Nebraska Newspapers

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OKOnOK 11. TKStMHK'K.
Sworn to before mo nnd suh rrlbed In my
preiienre this 4th day of July. 1WI.
( Seal. ) N. 1' . KBIU
Notary 1'iihllc.
Parties j'olnft-out of tlio city for the
summer may have The r.oc sent to llioli
ndilrosH by Icavlni ; ixn order at the
business olllce of thu Hoc. Telephone 238 ,
And tlio list of tliiinocrntk1 i . .
that ri' ] ) illntu ri'iiuilialloii prows froir
day to day.
Cotii ! ] > nriMl wltli tlio di'inoc-ratle defec
tlon tin1 republican bolt sinks to In
Hlgnlflcnnco.
Omalia oxiiei't.st'vory cltl'/.pii to do bis
duty by contributing ills share tinvan
tlio exposition KiibsiTlption fund.
Ilpnry Wnltersmi proclaims for in
compromise with dishonor. Mr. Walter
won evidently Umv what was
when he escaped to Knrope.
How can the sllverltos who pale n
! „ < ; tlio "KiiKllsh" Bold standard rally to :
platform that declares for "Kiifillsh" frei
trade and nn "English" income tax ?
McTvlnley stands squarely on n plat
form that demands the maintenance o
the exIstbiK t 'old standard. No sonm
money man can reasonably ask more.
It Is a jood thins to reprint Bryan'
convention speeeh as often as possible
The more the sober thinking people roai
It the more they will llnd that it con
tains no .substance.
The only paper In New York Git ;
that could be induced to support 1h
Chicago ticket Is a paper whose chio
circulation has been amons people o
questionable repute.
The reception at the city hall to Jacl
MncColl Thursday promises to lie in
.enthusiastic ovation to one of the mos
popular republican candidates who ha
ever asked the suffrages of the peopl
of Nebraska.
Every man who owns a home li
Omaha IH Interested in the uxposltloi
and is expected to become a subscribe
to the stock of the exposition to tli
extent of his means and In proportioi
to his Interest.
And still the free silverltes contlnn
to hold Mexico up as an Ideal ropnblU
although its president has JuHt dlctatei
his own re-election for a lifth term am
Mexico under Dluis practically nude
a dictatorship.
D. Clem Denver may forgive and for
get , but bow can the silverltes of till
district forget that Uryan supported i
gold candidate for congre.In prel'ei
ence to a silver candidate for congms
two years ago.
The Bryanites hail with delight ever ;
announcement that a democratic papc
Is not going to bolt , lint why slionli
Bryan want the support of goldbn ;
papers' . ' Is not his own organ all Ilia
ho may desire ?
AH France celebrated yesterday. Bu
It was In commemoration of the tnkln
of the Bastlle and the founding of 111
French republic and not on account < 1
anything that has recently happenei
on this side of tlio Atlantic.
Candidate Sewall Is reputed to b
the richest man In Maine. But as It i
not always a crime to be rich , that 1
not necessarily against him. The incor
grulty of the situation arises from tit
occupancy of a place on a ticket rest In
on denunciations of wealth anil th
money power.
Count Crelghton ought to be consulte
before that Madison tftjnare garde
Bryan jubilation is delinltely decide
upon. The count Is the. Nebraska men
her of the notification committee an
in all fairness be ought not to be con
pulled to travel so far to tell a horn
candidate that he has been nominate
oMncolnltes are very much distnrbe
over the proposition to have Bryan rt
ct'lve the notification commitUH > in Ne <
York , and also to hnvo Uiis faiujmlg
headquarters theiv. Hut from the 1're
fillvi'r-popullst iwint of view It Is th
thing to uo. The latter party Is stron
In the west and weak and discredits
In the cast. The considerations that In
pel republicans to light hardest In th
west would logically < > anso the denu
pops to Kwk converts down oast. KIi
cola iR'oplo should not be so bclll.su an
unreasonable.
-t rOAT/M.S7' OF li
OMAHA , July W. Tu the Editor of The
5uO : Can you Rive an approxlitmtfl number
f t1if > moti ciiKn o'l ' In hllvor intnlnR who
would bo 1'onofilpd \ > y free silver colrmRO.
nd nlso of tlio men In rannufacturlnR cin-
) loymontsvho vouM be bcnefitetl by a
yrotpctlvo taritr ? K. L. l.OVEJOY.
The census report of 1SH ! ) given the
otal uuinber' ol' persons oinployctl In
nlnlng gold nnd silver In the Tidied
Stated , In 1SS1 > , at ii7.'l07. It does not
separate those oniployod In the mining
if the two metals , but probably about
wo-thlnls of the whole number were
mployed In silver milling , Hlnce then
he production of silver has declined
mil It Is perhaps not far out of the way
o estimate the number now engaged
n sliver mining at liO.OOO.
In ISHO the number of persons cm-
iloyed In the manufacturing Industries
> f the rnlted StntoH was 4.71U. ( tM and
n 1S'.U the number was . " .JUMUxio. It Is
iruhably a fair estimate to place the
uiinbet' of persons now employed In
nanuracturlng Industries atI.IIOO.CKV ) ,
ir I.OIMI.OOO loiis ( linn In the extniordl-
larljy pntsperons year of 1RIK2 , under
the operation of a tariff policy which
fostered American Industries and crea-
: ed a demand for American labor at the.
Highest average rate of wage.s ever paid
In this country.
Thp total wages paid for the mining
) f gold and silver In 188 ! ) was. accord-
lug to the census report , . < ? 40'il'J , U12.
'he wages paid in the mannfacturlnH
Industries In IS'.tO amounted to S'J.liS'J , .
100,000. The amount was much larger
in 1SK ! ! nnd will probably not vary
much for the current year from tliu
figures of six years ago.
It will thus be Been that for ever } '
person employed in the mining of tin.
lireclons metals , who it Is assumed
would be benefited by the free coinage
> f silver , there are not less than seventy ,
live persons employed In Hie mannfac
luring Industries who would corlalnl }
bo benefited by a judicious policy ol
protection which would revive Indus
tries and Increase tlio demand for labor
The free coinage of silver would no
make a demand for n very great mini
ber of additional miners , probably note
to exceed one-third the number nov
employed , and with the enormous sup
ply of Idle labor ii is by no means certain
tain that the wages of mining would bi
materially If at all increased , so tint
the free coinage of silver might provi
of very little benefit to the labor em
ployed In mining that metal. Only tin
mine owners would bo sure of benefit
Ing from it , which they would do to tin
extent of the difference between tin
market value and the coinage value o
the metal. On the other hand , a pro
teclivo tariff policy would , as all ex
perlonce with such a policy has demon
strated , create a demand for all tin
unemployed labor In tlio country , nm
the Inevitable effect of such a domain
would be to Increase the wages of labor
Evidence that such would bo the cffec
is abundant.
There Is absolutely no Round roasoi
for believing that the free coinage o
silver would benefit even those employci
in mining silver , while it Is umpiestlon
able that such a tariff policy as the re
publican party would give the countr ;
would benefit all interests and cspc
chilly Ihe great army of labor employoi
in manufacturing industries. In oompnri
son with which , as the above figure
Hhow , the labor employed In silver in In
ing Is utterly insignificant.
nms s
The published correspondence bptweei
our government and that of Spain las
year makes a moderate volume , and un
donbtedly a careful perusal of it wonli
show that a very large part of it i
made up of fallacious contentions 01
the part of the Spanish govornnien
which It would hardlj have vontnrci
to offer for the consideration of nn ;
other of the great powers. It Is th
duty of one nation to show rospectfii
consideration to the representations o
another , but it is a question wliethe
In tills respect our government has no
been over-considerate to Spain , with re
stilts not only damaging to the Intel
ests of our citizens in Spanish territory
but also to the national dignity. Ther
Is reason to think that the America ]
people would have more respect h
Spain If our government had been les
tolerant of the proverbial Spanish dh
position to quibble ami dally. The tim
Is coming when the United Slates wll
again call upon Spain to make repara
tlon for Injuries suffered by America ]
citly.ens In Culm and It Is to bo hopei
that wo will assert our Just demand
with more of firmness and vigor thai
has been done hitherto. There is n
reason why we should permit ourselvo
to bo trifled1 with by a nation whos
people have manifested toward us enl ;
feelings of unfrlcndllnoss , if not hatred
inn * aiHHihD TIIK i.rrr
What has the city of Omaha to gnii
by keeping the water works in 1h
hands of receivers ? What lias the clt ,
to gain from preventing Hits reorganise
tlon of the water works company by rt
sponsihlo owners with whom Us ollieor
can deal and whom they can rightful ] ,
hold for an honest compliance with tli
terms of its contract ? In other word.-
Whitt has Iho city of Omnlin to gali
from keeping the water works perpetually
ally uniler control of the federal courts
These questions naturally nugges
themselves in view of the action takei
by Iho city attorney , apparently witli
out authority , to prevent the consiimma
tlon of the mortgage foreclosure sal
which promised to put nn end to th
I'.hll'tlng of responsibilities and to plac
the works on n solid foundation in th
hands of men who have the means I
make whatever Improvements are nece >
sury for tlio perfection of ( ho plant an
Its enlargement to meet the growln
demands of the city and its patron *
Those improvements and extensions nr
not likely to bo made if litigation I
Indefinitely prolonged. In any ovem
the city lias no Interest In common wit
tlio holders of watered water ritoc
which the foreclosure proceedings hav
wiped out. That slock never repr
seuted money honestly invested. It wa
Issued by stock jobbers under false pr <
tenses , and the courts by rights should
have placed n weal of coiidomn.itIon
upon the men who engineered the dwin
dle upon credulous investor * .
Issuing ? nooo,000 of stock nnd $1,000-
000 of bonds ujioii a property tlint cost
less than the face of tlio bonds was
In Itself n gigantic fraud. Instead of
countenancing tills fraudulent onpllall-
station the city's Interest lies in ( lie op
posite direction , and any scheme In
tended to delay capitalization on an
actual value basis Is not calculated to
benefit the public.
TIIK IIAl'TISTH Til OMAHA.
The Baptist Young People's union of
America , which begins Its session nl
Milwaukee today , should by all means
be Induced to locate its ISltS convention
at Omaha. This organization Is one of
the strongest church socletos of the
couuliy anil haw representation In every
part of the country. At its mooting In
Baltimore last year there wore In nt-
tendance 10.000 members and friends
and at the present Milwaukee meeting
12.IXX ) . to 1.,000 visitors are expected.
If the IfiilS mooting should be located
hero and given the benefit of the great
Trnnsmississippl Exposition as an at
tractive force , it would without doubt
draw from IH.OOO to 20,000 people.
In fixing upnn the cites where their
conventions are to be bold these organi
zations should keep In mind not only
the missionary work they will accom
plish In the community , but also the ad
vantages the community lias to offer
them. The Baptist Young People's union
cannot , well afford to neglect the edu
cational opportunities which the Trans-
mlssisslppl Exposition Will offer. The
invitation to combine the business of
the 1SD8 meeting with the lesson of
western resources and enterprise whicli
the exposition promises deserves more
than ordinary consideration , especially
when It Is coupled with assurances ol
hospitality and entertainment equal tc
those accorded by other cities.
O.AMJU DRMAXlJiS
If the managers oC the Burlington rail
road will consult their own interests
they will heed the demand of the bus !
ness men of Omaha for a centrally lo
catetl , commodious union depot that wll
accommodate all the railroads that entei
Omaha and at the same time bo access !
bio to all the people who go in and oin
of this city.
The Knrmun street depot site has beoi
pronounced an ideal ito by oniinen
railroad engineers. It is the silo tlur
will best satisfy the patrons of all tin
roads. The Kama in street site , more
over , lias been olliclnlly declared nftei
full discussion and careful Investlgnlioi
by the State Board of Transportation t (
1)0 the proper place for the location of i
union railway terminal station. Whatever
over opposition may have boon niadi
to this site has come from parties h
the immediate vicinity of Mason stree
and does not represent the sentiment o
the great mass of Omalia propert ;
owners , business men , professional mei
or wage workers. Omaha is entitled t <
a union depot commensurate with it
business nnd its position as a railroai
center. It should have at least as HlJ
oral treatment from its railroads as ha
boon accorded St. Paul , Denver am
other western cities where union depot
have been established upon moderi
ideas within the past ten years. In al
those cities union stations are in th
heart of the business area and thereb ;
contribute to the comfort and convon
lence of the general traveling public a
well as of tlio local population.
The Burlington road has beei
specially favored by Omaha and Ne
braska. Hoclprocity is the order of th
day.
TIIK IILIXOJS MAtriFKSTO.
Tlio address of the executive committee
too of tlio honest money democrats o
Illinois , urging another convention fo
the nomination of an honest mono ;
democratic candidate for the presidency
may be expected to result In speedll ;
determining the course of the democrat
throughout the country who are In re
volt against the action of. the Chicagi
convention. As we have lu > retofor <
noted in reference to tills matter , then
Is very decided diversity of opinion ate
to what the sound money democrat
should do. There sire Influential moi
and newspapers who strongly urge tint
the proper course for the democratic
opponents of free silver is to snppor
t'to ' republican candidate , to the em
that his triumph shall bo so decisive am
overwhelming as to forever stamp on
the free silver heresy. Others no les
prominent in democratic councils insls
that It Is essential to the preservntloi
of tim name , the character nnd tHe prln
clples of Iho democracy that anothe
convention Jjo held and a sound mo. - ;
man placed in nomination on a HOIIIII
money platform. There are leader
whoso judgment will have great weigh
in determining the question who liav
not yet spoken , but who will probabl ;
now feel called upon to express ui
opinion regarding the attitude of Hi
Illinois sound money democrats.
It must be conceded that the nrgu
nients for another convention prosontoi
by the Illinois address are forceful. I
Would doubtless have the effect , as 111
address says , of showing that the donm
cratlc revolt against the policy of rt !
pndlatlon and national dishonor Is earn
est and determined and It Is mos
plausibly urged that the fight of th
honest money clement could bo mad
moro effective if It hail a candidate am
a thorough organisation. Without a nev
ticket and a sound money democratl
campaign , SII.VH the address , "Ihe who !
educational force of Hound money dome
crnilo sentiment would bo paraiyxei
from the beginning. " These llllnol
democrats believe , not unreasonably
that more can ho accomplished by donu
era Is than by republicans In kocpliij
democrats In line for honest money
What they aim to accomplish Is Iho dt
feat of tlio rcpudlallonlsts ami the
think this can bo moro surely done by .
third ticket than by leaving lionet-
money dcmoi-ralu free to vote or to n
frnin from voting , us they .shall deoi
best.
best.A
A decision of the question urged upo
the itttentlnn Ttf Ihe democratic oppo-
lonls of th'l'lilcago ? platform nnd can-
lldato Is llkvly > lo be soon reached , in
my event Hid democratic revolt , un-
irocodontei Jii ur polltloaHdMtory , will
contribute materially to republican suc
* ' '
cess. '
Our now , TJII'UOUS contemporary haslet
lot since the Chicago convention told
in anxious.'jiublle of the growing de
fection In lliu'democratic ranks. It has
tad nothing , lo say of the movement
low on foot ; lit South Omaha and In
this city to forrti a sound money league
iniong democrats , which Is to be simply
in organized protest against tlio Chicago
ilalform. There are ut least Ii.M)0 ( )
sound money democrats in Nebraska ;
iver 18.000 voted for Mahoney last year
nn off year. Will these voters follow
the advice of the Now York SunV
As time goes on managers of the State
fair perfecting plans for the exhibit
m a scale of magnificence never before
itlempted in Nebraska. They assure
tlio people that transportation facilities
will bi > such as to meet any possible
loimintls upon passenger and freight
irains. The motor line will be pro-
Hired to carry three times the number
of people it hauled last year. Tills Is
niportaiit. Let all the people know this
fair will be easy of access and the gate
receipts will ho enhanced per cent.
Beports of the Chicago convention In
tlie foreign press are said to have
iroused doubts In-the minds of sober ,
thinking people abroad as to ( he sanity
of the American public. There is one
way to remove this false impression
ffectually. Election returns announcing
Unit the free silver fallacy and the re
pudiation froir/.y lias been overwhelm
ingly rebuked at the polls will restore
us to our proper place in the estimation
of tlio world.
"No man can honestly earn or accu
mulate $1.000,000 in a lifetime. " This
Is one of the cardinal doctrines of popu
lism. Candidate Sewall is reputed to be
worth somewhere ill the neighborhood
of $ l,000 ] , < )00. ) Ho lias amassed this
fortune as a railroad magnate , bank
ing slock investor and ship builder.
How can the populists consistently sup
port Mr. SewallV
Clil cnKo Chronicle ( Jem. ) .
The Kid camllAato favors "carrying tin
war Into Africa. " A good beginning hai
certainly been made In the nomination o
candidates from states that never cast ai
electoral vote for. a democrat.
[ til < lt > by SII- .
, , Np vn York Tribune.
Here are \lio-tn-o platforms :
Hcpuhlluan , - Democratic ,
Protection.Q n e- Free Trnilis , Kitty
hundred-cent Dollars cent Dollars and
lars i.-uil Pros Sawdust !
perity ! , i
A lliiiiilitrit , for ( IrriMilinekiT- ! .
New York Tribune.
John II. McLean never said a truer thlni
than when he declared that "every green
backer is for 'frc'o ' silver. " That is exactl ;
the point. 'Everybody who wants cvcrythlni
for nothlnByls prepared to take half a loa
if he 'can't got'a Whole dne. 'Free slh'cr' ' I
half a loaf. " '
llrutiillty of Itnllrmul Olllcliiln.
Chicago New ? .
The Northwestern road behaved with char
ncterlstlc railroad Intelligence In trylni
to suppress the news of the wreck out li
Iowa in which a score of persons los
their lives. Having killed fifteen or twent ;
people nothing can exceed the anxious watch
fulness with which some railroad manage
nients try to Iterp the newspapers from find
ing out about H.
A Iiip oil Us Kuco.
Minneapolis Journal.
The 16 to 1 cry is a lie on its face. It i
not the commercial ratio and it effectuatei
by flat It will mean the robbing of creditor
of one-half thn money due them. Saving
bank depositors , life insurance policy hold
era , building association investors all sucl
classes of creditors , the masses of tlio pee
pie , will bo among the worst sufferers fron
the 1C to 1 philosophy.
Alone 111 HIM ItNii ] ] ioIiitmitt.
New York Hun.
In this hour of triumph for the popullsti
of Nebraska , when the sky is hidden by thi
Impenetrable capillary Jungles of the frei
silver delogntos , and probably cracked b ;
tlio repercussion of their yawp , every liumani
heart will go out in sympathy to the Hon
Wharton Darker of Philadelphia. Ho slti
alone with his disappointment. He reckon :
up his frustrated hopes ; perhaps ho reckon !
up the expenses of his journey to Chicagi
and of Ills modest retreat thence to his homo
where he lias since been engaged in wrltlnf
his letter of acceptance. If the Hon. Bui
Bryan has as kind a nature as ho ha :
orotund a voice , liu will not neglect to seni
a telegram of congratulation to the Hon
Wharton Barker ,
11 < ! < IH lint Sluir.
Chicago Chronicle ( ilem. ) .
The corrupt "id purchased union of tin
demagogue politicians of the south wltl
the free silver west is what made the Chicago
cage convention and the Chicago platform
Altgcld's disreputables had a hand In tin
mess , hut tlioVaitcs and THImans , tin
Pennoyers and Tellers , fortified by tin
money of the big bonanzas , opened the wa :
for tliu now dogmas of secession , rcpudlattoi
and ruin.
The old drunken , swashbuckling , dead
beating , nigger-chasing , north-hating south
urged on. Its whisky bought and Its fov
other expenses paid by thn silver trust
behind which are sheltered some of tin
most colossal scoundrels unhung , has beet
heard from once moro and for the las' '
time In national convention.
It Is now sobering off , with u head several
oral sizes too-1 largo for Its bat , with Iti
alcoholic valctr ail gone , Its friends allcnat
ed nnd n nuw woman In the form of i
now south afTiffmo waiting , mopstick It
hand , to glvejtho/ old fool a drubbing thai
will last hltiuW ? us " ° I)0. s l ° nB aa 1
lives.
WHAT IT SUSANS.
Tin * Trii > < IiMf'/rilni-NH of tiltOIilriiK"
"
- Moyi'V rimili.
New" York World.
A correspojjtfitt asks us the meaning o
the last clauo if the Chicago frt'o sllvoi
plank. "We iliVfJr such legislation as wll
prevent for tlie. future the demonetization o
'iw&K tender by prlvati
any kind of ' & money
contract. " 'a
It means t U0 "bld > X acl ° f congress , tin
making of coiftfacls providing for payjnen
In a specified'tffftrt ' of money gold contracti
being particularly aimed at. At the presen
tlmo nnd for many years back state and clt ]
bonds and private notes and mortgages an
or have been made payable 1n gold. Tin
object of this Is twofold. It Insures to tin
niun who loans payment of ( he same mono ;
value that ho parts } with , and U enables tin
man who borrows to obtain a lower interes
rata on account of the security given tha
he will "pay In kind. "
The Chicago platform proposes to forbl <
this. H Interferes with the right of prlvati
contract , acceptable and profitable to botl
parties thereto and Injurious to nobody. I
it had been proposed to forbid contracti
whereby a man who borrows 100 bushels o
need-wheat agrees to pay In the same souni
gralu Instead of in wormy buckwheat o
oats and chaff , the Tllbnan style of farmc
would undoubtedly have howled , nut noth
Ing U too bad for the man who loans souni
money and ttlpulatca to bo paid la tu
sumo.
IMlomiKSS or YKI.MW KKYI2II ,
Itrixirtn Treim Culm. Shorr a Vcrj-
tlriivjMottill It ; r.
WASHINGTON , July 14. The mnrlno
hospital bureau Is receiving full reports
of. the progreHS-of the yellow fewr , cholera
nnd small pox epidemics progressing in
various parts of the world. While these
show a heavy mortality for the hot months ,
the ravages are not such ns to cause fear
so far ns this country is concerned. The
last reports from Cuba show that small
pox Is proving moro deadly than yellow
fever. The fever Is epidemic al the seaport
towns where the Spanish troops arc gar
risoned , but the small pox Is virulent
throughout the Interior. A ret-utit letter
from Dr. Camlncro , fulled States sanitary
Inspector at Santiago do Cuba , says there are
2,000 cases In that city which bus 16,000
population. lr. Camlnero says : "There are
tenement houses which contain as many
ns twenty-seven cases. Yellow fever has
decreased somewhat , but will again com
mence Its deadly mission us soon us the
new recruits , announced as coming , being
to arrive. "
In his last letter Dr. Camlnero reports
"small pox has taken n most virulent form
nnd deaths Increase dnily. The dlst-uHe has
taken n malignant character and nil the
cases end fatally at present. Highly per
cent of the small pox canes are non-vaccin
ated colored people , who are completely op
posed to bring vaccinated while the cf > l-
lemlc rages from fear of catching the ills-
ase. The government will make vaccina
tion compulsory and government physicians
will go from house to house. "
Marino hospitals olllelals will strictly enforce -
force the quarantine IIUVH nml thus guard
against the entry of the epidemic to Ameri
can ports. No case of yellow fever has yi't
been reported In the United States nnd Key
West , Fin. , is the only place nfllletcd with
small pox. The reports from there show
twenty-one CUSPS nnd four deaths for the
week ending July 9.
l.nte cholera reports from KRypt nro moro
favorable. The United States commissioner
at Constantinople reports that the disease
Is abating In the Interior of Kgypt. The
Egyptian outbreak has tint yet spread to
any European port. A report nppoarcd hist
week that cases of Asiatic cholern had np-
peared at Unntzlg , Germany. Surgeon Gen
eral Wymnn cabled nt once to Consul General -
oral Kay nt Ilerlln nml In reply received a
cable saying : "False alarm ; not Asiatic. "
Little apprehension Is felt ht-re that chol
era can bo brought to this country from
Kgypt as the trade Is very limited. As n
precaution , however. Consul General 1'on-
flplil at Cairo , acting tinder Instructions from
Washington , has ordered that no invoices
for shipment of rags to the United States
should bo made until thirty days after Iho
cessation of cholera.
Reports concerning the plagues In Canton.
Japan nnd Formosa show that they are
abating.
nil'KlSOMtl ) AX AMK1UCAX CITIXISX.
( iovfriiiuiMit i > r IVrn IN Calli-il On i < >
IMy mi In .If m ii My.
WASHINGTON , July 14. It Is understood
that the secretary of state has Instructed
the United States minister nt Lima to de
mand the prompt settlement of the claim
of Victor II. MacCord , an American citizen ,
for alleged brutul and Inhuman treatment
by the Peruvian authorities. Mr. MacCord's
claim Is for $200,000. While Secretary Olney
docs not specify the amount that should bo
paid in satisfaction of this claim , H Is said
that ho contends that It is a Just and equit
able claim and one entitled to prompt satis
faction.
The claim grows out of the arrest and
Imprisonment of Mr. MacCord by the Peru
vian authorities In 1885 while lie was acting
ns superintendent of a railroad at Arequlpa.
There was n revolution in progress at the
time. Through the alleged perfidy of the
engineer of a train conveying troops on the
road of which MncCord had charge It was
delivered into the hands of the revolution
ists. MacCord was Immediately Imprisoned
and word was sent to htm to arrange hie
affairs , ns an order had been Issued tc
shoot him within an hour. Ho was marched
out to the pnradn grounds before j file ol
soldiers armed with rifles and asUed If lit
wished to say anything before being shot
Ho wae. however , saved by friends am
transferred to another prison. Ho was re
leased after several days of Intense suffering
as a result of harsh treatment and was com
pelled to pay a line of $7,500.
AXOTIII'MI AVIDKI ) IMjAGI'KS '
Mii.stard \ < > rr n Itlval of < ln
HllKNlllll TIllHtlO.
WASHINGTON , July 14. American farm
ers may be confronted with the danger ol
another troublesome weed , somewhat simi
lar to the noted Russian thistle In Its de
structive extent , unless immediate steps are
taken to check the further progress of tum
bling mustard. Tumbling mustard has been
most obnoxious ns a weed in the Canadian
northwest piovinces during the past live
years and recently has been reported from
nine different localities In the United States ,
Its record in Canada and the rapidity with
which it has already spread theiT ; have ac
tuated the Agricultural department to Is
sue a special warning for prompt action.
So far the weed has been confined to a
small area In this country. It Is usually
Introduced In baled hay , poorly cleaned
seed , stock cars or sweepings from grain
cars. It Is especially to bo found in timothj
seed , a large proportion of which Is grown
In the Sioux valley of the eastern part ol
South Dakota. Tlie weed has not yet In
fested this valley , but the statement Is
made that If It should spread In these fields
for two consecutive years It would probably
ruin the timothy seed Industry of the entire -
tire section. Various methods for complete
eradication nro urged In the warning.
piMMiCTio.\ ciium : jM'
Annual Output KmIn MXCCMH ( if ( In-
I'ri'VlniiN Yi'iii'N.
WASHINGTON , July 14. Thn total pro
duction of crude petroleum in the Unl'1
States In 1S95 was 52,98(5,520 ( barrels , value.il
at $ r.7C91.279 , ncainst 48,344,518 barren in
the previous year , valued at $35,622,0 ! ' ! ) .
Sia statistics are complied for the geologln ;
survey by Kxpcrt Joseph D. Weeks. All
Important producing districts xhured in the
increase , except West Virginia and Nv
York , which showed slight deci-cuac. ! ,
Since the beginning of operations In Tltuia-
vllle , I'a. , In 1S59 , thn mormons total ol
709,713,403 barrels of crude petroleum have
been produced in the country , t vJilcli 515-
057,200 bnrrela represent the product of the
Pennsylvania nnd New York oil Holds.
The stocks In the Apalnchlan oil field at
the close of last year were 5,3. ) ! ) , 731 barrels ,
a decrease from 5,499,880. the stock on hand
at the close of the preceding y. ar. The fea
ture. * of the year were tli utoclt decrcanc.
the Increase of production In Ohio , Indiana
nnd California , rise of prices and vxtcnHlon
southward of the profitable producing dis
tricts In the Apalachlan range.
Slrll.-cx Hid'U-M In tli - HI.
WATI3UTOWN , N. V. , July ll.-Tho
HUmmboat llamo , from nuffnlo , loaded with
grain , HtrucU a rock at the narrows , near
HrocUvllle. Canada , In the St. Luwn-nco
river toduy and sank In sixteen feet of
wutcr. The crew wan rescued by the
Htenmer Kmplro Btnto. Tlie schooner Cel
tic alxo struck the rocka nml Is leaking
badly. _ _
TIIH Hll'1.13 IX TIIR IIAI.r. .
Journal.
From thB dtys of lioono nnd ICenton ,
In "Tliu Dark and Hloody around. "
To the ilnyM whim hoiiii-H and gurdcnu
In the liHie-graBs laud abound ;
Sliicm It cent lib leaden mfsaengei-s
To bring HIM Hiivage down ,
We have bleHsed the good old rillo
Of Keiiluc'lty and renown. _ _
It Is long nnd grim and niHty ,
And out of < lati < Its lock ,
And tarnished are ita mountings
In brnH upon linstock ;
Hut wo IOVH tim ancient weapon
HratlnK high against Iho wall
That old Kentucky rllle
On the iHH'khorna In the hall.
Jiy the date nnd letters given
On Its butt wn understand
That our grandslro was Its nututer ,
And In lila Hturdy hund
It cleared the way for progress ,
Thro' many n savaijii fray.
To wberu 'tis dumbly hanging
On thu buckhorns there today. ,
Thro' trial and the wilderness ,
His faithful Kimnl and guide.
'Twiia rht-rishrd by that hardy BOUI ,
And 'twas his boast and pride.
Now , 'mong the rich bequests ho left ,
Thn dearest of them all
la the long Kentucky itllo
On the bUL-khoruH In thu hall.
riir.13 SIIA'KH UKMOCUAUV.
Hrpulillonii 1'rrKN Comment tin I'lnt-
toriu nml TluUct.
Not I'o M1i ! Tliln Vcnr.
St. Lculli GlolM-lXiinucrat.
No party has ever yet succeeded 111 this
country on a platform favoring repudia
tion and spoliation , und there Is no rpaftoii
to suppose that such a tblng Is possible
this year.
OtK Devil * .
I'tillailclpliln Inquirer.
H Is told that about 2,000 years ago devils
were cast out of n certain man , who there
upon entered a herd of swine , and the
Bwlno ran rapidly down Into the sen nnd
were choked. H seems to us that this Is
the condition of the new democratic party.
They are possessed of devils nnd arc rush
ing headlong to destruction , .
All KnuiUiiitiil Mnti.
ItiifTnlo Kxiircfs.
Their candidate will be found ns unfit for
the duties of chief executive ns their plat
form Is unworthy of civilization , and to
gether they will go down Into the deep of
the world's contempt , and In n , few immtlm
will bo forgotten , save ns curious develop
ments of the vagaries of politics. For the
present nothing but the devilish Intent 1-iuU
of their folly saves convention , platform
and candidate from uncxtlnguUhablu laugh
ter.
Deadly Clinrm.
New York Mull nnd MxpreM.
Ilrynn Is an earnest man and an effective
orator , with the advantage born ot an en
thusiasm that goes with youth. Ilttt he Is
not loss a demngogue , nnd In the more dan
gerous bceatiso of the undoubted gifts with
which niituri ! has blessed or cursed htm.
His Is the charm of the serpent , the
fragrance uf the deadly upas alluring but
fatal alike to friend nnd foo. lie IB a star ,
which has risen only to set.
I'lio CIIIMof ( In * Conn try.
ChloBBo TlincB-lIrrnM.
An eminent American statesman once said :
"The curse of this country Is eloquent moil. "
In n certain HCIISO the sense In which the
speaker meant It this Is true. Glib sougiieu
"
and flowing rhetoric too often bring "into
public prominence men who arc but shallow
thinkers and dangerous guides. It Is not the
man of flowing speech who is the henvcn-
born leader , but the man of executive mind
and hand.
The Nntiiriil Outromc.
Sioux City Journal.
Mr. Drynn's nomination Is the natural
net of a body of men which for 0110 long
week has shut out deliberation , and ex
hibited nothing hut n scries of emotional
paroxysms. Ho himself was conspicuous In
some of these. They innilo him the nominee.
It would have been Impossible to nominate
him In any other kind of a convention. It
would have been Impossible to nominate
him In any other democratic convention that
ever sat. It would have been Impossible
to nominate him If this hud been a demo
cratic convention.
Ulcerous Kliiiiiii'lnl Fulls.
Jllnnoiipolis Journal.
All the ulcerous financial fads of the
century have headed up Into one big malig
nant pustule nt Chicago and the patriotic
duty is to destroy that pustule to save the
whole republic. The country cannot have
a return to national prosperity until the
malignant tissue Is excised. As the free
silver element Is massing Us entire strength
from all parties and Is staking all upin the
issue , the republican party must meet the
exigency with old-guard firmness and enter
Into this conflict against repudiation with
the magnificent energy nnd patriotism it
displayed In the great campaigns of 18GO
and 18C4.
I.lko a "Wot lIlniiK-ct.
ImllanaiHjIts Journal.
The nomination of Bryan falls dead In this
city. Forty-eight hours ago not one-third
of the democratic voters of Indianapolis had
over heard of William J. IJrynn. They did
not know that there was such a person in
the world. Since his nomination many oi
them are calling him llryant. The platform
meets with the approval of few intelligent
democrats. Indeed , there are Indications
that a ticket made up of well known demo
crats on a Bound-money platform would poll
half of the democratic vote of IndlnnapoIlK ,
perhaps moro. There are men Inclined tc
free silver who are opposed to the heresies
of Herr Most.
Duly of Sound .Money DrniorratN.
CIllCHKO POht.
In the presence ot such n distortion ol
democratic principles and policy It becomes
the duty of sound money and conservative
democrats to organize to preserve the party
name and honor from Just Ignominy and
shame. They must make their protest at
public as the distortion of democratic ; princi
ples has been vociferous and notorious ,
They must publish their protest to the
world. They must make the renewal of theh
loyalty to all that is honest , sacred and
established in the history ot their party sc
clear nnd unmistakable that the whole world
may know that It was a populist wolf that
was masquerading in the skin of democracy
at Chicago in the year 189G.
ComiinrlnoiiH Art * OilioiiH.
Cleveland leader.
From Tllden to Bryan ! From Napoleon tc
General Coxey , from alabaster to mil 1 , fron :
a lion to a tree ! o.vl , Iru.n an eagle to a buz
zard , from the sun in the heavens to the
Jack-a-lantern of the swamps.
From Jackson to Hrynn ! Jack'jon , w'hc
swore Illco a sailor , who fought In the pub
lic streets , and who smoked a corncob pipe ,
but who was honest as far as ho went , wl-o
had dignity a.ud character , and who v > 'iis a
patriot If over there was one. Yes , nnd
from Jefferson to Bryan ! Where Is ihere a
democrat who can couple these two immca
and then restrain his passion nnd profanity ?
Wo congratulate the various and varied
nincompoops who nominated Uryan. Ho la
a man after their own model.
] lel > iiNi.l mill A'felfiiiM ,
riillaili-liililu 1'rcB.i.
The platform In every vital part ap
peals to everything that Is low and de
based and vicious In human nature. In
Its moral quality and In Its public policy
It bespeaks the moat lawless. Irresponsible ,
Incendiary group of besotted leaders whu
have ever been thrown to the surface even
In the worst paroxysms of American dema-
goglsm. It matters little what nomination
comes out of such n convention. It Is Im
possible to recognize any serious distinction
among the mediocre aspirants who compete
for Its honors. No public man with any real
self-respect or any just scnsu of public
responsibility would stand on Hitch a shamu-
losfi platform. It rs to the credit of tha old
democratic leaders that not one of them Is
named as a candidate.
Olil IvucliT TliriiNt ANII | | > ,
Minneapolis Trliiiirie.
It Is usually the unexpected which hap
pens. Bland , the father of the free hllver
craze , was acknowledged to bo the logical
candidate. For a whole generation ho ban
boon working up the agitation which finally
culminated In the Chicago delirium. Doles
of Iowa had substantial claims , and the
friends ot Senator Teller ilcemod tlu nomi
nation his by virtue of a conspiracy filtered
into with the free silver senators lo i1lnrupt
the republican party In the Interest of the
white metal. Yet all these men vero thrunt
aside and the nomination given to u boy
from Nebraska , who was har.lly out of
swaddling clothes when the gentlemen to
whom the prize legitimately bolonij'jd wr < ro
bearing the heat and burden of tlio mis
sionary work In behalf of the naw gospel.
Such 1s the Ingratitude ot "reform" n.o\o-
mcnts.
DtMrii > vltli TreiiHou.
New Ytirli fommerclul Ailn-rtlncr.
When the cannon shot of treason l.nojUed
at the gates of Sumter hundreds of thou
sands of men forgot that they were demo
crats and remembered that they were Ameri
cans. Now , when all the ulltm and abhor
rent forces of this coxmopolitalu republic
am banded together for robbery and riot
under the fiery flag of the comrnuno and tha
leadership of demagogues who disgrace the
American name when thu once great demo
cratic party has sold Itself to anarchy for
thirty pieces of Hllver and forsaken every
tradition and principle that gave It cohesion
or standing when not merely the honesty ot
our dollars , but the stability of our insti
tutions , the authority of our highest tri
bunals and the safeguards of order and
society are threatened by revolt as danger-
ou4 as the uprising of the sluvo power a
third of a century ago. the sons of the wai
democrats of 18C1-C5 stand facing a duly
whlclt they cannot cvAdo without cownrdlca
nor shirk without nlmnio ,
All Arc AVHeomp.
Cincinnati Commeralnl-Trlbuna.
To the bewildered , buffeted nml home-
lew democrats who love their country , Hnrt
who esteem Us honor above all olsc wo
point ns a safe haven to the wide swinging
djjrs of another pnrty , above which are
emblazoned the words , " .McKlulry. the
Nation's Honor , and I'rosporlty lor All Men.
Welcome. "
The Duly of < 1ic Hour.
New York Tribune-
The nomination of such n man brings the
true Issue before the country with startling
distinctness , The elements capable of giv
ing to such a man fiOi ) votes In a dimocratla
national convention can bo trusted lor one
thing only to ruin this country with aston
ishing rapidity If they ever get power to
vulo U. The most dangerous are not the
rascals who profess anything for the Baku
of olllce , and want olUce ns n chftuee to sell
their convictions. The thoroughly ninrvro
ami determined cntlntslaats. whose family
for believing Is so stupendous that the > Ma , j
go wild over Dr > nn'ft assertions , cannot bo S
reached by reason , ami ran only bo crushed
by overwhelming majorities. It la to the
honor of many democratic Jmnimls that they
did not need this eminently suitable uomttm.
tlon to cause them lo bolt. From this tlmo
on. the chief duty of every tmid rltuen ,
whatever his polltic.il assoiiations HI the
past. Is to make overwhelming and dcclsivo
the defeat of the Jacobin candidate ) by Mo-
Kinlcy and Hobort.
Klltor'i Siren * < IIIIK lo riilmr.
St. 1'nul Plonrni 1'ri'Hi
The swindling aham of silver monometal
lism strutted Its wild hour ot sound and
fury on the stage at Chicago In all the
innska with which Its faltlr promoters have
over > where sought to disguise the Im.l
reality. It was not enough that It borrowed
the title of bimetallism , while boldly re
pudiating what all blmctalllsts concede lo
be the only menus by which bimetallism Is"
attainable international ugreumont but
here as elsewhere It sought to disguise Its
Impudent attempt to levy the tribute of Its
gigantic confidence game on the masses it
the American people by the audacious pretense -
tense that silver monometallism IB In tha
ItitoreEt of the masses. This was tl.e thcmo
of Mr. Bryan's speech to the convention.
In every form hi which the idea coull bo
presented lie maintained that to legtslata
for free coinage of silver was to IcgHlito
for the masses against the classes , for the
poor against the rich. Never was del-mlo.i ,
if It is only delusion , more grouu Jlest.
Never was falsehood , If It is only fnlsc-
hood , so directly contradictory of all the
facts of human experience. H Is seldom
that nn economic error so mischievous Is
capable of such conclusive demonstration of
Its fallacy.
mi : 1101,1 , OK IIOMMI.
H.itciil of tin * Deiuoerntle llevnlt
AmiliiHt HiMHiillul Ion null Iliilu.
The Bee published yesterday a list of
thirty-nine democratic newspapers that hod
repudiated the Chicago platform and Uekot.
Three great divisions of the country , north ,
east and south , were well represented , lint
the list was Incomplete. Kvery hour adds
to the number. So rapidly are they rallyIng -
Ing to the standard of honest money and
prosperity that It Is dlfllcult to keep a cor
rect record of the mighty revolt In the
democratic ranks.
The additions since Monday and Tuesday
to the list bring the total up to seventy *
eight , as follows :
AUSTIN. TEX. Statejman.
BOSTON. MASS. Globe , Herald , Post.
BALTIMOUK , WD. Sun. News.
BUFFALO , N. Y. Courier , Inqulrlr.
BROOKLYN , N. Y. Ragle.
nRHXJEI'OUT. CONN. Evening Farmer.
BBNN1NGTON. VT. Reformer.
CHICAGO , ILL. Chronicle , Stnats.
Zoltung , Abcnpost.
CHARLESTOWN , W. Va. News.
CHATTANOOGA , TENN. Times.
COLUMBUS. GA Dispatch.
DALLAS. TEX. News.
DETROIT. MICH. Free Tress.
DAVENPORT , LV Democrat.
ELIZABETH. N. J. Herald , Democrat.
EASTON. PA. Express.
FITCHBURG , MASS. Mail.
GALVKSTON. TEX. News.
HOLYOKE , MASS. Free Press , Journal.
HARTFORD. CONN. Times.
JERSEY CITY. N. J. News.
KEY WEST. FLA. Equator. Democrat
LOUISVILLE , KY. Courier-Journal ,
Times , Post , Anznlgcr.
LEWISTON , ME. Sun.
LOWELL. MASS. Times. Star.
LEXINGTON , KY. Herald.
LA CROSSE. WIS. Chronicle.
MANCHESTER , N. H. Union.
MOI1ILK. ALA. Register.
MACHIAS. ME. Union.
MILWAUKEE , WIS. Journal , Sceboto.
NEWARK. N. J. News.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. Picayune , States.
NEW YORK CITY Sun , Times , Herald ,
Evening. Post , Staats-Zeltuhg , Irish-Amer
ican.
NASHVILLE , TENN. Banner.
NEW HAVEN , CONN. Register , News.
PHILADELPHIA , PA. Record. Times.
PORTLAND , ME. Eastern Argus.
PROVIDENCE , R. I. Journal , Bulletin.
PETERSBURG , VA. Index-Appeal.
RICHMOND , VA. Times.
SALEM. MASS. Nows.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. Argus-Lea 1-r.
ST. PAUL , MINN. Globe.
ST. LOUIS , MO. Anxclgor des Wterns. .
SPRINGFIELD. MASS. Republican
SYRACUSE , N. Y. Herald. Courier
SIOUX CITY , IA. Tribune.
TROY , N , Y. Press.
TRENTON , N. J.Times. .
UTICA. N. Y. Observer.
WASHINGTON. 1) . C. Times.
WILMINGTON , DEL. Every Evening.
YONKERS , N. Y. Gazette.
l-MttXV IIUSIMSSS.
Harper's Uaznr : Shc-Don't you Ilkp to
stand on the shore and ln-ar the cornet
played out on thu water' . '
Ho Yes ; the further out the bettor.
AYoonsoekot Reporter : She-How provok
ing this Is ! I've been waiting nn hour for
Hit YI-H ; but yoii shouldn't get Impatient.
Remember It's been out nearly all night
Philadelphia Record : "You kin talk about
"
yer gold standard an * yer silver eurrimuy.
Hays Rolllngstoim Nomoss. "but wet ells
hero country needs Is rubber money , JUt
oughtcr go de fardust. "
Cincinnati Knaulier : First Chum I'll
never speak to that Fred Bumpon again ,
Ho had the audacity to back out of tha
parlor the other night throwing kisses at
111 ( *
Second Chum-Why , thn heartless oreu-
turo ! And you right there within reach I
Town Topics : Ella Did Frert propose last
night '
Htaj ] | really don't know ; I fell nslocp
about 1 o'clock.
" 'Weren't , *
Harlem Life : you surprise
when he proposed ? " "No. Why should I
| jo ? " "Everybody else was.
Detroit Free Press : "Why , Kiln. I heard
that you fell ilown a Might of Mtalrs tha
' "
other day ! Weren't you burl'
"Not a bit. You sen , I full into a bargain
basement. "
"Washington Slur : "On wus t'lni ? 'bout
er bilious man , " said Unelo Kbc-n , 'Is dnt
he'll lather make somebody fluemU'lilu dim
ter git uured hisMo'f. "
Indianapolis Journal ; "Money to burn ?
Dear , no , " said onn who knew him ot
whom they spokn. "Far Imyond that Ha
has money to buy lee. "
Detroit Free Press : Extravagant Hon -Of
course , I keep a running account at my
I'rae'lical Father Running nreouniv Ho
lulls mo that it has liuuii Blandlnx- for eigh
teen months.
Btuttewli
Harper's Haznr : A man w'lio
badly wont to uunsult a Hiierlullst ubout liUl
ulllletlon. The expert nhk.-d :
"Do you stutter nil Iho time ? '
"No-n-n-no. " replied the sufferer "ll
only when 1 t-t-t-lalk.
s-s-stu-t-t-t-ter
A LATKTTvKRBION ,
\S'm > Wnicl n Htur.
Th shades of night were falling fast
And oYr ft man tJu'lr gloom was east ,
Who. carrying the banner , panned ,
"Freo Silver or Html1'
Quoth he. "I'll climb at any cost ! "
The public cried , "Look out for frostl"-
Hut In reply tht-sw words h tossed , .
"Free Silver or Uust. "
Alas , how often people must
Discover that ( hey vainly trust !
Homo KOt fieo tillvur. Ho got Juat
the "lluau"