-tltloii Ilio tSov- irrnor to Avert an liniu-nitliiK Cnnllli-l , tlip AUiirnry tJi-itpriil SHJ-H X > One l-Jvi-u DrciDui of the I'ojulMIHy of Contlnu Trniililp. MNCOI.N. Neb. . July 23. 1333. Man. Silas A. Holcomb , Lincoln , Nfb. : Dear Governor rpoti my return from my hotnii In tlio city of Umah.1 , where 1 have roJlded tor motu than ten years last past , uml with whoso people I am In cenor.il < | ulta acquainted. I received your moat ranmrk.iblu letter. In which letter you speak of a " 'lual govern- mont" and "with Its attending ccnilllct of authority and unseemly strlte and contention among those whoso duty It Is to conserve peace. " Again you say : "The appointment at this tlmo of a new Hojrd of Flro and 1'ollce Com missioners and the nttcmpt. etc.vould re sult In Inevitable disturbance * , provoke street brawls. " Again you refer to "tho large number of lien In the city of Omaha organizing and ioldlng frequent meetings with the mowed expectation of becoming a part of the police orce miller the provisions of the law at an arly day. " In reply to this I have the honor to say , Ir , that thu people of Omaha nro a law- tbldlng people , and your aspersions against he goud people of that city are entlri'ly vlthoitt foundation In fact , and can bo but he product of an unusually excited mind. | For tin ? last two d.iys 1 have commingled 1 vlth the people of Omaha and talked with i very largo number upon the very subject I on allude to. buth before tha reading of our cainmiinlL-iitloii In the press and afser. nd dlil not discover any piich facts to exist s you assume. No person , dlrocily or In- llri'ctly , s.ild or Indicated anything from | vhlrh oven tha most timid and Imaginative nlnd could have Inferred anything of the < lnil you refer to. The people of Omaha expect to submit to ho new law , while lit thu xann > tlmo they ouk upon the executive olllcera of the state or the enforcement of the laws. * remain very truly yours , A. S. CllimcilIMi , Attorney General. VO1CH OK THU STATIC 1MII3S.H. McCcok Tribune : Judge Scott of Douglas county should never bo al'owed ' to occupy the mllclal bench another term. Ho Is In no sense qualified. Norfolk News : The man or newspaper that tells the simple truth about the crops of northern Nebraska this year , Is labeled an agricultural liar by those not familiar with the plain , unvarnished facts. Lincoln News : The attorney general has decided that the deaf and dumb Inatltute at Omaha Is not un educational Institution , but an asylum.Vo await with much Impatience , however , his decision as to whether the state linusf Is an asylum , an educational Institution or merely a means of obtaining a livelihood. Grand Island Republican : There Is some talk of an extra session of the legislature to amend the revenue laws , but the necessity Is mostly Imaginary. Greater bcnoIH would result from declaring the next two regular sessions off and giving tha people a six years rest. If such a thing wore possible. Wo have too many and tea frequent changes in the laws. Holdrege Citizen : Only twelve counties In Nebraska Increased their tax valuation this year. This may be all right , but what shall be said of the seventy-eight counties which have made a reduction of their alrcidy low valuation. There Is no doubt that the only way to have a Just anJ equitable taxation is to have the law strictly enforced and assess property at Its actual value. Fremont Herald : The republican party has a great deal to account for , to a longsuffering ing peoplOTfor the part taken by tnat organ ization In making It possible for such a mull as Churchill to occupy the olllcc of attorney general In the state that has boasted of Its love for the cause of education and progress. Where Is there a self-respecting lawyer that will not blush at the thought of our unfor tunate plight ? Fremont Herald : If the newspaper men of the slate will make an organized effort to have the libel laws amende ! It will bo pos sible In the near future for them to feel secure from the malicious attempts of a cer tain element In Nebraska politics to further personal ends by Invoking the aid of judicial tyrants to dispose of some editor who lias In curred the wrath of the machine. Not one among the respectable members of the frater nity would ask for anything more than Is accorded every citizen of the country by the constitution. This much newspaper men In common with others are plainly entitled to. l'lltl\i AT .1ACICHOVS HOl.tt. Chicago Post : General Miles says the Wyoming Indians are good lighters. They have to be , apparently , to get along with the settlers. Washington Star : Those Idaho Indians seem dlaposjd to hasten the fulfillment of tha red man's ultimate destiny by luMstlng on their own extermination. Chicago Dispatch : Troops are already on the way to Jackson's Hole. When they ar rive let them place under arrest every deputy marshal who took a hand In the shameless slaughter of the Hannocks and hold them for trial on the charge of murder. Hanging is none too good for these thugs. Globe-Democrat : What they ( the Indians ) were In the beginning they are sure to re main at the end. The problem which they represent can bo solved only by their disap pearance from the planet , and to long as tlioy remain where there is opportunity for them to manifest the well defined character istics of their race wo may expect to hear of outbreaks Ilko that which is now creating consternation In Idaho and Wyoming. Springfield ( .Mass. ) Republican : The In dians have been given Justification for war. and If they were powerful enough they could not bo blamed on the old-fashioned plan for "wiping out" these settlers , as the settlers want to "wipe out" the Indians. Why bhauld all the work of the government bo done In bulialf of the Fottlers who themselves disdain the laws , break the peace , and start an Indian war for the openly avowed purpose of ex tirpating neighbors they don't like ? Kansu Ctly Journal : Hut the duties of the authorities will not ha fulfilled when the Indians are overpowered by the force of the United States troops. A searching Investi gation should bo made as to the causes of thu outbreak , and If 1' Is trim that ttm blame rests on the Peltiers , adequate punishment should be meted out to the offenders. The probabilities are that those who were slaugh tered at Jackson's Hole were least to blame , though they have been first to suffer. Chicago Tribune : Putting this and that together , when this alleged Indian war is thoroughly Investigated It probably will be found that the Indians are off their reserva tion , that they liave killed game because their treaty with tlii > United States gives them per mission , and that they may have committed some depredations becauin the settlers have killed sums of their number. Thli Is prub- ably the length and breadth of iho Indian war. In any event , the troops will bo ut the Hon. Silas A. Hnlcomb , Governor ; Hon. A. S. Churchill. Atorucy General ; Hon. H C. R'isioll , Commissioner of Public Lands and IlullJltigj : The undersigned , citizens nnd taxpayers of Om.ilm , respectfully In voke your co-operntlon to avert the danger at serious disturbances and probable loss of llfo Mid destruction of property In this city by thfl Impending contact between appointees on the police fori-o ur.it In the firu depart ment of rlvnl lire and police commissioners , Such a conflict should , If po."lble. be pr vonti'd. not merely on account of Its terrl- bio consequences , but for the goud u.tmo of this city Hiid state. It would be deplorable Indeed to have this city totn up by UinmUi mid riotous dislnrbanee. at a tlmu when thousands of visitors and strangers .In at tendance upon our state fair will demand at the hands of mir police the exercise of the utmost vlgll.uico to maintain order In our public thoroughfares and protict tha public from professional cilmliuU , who am ays abound nt great gatherings. In.ifmurli ns tlu > existing Uoard of Flro and Police Com missioners Is deiermlned to continue In the discharge of Its funrtlnns until tha validity of the new police commission act Is letted and ulllrmed by the supreme court , \vo trust that you will refrain from inking any u-iinn that would preclpltnto a cinching of au thority l ) > 'twepn roiiti'iidliig police forci'3. and rospu-tt'ully urge you to take such steps as v'ili promptly bring thu subject to theat reutlon of tin- highest Judicial tribunal of our state and seetiro ut Its h.ind .1 final adjudlrj tlon upon the Issuer Involved. Frank Murphy. C. F. Weller , 0. 11. Rustln. Thomas Kilpatnck , H. Kounlzp , K. L. ftono , William I. Klprstead. J. K. Summers , Jr , M. 1) . . GcorRi > T. Mills , W. A. Puxton. J. N. Cornish , K. L. Illerbower. G. W. l.inmgnr. Luther Drake. J. .M. Wo Iworth J. A. Crc gh ton , M. T. Uarlow , Clnrles A. Coe. Stei'lu- Smith Grocery company , by Dudley Smlts president ; John S. llrady , Rli-hardntm Drug company , by Amos Field , treasurer ; Rector & Wllhelmy company , by A. T. Rector ; K. \ ncnson , K. 1) ) . Klrkendill. Consolidated Coffee company. Carpenter Paper company , by F , W. Carpenter , president ; Hayden Urns. . J. L. llraudels & Sous , John I. Itodlck , Paxton & Vlerllng Iron works , by A. J. Vlerllng. manager ; Alvln Kaunders , Farrell & Co. , Robert W. Rlehardjon. A. L. Herd. R. W. Patrick , John F. Co-id , Duriloy Smith , Amos Field , W. S. Wright. 15. K. nruee , G. II Payne , Hobnrt WlllUms. W. W. Marsh J Ilayden , V. H. Davis. II. 0. Hurt. W N lUbcock. Milton Rogers , W-.utam A. Ri > dl. K. Gcorgo L. Miller , F. A. Nash , John ItiMi , A. P. Tllhey , H. R. Gould. J. C. McKell. H. Heyu & Co. , W. A. L. Gibbon. 7. . T. Llndsny , William Krug , George W. Kelley , Robert W. WllcoX. spot In a day or two , whereupon the Ind'am will bo returnnd to their reservation. Thpy should be kept there , ami meanwhile If depre dations have been committed by the wh'tes ' they should bo puulsked. If , as Is ropoitml. white settlers have organized to drive the Indians out of that country by attacking them nnd Inciting them to commit depreda tions then there are white men as well as Indians who need the attention of General Copptnger's cavalry. Philadelphia Inquirer : It U easy to pre dict the result. The fcUeral government will not llvo up to Its promises. For 100 years and more , as Hulen Hunt's "Century of Dis honor" shows , wo have kept no treaty with thu red mun which Itf was our Interest to break. There will bo a few more murders. with possibly a clash between the Indians and the troops , and then the Indians will bo driven back to flielr reservation sullen and revengeful , but cowed. That Is the usual story , nnd It will not vary In this Instance. Chicago Inter Ocean : During a recent visit to Montana a prominent Chicago gentleman went with n party Just starting for a grand "hunt for big game in the Yellowstone region. " He remarked to the leader : "You cannot Jjunt In the Yellowstone Park. " "Oh , no , " said the leader. "We go outslda the limits of the park nnd If the game won't come to us we know how to manage to mike It come. " Such excursions are not uncom mon and It will not bo strange It hungry In dians should occasionally Imitate their white brethren. .H.\ < ; il\J IIIIY3IKS. Detroit li'ri-o 1'rpsa. "Not from his head wu woman took , As mnili- her husband to o'erlook ; " Thus Wes-ley wrote. He illil not know How far ahead she was to KO. Atlanta .Iiitmial. A pair of wandering- Willies nought All labor bun ! to Hliun Two wiuls with but a .slnglo thought , Two tramps that beat as one. New York Ilpmld. "My love for thee Is Ilko a ringhe cried ; "It hath no end ! " And then. In ucrontl winning- . "And mine for tbee , " the maiden fair ran piled. " ! H Ilko a ring for It hath no begging. " Detroit Tillnmp. The boy stood on thu burning deck , And the superheated ulr Disarmed illsc-rctlon till lie changed Ills winter underwent * . Alns , the boy ! Thu gallant boy I What did the boy bctldii ? Amid conditions sm-li IIH these , What wonder that ho died. Now Yoik Mprcurj * . The boy stood on tin' burning deck It never occurred to him , That he po.iHt > yypil the first good fii.nira To get Into thu swim. IV'tiolt KIPU Pn ss , Tlip sun Is blistering , blazing hot , Wu shrivel like 11 feather , - And yet snmu ii'oplo my : "Oh , well , It's slzzln'ablo wuatlier. " J\V\v Yoik Truth. "And will you climb , swcut miild , " ho said. "With me , this lofty mountain ? " I Her cheeks by tuins grew pale , then redj IK Kin ; slowly lalfed her drooping head. "In there on top , " the question sped , K "An Ice cro < un noila fountain ? " TOMMY'S SOLILOQUY. IK ) larpr'K llnr.rir. I hope when I grow tip I'll liu A man. but I'm afraid I may Him out quite nthcrwlsu And turn into a maid. K For grandpa .iay that my mamma , When she wan hut a child , tf Wan quite n Tomboy , Just Ilko me. The Idea makes MILwild. . i HIISTIC IIOMAM/'l- : . ' I'll ( It. Slow sails the moon through Hummer sky ( Sen Khake peaie , llyion , Muoru and UnniHI , And ho has come to say soodby , For on the morrow ho leturiiH. The farmer's daughter pp.nsivo stand * . With downcuvt eye. and Hushing i-lmek Thu while he holds her freckled luviils And whispers words hl.s heart will spen * f ) . timid mold ! Can ° t thoti think this A mash pro tern , nnd nothing moru A Meeting slimmer dream of bliss ? Alas ! Him has been there before. Once , wlilln yon moon beamed bright abo\- * She lii-ard on thin romantic H U. A prnmlce sweet of endless love And a photograph which cometh not. And hero. In tender tones , u nwttln Said Tlmo would move on wines of leat Until HIM summer oamo again That's Just exactly what he said. And yet flie never .iw him more ! Summer IIBH como. nnd whenIK hoT HP'S mashing on HIP Jprsey shorp- Korstook the mountain for the hea. o blame her not ! Ob , lilnino bur nut , If . , ' m.w with llu-hlm ? cheek o \vur > l of 1'ivion that sweet H | > ot. Smva AumU-rlns ' ' ' " " 're n" Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S.Gov't Report