T11J8 OMAHA DAILY rMflE : 1THIPAY , MAY 28 , 1807. TIIE OMAIIA DAILY It nOSKWATKn , Editor. rtiut.tsuED MOHNINO. TEP.M3 OF SUUSCIUPTION. n ( Without Sunday ) , One Year. . . .18 00 D&lly Itee and Sunday , Una Year , . S 00 Bit Month ! . . . . . 400 Three Month . . . 3 00 Hun.lsf lice , On Yc r . , . . , . > 00 Hntnniay lice , One Year . 1 & 0 t\V > e ! < l > - lice , On0 Year . , . . . . . & OFKlCKfll Omaha ! The. rice tlullilliiK. . _ . Boutli Omaha : Sinner Illk. , Cor. N ntid JUh SU. Council Illuffs : 10 I'ent I Street. Chicago Oince : 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York ! niom 13. II and IS. Tribune Illdft ' \Vnililngtoni toi Fourteenth Street COItllKSl'ONnnNCE All communications relating to nen and edi torial matter shuulcl bo ad < troiii d : To the Editor. All Ijtulness letter * nnJ remlttnncc nhould be ( MroBseJ tr The llee ruhlKhlnn Company , Omnha , Drafta , checks , txprcsa nnd po toITIc money order * to be miulo payable to the order of th company. THU IJKB I'UnUSlitNO COMPANY. STATIMUNT OF CIHCW.ATION. Btate of Ncbrankn , OouRlns County , B ! George 11 , Tzschuck. Secretary of The Hee pub- lUhlnc company , being duly sworn , iiys tlmt tlw nctual numlwr of full and complete copies of The Daily Morning , nvenlng and Kunday lice printed durlnc the month ot April , 1SS7. was us follows : 1 . 20.222 16 20.0 < 3 t . 20.2T.I 17 20.133 3 . : o.41G in 20.C13 4 . 20ro | 9 20.0S9 B . ro.ina 20 20.C4J 6 . 20.0M SI 21,103 T . 20.138 22 20.051 * . 20,101 a 20.om a . 20.12S 24 20.1C2 10 . 20,199 25. , M.WS 11 . tn.coo M. . in.930 12 . 20.0SO JT 20,030 13 . 20.111 2H 20,231 14 . 20.047 20 Z0.11S 15 . 20.0M 50 20,21 ! Total . C07.C6Z Lccs deductions for unsold nnd re turned copies . 10,321 Total not sales . CM.733 Vet dally average . . . 19 S91 ononnn n. TZSCHUCIC. Sworn to before me , and subscribed In my refi-nre , this 3d day of May , 1S07. ( Sent. ) N. V. FEtU Notary Public. PAUTIKS I.HAVIMJ I.'Oll TII12 SUMMBIl Icnvliip flip cly ( for tlio Hitiiiiiior cim linvu Tin : Hop Honf to tlii'iii rcKiilnfly liy notifying Tin ; Hce Ituxl- IIOXN ollloo In iirrioii or liy mull. The nililroninlll lie tiliiiiiKo.il UN often IIH ilt-Hlrcil. Isn't It nbout time for nnotliur ollldul Announcement from Woylor that Cuba lias been perfectly paclllcd. Unlike tlie opening of the Jackpot , tlio openhi } : of the tarllt discussion Is not necessarily an Indication of progress In the play. It Is stated on good authority tlmt the proposed Increased tax on lii-er will not be pressed. The prossliiK will bu leCt for the wine. And now it Is Great Hrltalu which Is employing the hand of steel and the silken Rlove In dealing with the eastern question. The rapidly Increasing use of kites by the weather bureau ought to open a new field of pleasurable Industry for the small boy. It Is said the llourbons never learn anything. The ruling dynasty In Spain Is about as near the typical Uourbon us they come. If Great Britain does abandon the con cert of powers will the Io.ss of the Brit ish voice in the ! chorus be noticed ? The serious accident to a hayrack party across the river lends a now terror tea a pastime of which the casualties here tofore have been chielly of a sentimental kind. The Russian who wants to murder the cznihi order to be hanged like other heroes must have gotten hold of ono of the old regulation American yellow back dime novels. Silver quotations have gotten down below the CO-ceut mark again. How to account for this without some new crime or conspiracy must puzzle-and perplex the free coinage tlatists. The discovery In Omaha of another sacred jlnko tree suggests the atlvls- ability of the Immediate organization of a Jlnko Tree club for the mutual ad miration and congratulations of its members. "Silver and Anti-Machine" is the head ing tlmf Is to appear on the olliclal ballot over one of the judicial tickets soon to be voted on In Chicago. It will be in order for Hryau to repudiate such a combination. In a small town in South Dakota the three saloons are owned , controlled and personally managed by the mayor , mar shal and clerk respectively , and clti/.ens not holding otllce are not encouraged to enter this branch of trade. The sultan Is ascertaining for the first time by experience the dangers of sub mitting to public interviews. The time- tried statesman prepares what he wants to say for publication and gives It out In carefully revised typewritten form. The reason why the Greek fleet neg lected its opportunity of bombarding Balonlca has now been made plain by the explanation of a Greek minister that Ills countrymen wore restrained only by regard for the Christian Inhabitant's of that city. Factories , mills and Institutions that Slvo largo employment to working men and working women are what make great cities. Kvury manufacturer who manifests a disposition to locate In Omaha should be given all reasonable encouragement to do so. The French authorities having Insisted upon Ambassador Porter paying his re spects to President Kaure In the Freneh tongue , It would seem that United States representatives abroad will be reiinlred hereafter actually to speak ( ho otllclal language of the court to which they are pent _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The World-Herald appears to be ex cruciatingly worried because Nebraska republicans nre showing a disposition to harmonize on-lines long ago laid down by The llee. The only hope of the upoHs-limitlng fusion combination for which the World-Herald professes to npoaU , lies In talcing advantage of republican dissensions uud TllK The remedy of thp popocrnla for busi ness depression and the only one thny suggest , Irt a Cheaper dollar than we now have that Is , a dollar of less purchas ing power. They urge that the great neetl of the country Is more moiic , not withstanding the fact well known to the more intelligent of them that there nro hundreds of millions of dollars of Idle ? money In thu United States and that the rate of Interest on good security lias never been lower than now. It Is true that In some portions of the country there Is scarcity of currency , but that Is due cblelly to want of the credit necessary to obtain money. Wherever this credit exists there Is no ( lllllciilty In obtaining all the money required In legitimate business. The trouble with our money , however - over , In the view of the popocratf , Is that It buys too much. They want a dollar that will exchange for loss of the products of the farm and the factory than the gold standard dollar and at the same time go Just as far In paying for labor as the latter. They want a de preciated dollar as measured by all eom- modltkv ; except labor. In his speech In the senale on Tuesday Mr. Vest men- tinned as one source of evil that our workers arc paid on a gold basis and come Into competition with those paid on a silver basis. This sounds like an echo from the last campaign , when Mr. Teller and the other free silver advo cates urged that American manufac turer would sooner or later realize that they could not pay for their labor on n gold basis and successfully compete with silver countries like .lapan. The position wasunsound then and Is equally so now. The mass of American workers compote with those who are paid on a like basis , though not so well paid. As to the Japanese bogy It cannot be used any longer , for four months Hence that coun try will have the gold standard. Of course these people who talk about mote money nnd mean depreciated money are talking for the free coinage of silver. They are keeping up the sil ver agitation. They profess to believe that there can be no prosperity under the gold standard and they are prepared to obstruct all efforts looking to a restora tion of prosperity. They know that the country has been greatly prosperous under the gold standard when It had a judicious tariff policy , yet they are op posing a return to that policy. "More money" Is their demand. Is It necessary , after all the discussion the money ques tion has received , to repeat that free silver would not give the country more money , but only debased money ? Docs not everybody remember how gold lied the country and'went into hiding before the presidential election ? Today this gold is available as readily as any other money. Can any rational man believe that this would be the ease If the party of free silver which means silver mono metallism , a silver standard had been successful In the election ? Every dollar of gold would have been driven out of circulation had free silver been vic torious last November , contracting the supply of money to the extent of from $ , 500.000,000 to $1500,000.000. It is not more money that the country needs , but conditions that will invite the Investment of idle capital aiid make a market for all the labor or the country. When these conditions are fully attained there may be a legitimate demand for more money and if so It Avill bo met , but not by the. adoption of a policy of currency debasement which could re sult only in financial and business' de moralization and ultimate disaster to all interests. OMAHA yitoM /r/j.i/yr/r S According to the vital statistics of the last census , Just issued from the fed eral census bureau , from a health stand point Omaha holds the place at the top of the list of American cities. Of the twenty-eight cities In the country In IS'.IO having a population over 100.000 , the four having the lowest death rates In their order are : Omaha , O.-l.'t ; Minne apolis , l.'J.ni ; St. Paul , 14.SS ; St. FouK lt.r ! > 0. The death rate given for Chicago Is ID.O.'i , while of European cities of magnitude the lowest Is that of Not tingham , Ki.no , which Is the same as for St. Louis. This Is a most excellent sliowing for Omaha and ought to result in wide spread adveitislng of Omaha as among the most healthy cities of the world. Allowing liberally for possible crroit ) in tlio death statistics and also for exag geration of population , the result would still leave Omaha In an enviable posi tion. Compared with other American cities whose vital statistics are similarly imperfect , the relative death rate would remain the same although they would probably not stand quite so well be- sldo those of European cities where the figures are absolutely accurate within an Inappreciable margin , Equally Important is the fact that Omaha's death rate has , If anything , .been lowered for- the years since the census enumeration of 1S ! ) ( ) . People who want to llvo long and enjoy life tea a good old ago should locate In Omaha wheto they can have the benefit of the lowest death rate In the United States. iw.s'/mjVT\s ; / oir/w OK HKMOVAI , . The supreme court of the United States has decided that the president has power to remove a federal olllcer not withstanding the law fixing the olliclal term at four years. In other words tin ? constitutional prerogative of the presi dent cannot be abridged by legislation- . The chief executive being responsible for the. proper administration of the public service.It Is obviously necessary that he luivo authority to remove from Iho serv ice any otliclal who does not faithfully and elllclently perform Ills ilutles. To exempt Incompetent or unrallhfir oTu-ors from removal , on the ground that they were appointed for a term of years , would be against the interest of good government , and while It Is true that the power of removal Is Miseeptlble of abuse there can 1m ho question that It Is essen tial. tial.Thoro There netii bii'-nt ) apprehension that President McKluley will exercise this power except In'aii entirely proper anil legitimate way. Ue baa ywrnltted It to bo understood that those who \\cre ap pointed to public otllce under thu pre ceding administration and who , nro properly performing their duties will be allowed to remain until the expiration of their terms ami tlicie U no reason to expect , that then ; will bo any departure from a practice which has been recog nized by both republican and democratic administrations , Hut the president's pouer of removal Is unrestricted. SOJ/K COXSTI'fUTlUJAI So far as Nebraska Is concerned there are sovoial constitutional obstacles In tin ; way of the newly launched pet project of Governor l.ecdy of Kansas for thu construction of a north and south railroad with the states and municipali ties through which It passes holding the majority of the slocks and bonds. In thu first place , article xll of the Ncbrabka stale constitution reads as fol lows : No city , county , town , precinct or other subdivision of the state elmll ever become n subscriber to the capital Block , or owner ot such stock or any portion or Interest therein , of any railroad or private corporation or as sociation. The state too will have to bo counted out of any public ownership rail way schemi ! , at least until the constitution Is changed. That In strument specllios the objects for which state indebtedness may be In curred , and the. building of railroads is not included In the enumeration. It also .specific. * ) the securities in which state trust funds may be invested , and neither railroad stocks nor railroad bonds sire named In the list. Finally , section It of artlclu xiv of the constitution of Ne braska provides : The credit of tlio state shall noter bo given or loaned In aid ot any individual , association or corporation. The proposed north nnd south railroad Is doubtless a good thing- and an enter prise that deserves encouragement , but the idea of building and operating It at the expense of all the states along Its ro'ute will have to bo discarded. .1 STATKfMAX'S WHITS. No man In the United States has a better claim to the respectful at tention and the confidence of his country men than lion. George F. Edmunds. lie Is a great lawyer , he distinguished him self as a statesman during a long serv ice In the national senate and his patriot ism is unquestionable. The views of such a man on current events are en titled to the most serious consideration. Mr. Edmunds was ono of the speakers at the banquet given in Philadelphia last Saturday evening to Hon. Wayne Me- Veagh , ex-ambassador to Italy , and he referred to the Cuban and Hawaiian questions. In regard to tne proposed rec ognition of Cuban belligerency , he said that the next logical step to such action would be the annexation of the island and the formation of one or more states out of Its territory. "lie. naturally ex pressed the strongest repugnance , " says thu Philadelphia Record , "to the admis sion into the union as states of a politi cal community which would have at its top a tobacco and sugar planting aris tocracy and at its base an Ignorant popu lation two-thirds of whom cannot read their own native language. " In regard to the proposed annexation of Hawaii , with a population nine-tenths of which is In capable of self-government , Mr. Ed munds said that it would be still worse than the acrjuisltlon of Cuba. In either case annexation would be inconsistent with the welfare of the American re public. This is the opinion of a man whose smypathy Is undoubtedly as strongly with the Cuban cause as that of any American , but who is able to consider the matter dispassionately and with reference wholly to what is wisest and best for ills country. Ho sees the Inevi table ! tendency of such action as that of the senate in adopting the belligerency resolution and lie perceives the dangers and ditliciiltlos that would certainly con front this country if it should adopt the course which jingoism would pre scribe. He would place nothing in the way of Cuban independence , but lie \\ould have this country adhere to its traditional policy and stand aloof from the conlllct. Hawaiian annexation would bo worse than the acquisition of Cuba If for no other reason than the re moteness of the former territory , but In either case we should have to deal with people who are unfitted for self-govern ment and who would undoubtedlycause endless trouble. The views of Judge Edmunds should have influence In WashlngtoiKaud upon public sentiment generally , for they are the nnprojudlcodvlcws of an able , ex perienced and patriotic statesman , rather than of a politician anxious for notoriety and popular applause. With the approach of the commence ment season the advisability of abolish ing the senseless and pernicious custom of showering the graduates with floral offerings Is again suggested. This prac tice is altogether Inappropriate to pub lic schools because undemocratic and b. > . causu It Imposes unnecessatlly burdens upon friends and relatives to see that their favorites are not outdone In the flower competition. The graduating ex ercises of the public schools would be just as Impressive without the public floral display. The Missouri State Hoard of Trans portation has boeu hearing a complaint that the r.illroads have been discrimi nating In coal rates In favor of Omaha coal dealers. While wo know nothing of tlio merits of thu case , we ftol safe In asserting that no jnsliinco can bu found where the coal dealer * have been discriminating In prices In favor of Omaha consumers. Tlio talk about ox-Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont for minister to Spain has at least brought out one thing that the appointment would meet with general popular approval throughout the country should It bo made. There will bo Just one sure way of measuring thu economies promised for the nowclty charter by Its fiamers and Icglslatlvo supporter * . The comparison of the salary appropriations under now nntl old refines during correspond ing periods ot the yp.ir oiiRlit to reduce the difference--te one of dollars ami CCUl8' ' ' " " " " During tlwrtsBt presidential cnmpnlgn It liocntno ncccaAiry to explain tlmt free silver colntiL'i' did , not menu tlio free distribution ' ( it silver coins. Now the sniue pooplu whir were befnddled by tlio free coinage i\U > li word are asking what they are to got.froo when Hie new tarllt free list Is pntMnto effect. The folks who are alwnyM'm ( the lookout for some thing for nothing nro found In every highway and The new municipal court announces that It will commence business next week. It has waited just long enough that any case to test the constitution ality of the municipal court law In the supreme court will have to go over until the fall term and Its existence for a few months at least practically assured. A now excursion ticket has been adopted by the western railroads In the endeavor to dull the edge of thp scalpers' knife. The scalper , however , usually has a grindstone ready for such emer gencies and the public , always eager for cut rates , Is on hand to furnish the motive powers. Complaint In made that the pupils of Chicago public schools are compelled to Imblbu water that Is unlit for drinking purposes. With Milwaukee so close , the Clflcago authorities ought to have little dlllleulty In running a plpo llnu to Mil waukee's beverage factories. To ( lie Point. Cleveland Ixinder. Another wire nnll combination has been formed. Somebody should hurry mid htl It on the head. ' AVIint a Knllt Tjoulsvlllp Cornier-Journal. Silver wan quoted at 00 cents an ounce In Now York last week and 27U- pence In Lon don. This Is a decline of 10 > 4 cents from the price prevailing during the Batnrnnlla of sllvcrlsm a year ago , but It Isn't a marker to the decline of the chances of free coinage. Wliy IIITTII OroctTH Klt'k. lIulTnla Kxprcss. Iowa wholesale grocers who failed to fore see and prepare themselves for the rise In Iho prlco of tea consequent on the proposed duty are working with Senator Allison to defeat the duty. This would bo a poor reason for rejecting It , but the Indications that the tax .was urged by Importers for speculative purposes would alone Justify the defeat ot the -jlutyn INilldcnl TniMH. ] DalUs News. Tf 100 merchants meet In convention to control and corner.tho trade of the state they are arrested us felons. Why should 100 politicians be rWrhrttcd by their sly midnight conspiracies to corner and control the plo and patronagAj ? ' Why should such poli ticians be encdurag'ed and assisted by laws of their own construction In carrying ! out their greedy demands amd In suppressing the In dependence and tree Initiative of the voter ? HlnVolup IN Healthy. " Ncv York Sun. Out ot the "caveVns of the past booms a voice ot manyCdlfiirtetcrH. It Is the voice of the Hon. James Stephen Hogg of Texas. Ex ultation thrlllai InUt.and certainty rings In Its and pride chuckles In It. The owner thereof has his Pythian gown on , and proph ecy leaps from him In wild gusts of sound. The , words are many , but the sense Is one. Mr. Hogg has viewed the ground , and Is surer than mathematics that In 1800 thirty- nine states will vote for free silver. If he had said forty , there might have been doubts , but the placid exactness ot his thirty-nine must carry conviction. He has begun the season early , but It Is comforting to feel that ho has his voice , ready. Men like him add to the happiness of life , find make their own , us long as there arc ears to hear them. I'rriiintiirp , but Correct. Sprlnstleld ( Mass. ) Itepubllc.in. The failure of the United States supreme court yesterday to hand down a decision on the Nebraska maximum freight rate case Is attributed to the premature report that the decision was to be against the Nebraska law. It Is now believed that such was the conclu sion reached by the court ; for had the re port been erroneous , the court would not have hesitated to give out a. decision exhibit ing the untrustworthy nature of these leaks In the consulting room of the Justices. On the other hand , In two or three previous cases where a pending decision was correctly anticipated , the court In. a sort of plquo has delayed the announcement. So the railroads will wait for the present decision , which will now go over to the October term , with n pretty mil assurance that it Is on their side. Seimtni'M Allen mill Tlllllllin. lloftoii Advertiser. It does not follow because a man who for any reason is prominently before the public eye says and dot's sonip wrong and foolish things that ho should never bo credited with anything good or wise. The public ought rather to bo the more prompt to recognize any excellence in a person whom It has been compelled by regard for truth at times to condemn. Only thus can even-handed Jua- tica bo dcplt. Senator Allen ot Nebraska Is a populist whoso public career lias in many respects laid him open to the necessary censure of sober-minded citizens. But no uther member of the upper house of congress did no much o. ' did so well as ho in probing the scandala affecting Iho honor of "honorable" members at the time when the sugar trust was dic tating amendments to the Wilson bill. Senator Tlllnian' ' of South Carolina , though ho calb hlmhelf a democrat' and not a pop ulist , has made himself , by his public utter ances and Ills political manetiveiliiFB , far m nro obnoxious than Senator Allen to en lightened pubHo 'opinion. Nevertheless , the most enlightened public opinion at this moment throughout , the country demands that earnest heel ho given to'tbo substance of what SenafSH'THIman ' has recently said about the dutMl.of&fcarlcfcaly and fully 'In vestigating the present senatorial sugar trust scandals. "Tlipy Toll \ f. > $ -Hhi'r " Tlny ; Spill , " lull Tly U OriMVl. MIlwHiiKee Sentinel. There are cert&tti persons who are en titled to be mVarH 'when they complain of continued duljnyivln the business world. They are the iJttJjilc who have Invested their capital In business enterprises and nro striv ing to help alOTTRttnislness activity , by their own activity .lu. .business. They are doing what they can to make employment for others , usually upon email pronts , and thus to swell the v" < W/nfo of productive Industry which Is essential , to better times. ' When these weW complain they are en title. ! to 'bo lifwtU ; l Hut there are others In every community , of whom vo haVe our full Hharo of con spicuous examples hero in Milwaukee , who have no rlsht to complain about the limps. They are the men engaged In no productive- business , who refuse lo engogn In an/ busi ness and are watting' for othera to stir u ; > the water * to that they may reap the benefits. No person has a right to complain of hard times and dull business who is doing nothing to malu ? times better. ' Strange to pay thceo are the pcrnora ae a rule most conspicuous for grumbling. Tlielr torants cannot pay their rents , or their debtors their Interest and they growl because luulnets la not better and the return to prcu. perous times Is DO alow , They want some one. elui to Icvrat .lib capital and energies In active business and take all the risks and burdens of HO doing In order to help them out. These are the persona who are doing the moat of the grumbling at present , and thesp are tlie persona 'Who ought to do the least. CUIM.N POMCIKS , Cleveland Leader ! It la easy to talk about "licking nil creation. " A boy can do that with unsurpassed unction and genuine sin cerity. Perhaps all creation could not really "lick" the United States. If the fight wcro tea a finis * , as the pugllUU aay. However that may be , ono thing la quite certain , am/ that Is that even two or three of the powers most directly and deeply interested In European rights In America could make the pcoplo of this republic pay a price for Cuban freedom far greater than was over before given for fitich a boon , Philadelphia Ilccord : A plan which la said to have the approval ot President Me- Klnley U that the Cubans shall purchase their Independence from Spain , and that tbo United States shall guarantee payment , prin cipal and Intercut , of the loan tlmt would bo created for this purpose. This plan eceins lo fatally err In Its misconception of the Spanish character. Poor as are the Spaniards , they are too proud to ncll the Gem ot the Antilles at any price , especially when a menace In the shape ot the Morgan belliger ency resolution Is hanging over them , Washington Star : There hns been consid erable talk afloat about projects to buy Cuba from Spain by the negotiation ot bouiLt 1s- Biied by the Cuban provisional government and guaranteed by the United States. The amount needed Is variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $200,000,000. Thin talk for at least thrco sufllclcnt reasons , eeems to bo Idle. Klrst : Spain declares she will never sell n foot ot her1 territory. Second end : Cuba says she will never , never buy her liberty. Third : The United States will quite- certainly never , never guarantee the money for the iiurclinnii of Cuba , whether It Is $1.000,000 or $ ! ! 00,000.000. Globe-Democrat : The Cuban question , there fore , becomes extremely simple. Spain will deal directly with the Insurgents , and on the basis of war Instead of diplomacy. Her terms to them arc , surrender first , and your grievances will be attended to after ward. Necessarily a Hcttlement on the.so conditions would bo a forfeiture ot nil the advantage- which war has gained for the In- siirgi'Mln , for Spaln'u promise * of reforms now would probably have as little Influence on her conduct as they had after the war ot 18GS-78 , This Is the only settlement nlie will accept at present and thin will not be ac cepted. Thus the war will have to go on , unlcw the United States Interferes by force , until one or other of Iho present combatants Is beaten. Tills U the situation , and the United Statcu government will do well to rec- ognlzo It promptly. TIM : TII UK ix < ; IUKOI : : . Washington Star : It Is difficult for thn nultan to accommodate himself to modern Ideas sufficiently to realize that It Is not con sidered the correct thing to jump on an enemy when he Is down. Globe-Democrat : Edhcm Pasha's army docs not relish the Idea tlmt It has < ) > con on a coUcctlug tour. It is proposed to hand over the most ot the Greek Indemnity to Hustfla In payment of Turkish arrearages. Kansas City Star : The latest report about the sultan Is that , on reflection , he has con cluded that he 1s the only power that In the last two yearn has whipped anybody , and that he will exercise his own Judgment In regard to the terms he will make with Greece , and that he may retain Thcasaly. It will probably depend on the attitude assumed by Hussla. Indianapolis News : It would be worth a great deal to see Abdul smile when the dignified ambassadors of the powers present an ultimatum to him. "What , another ? " he probably says , as he flies It away unread with the others. Abdul has found out by this time that ultimatums are not ultimate , and that collective notes from the "concert" can be safely Ignored , because ho has learned that the powers cannot agree what to do next when he does Ignore their demands. Now York Tribune : According to the Sholk-ul-Islam , It Is the will of Allah that Thcfsaly shall again become a part of the Tuikteh empire. As that magnificent ponti fical personage ! a the official Interpreter of the will of Allah over all the lands of Islam , there doca not aeem to be any possibility of mistake In the declaration , and it now only remains to be seen what view tlio diplo matists and the powers will take of It. It is just possible that the word of Allah , spoken through the lips of his hlerophant , will not be allowed to weigh in the territorial dis tributions ot Europe , though of course It all depends on the force of artillery and bayonets behind it. Philadelphia Recotd : Turkey , for obvious reasons , would prefer to Ignore the powers and to deal \llrcctly with her vanquished enemy In negotiating the terms of peace , but , responding to the notification of the Turkish commander to that effect , Greece has In formed the powers that as she has confided her Interests to their keeping there Is no reason why she should deal directly with Edhcm Pasha. Greek tact as well as Greek pride is discernible in the rejoinder. The powers can make for better terms than Greece herself could hope for , and she would bo treating her allied representatives with scant courtesy if she should switch the work of pacification out of their hands at this critical stage of the proceedings. Baltimore Sun : The Shelfc-ul-Islam , other- w'so ' called the Grand Mufti , la the eupromc head of the spiritual and temporal law in the Ottoman empire. This Is the dignitary who , according to the Vienna dispatch , haa declared that Thesealy cannot be- restored to Greece. It this report be true , Thessaly will surely remain a Turkish province , uu- lers the powers are piepared to go to war with Turkey to recover it for Greece. The ofllco of Grand Mufti , or Shelk-ul-Islam , was create-d shortly after the conquest of Constan tinople by iMohammcd II , In , 1553 , His prin cipal duty Is to maintain the faith In Its original purity and Integrity. In doubtful cases of law the final appeal Is to him and hla Judgment has no restrictions. Ills opin ions , which are called fetwa , are uncondi tionally valid ; neither Judge nor scholar dares to criticise them. The decrees of the Mufti form the supreme religious and moral authority of the empire. Vor this rcauoii the sultans nro oxticmely cautions in their appolnment of Muftis , talcing care not to appoint any who will oppose their command , ' l'ICUHO\AI , AND OTlIICItWISn. A Chicago convention of women Is aald to have been stampeded by the cry of "whiskers. " Too many of the delegates wanted to pull 'cm together , hence the con fusion. In point of frequency of pestering offlce- acoklng vlsltu to the white house Senator Mason of Illinois heads the list , with Cullom of Illinois second , NoVson ot Minnesota and Ptoctor of Vermont third and Quay fourth. A Colorado girl has climbed to tlio munmlt of 'Mount Popocatcpitl and there ailng "The Star Spangled Uanner. " The event Is to be celebrated li Immortal verse as soon as the poet laureate of the Centennial state can mid enough rhymes for Popocatepetl. The late Matthew Lalllu , the Chicago pioneer , was thu founder of the Matthew Lallln Memorial Academy ot Sciences In Lin coln park , Chicago , Tliougli he gave much to charity , ho was alwajn silent about It and few of his benevolent acts became known. James I ) , Eustls , thu retiring ambassador to France , will take up the practice of law In New York City as head of the llrm of Eustla , Jones & Govln , 'Who have a large practice aa counsel for several French corporation * and have acted for both the French and Austrian governments. Colonel John 8. Mosby has been taken from Charlottesvlllo , Va. , to his homo In Warren- ton , In the name Htato. He has nearly re covered from the Injuries received In the accident that lately befell him , except tint he has lost thu sight of one eyo. It was feared for a while that hla Injuries would be fatal. One of the famous landmarks of New York City , the Tombs prUon , Is being torn down. This remaikablo structure , built In Hie Egyptian style of architecture , Is one of thu city's miwt noted sights. It has theltered nearly all of the great criminals of the coun try at some time or another , and Us masilvo walla would tell \vondrouu talco of crime and misery were they supplied with tongues as well as cars. Kov. Ilobcrt MacDonald of iloaton , In dis cussing Sunday newspapers In hla Sunday sermon , said : "The idea that a wide-awake public ought not to be Interested in the world's doings on Sunday as well as on Mon day la prcprstcrouei. The Sunday paper hait como to stay and Its reformation Is almost wholly the people's duty , It will give what the people demand and pay { or. Popular eelt- Our lady's dark brown canvas top high cut North Star BICYCLE BOOT , $3.50 Pleases the trade wonderfully well It is really the most excellent and finest fitting bicycle boot made. Same styles all kid are $5.00. t 16th and Douglas Streets. respect nnd godly reverence must guldo here nn clsAwhcro. " Turkey'n demand for noverid million llres frotif Orceco ought not to bo dlfllcult to meet , In view of what the Greeks promised to do Just before the scrap began. Pomona , Cal. , lias adopted a novel Bystem of saloon regulation. Only two xnloons are allowed In the town , and they are to be de prived of back iloor.i and windows , shall have no screens , chairs , card tables , or any of the usual appurtenances , and shall be attended by n respectable citizen as barkcep , wlioso appointment lit to bu confirmed by the city council. Regular houra for doing business will bo from D n. in. to 10 p. in. on week days only and a Hcensc of $1,000 n year Is re quired with a bond of $6,000 , which will bo forfeited upon the first violation of any of tbo regulations prescribed. Kngllah papers generally refer to American bl bops as lord bishops. Some years ngo a man from North Dakota read In a Satur day paper In London that the lord bishop1 of North Dakota would preach , the next day In St. Paul's cathedral. "Thunder and light ning ! " bo exclaimed , "what Is a lord bishop of North Dakota ? " and be made up his mind to solve the mystery by attending the service. On returning to his hotel at noon ho explained to his friends that "the lord bLshop of North Dakota" was nobody but "Long Will Walker , who used to run a church down at Deadwood. " Since the Shelk-ul-Islam of the Ottoman empire , purporting lo Interpret the wishes of Allah , made a few observations on the spoils of victory , eomo Ill-Informed writers speak of htm as the grand inuftt. It may be Htated on the authority of the Knights of Ak-Sar-len that the claim Is without foun dation. The fellow Is an Impostor. There Is only oiii ! truly-for-sure grand mufti , and ho has demonstrated his right to the title and the perquisites thereunto belonging by leading the bravo through dark and devious paths and 'by ' divers prophecies Invariably fulfilled. Howaro of Imitation G. M's. None genuine unless the name is blpwti on the keg. IOWA IM113SS COMMEXT. DCS Molnea Leader : Beet sugar may take another spurt In Iowa , now that there Is a clause In the tariff bill providing that beet sugar 'machinery ' may bo imported free of duty during the next two years. Sioux City Tribune : The supreme court of Iowa In the case of Harry Bennett against the City of Marlon , has just handed down a decision , upon a new point of law In Iowa. U holds that exemplary damages cannot be recovered from municipal corporations In the absence of a statute authorizing such recov ery. ery.Waterloo Waterloo Courier : The disgusted popo- crats arc making bonfires of their recent campaign sj ceches in which they Insisted that the low farm prices In this country were due to the treatment which silver had received. The country rejected their proposi tion for the free and unlimited coinage of silver and , simultaneously with that action , prices of wheat , corn , hogs , cattle , and farm products of all sorts began to rise , and have steadily advanced , while silver has steadily gene In the other direction. Dubuque Times : Senator Lchfeldt of Crawford county Is so modest that no doubt ho now wishes he had retained his salary for services supposed to have been performed during the extraordinary session of the legis lature. The honor and notoriety ho did not wish , as a legislator , have been forced upon him , by hU simple act of common honesty , in returning to the state treasurer his voucher for J678. In consequence the sena tor's fame has extended to the remotest bounds of the republic , because his act Is so far removed from the ordinary acts'of those who have opportunity to draw cash from the public treasury. The old gentleman was elected to HIP senate against hla wishes , was opposed to the extra session , and did not attend Itn sittings , except for a few days , and then only for the purpose of giving hta vote to measures he thought were of more Importance to the state than his personal In terests wore to himself. Ho then capped his conscientious convictions ! > refusing to ac cept pay for services ho did not render In full. I'LilSA.SA.Vrijr 1'UT. Chicago nceord : "Is your new home plenKantly located ? " "I'leaeantljlocated ? I 'have saven children and there are live Ice crunm soda stands In the block. " Indianapolis Journal : Tommy Paw , what does It mean when a man Is "in the hunds of his friends ? " Mr. FlKR Well , n barkeeper under nrrcst IH a pretty fair samp'e. Chicago Tribune : Magistrate You claim you Haw the nlrshlp In broad daylight ? Prisoner That'sh right , y'r honor. MnKlslr.-Ue Oinoer , thlH Is not n matter for the police court. It la a. cnce ot Jim Jams. Take him to the Inebriate hospital , WiiBhliiKton Stur : "I nobbfir 'scournges er man f'urn scattcrln' 'Is voice aroun' glbbln' good advice , " Bald TJncln Hben. "It mny not hub any Influence In partlc'lnr , hut It keeps him out o' mischief fob de tlmo beln' . " Vonkerj Statesman "It " : Deems strange , ONE OF TWO WAYS , Tl.e bladder waa oroitcd for one purpose , namely , a receptaclu for the urlno , nnd as Much It la not llablo to iny form of dlse-aso except by ono of two ways. The first way Is from lmprfect action of the kldneya. The second way la from careless local treatment of other dlscaace. CIIII3F C'AU.SK. Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kidneys la the chief cause of bladder troubles. So the womb , liketlio bladder , was created for one purpose , and If not doctored too much Is not llablo to weakness or disease , except In rare cases. It la situated back of and very close to the bladder , therefore any pain , dUjcaao or Inconvenience manifested In the kidneys , back , bladder or urinary passage Is often , by mistake , attributed to , female weakness or womb trouble of some uort. The error U easily made and may bo as easily avoided. To find out correctly , set your urlno aside for twenty-four hours ; a eeilment or Bottling Indicates kidney or bladder trouble. The mild and extraordinary effect of Dr. Kllmer'n Swamp-Hoot , the great kidney and bladder remt'dy is teen realized. If you need a medicine- you should have Ilia beat. At druggist * , fifty cents nnd ono dollar. You may have a sum pic boltlu and pamphlet , both eent free by mall. Mention Thu Omaha Dally lice and s.oml your addreo to Dr. Kilmer & Co. , Ulughamptoii , N. Y. Tlio proprietors of this piper guarantee ( tie gem- ulucoa tif tbls utter. ' said Barnstormer to n frlond , "that when nn CKK Isn't coed for anything' else It goes on the stage. " Detroit Journal : "I suppose nho expects to Rave her Ilfo by learning to swim ? " "Well , I heard her pay Pho wns Just dying to hnvu n swimming suit. " "Life remains the subtlest of nil mysteries , nlnnys barring the 15-cent Ice cream sodn. " Chlcngo Post : "No , I didn't have n very good time1 , " she said. "I wanted to talk nnd there wasn't n man there. " "Hut there wcrn plenty of other gli's. ' " "Ob , of course , but tlmt was no satisfac tion , for they nil untiled to tntlc , too. " Cleveland Lender : "Krlsblo Is the laziest man 1 over know. " "What makes you think HO ? " "He actually seems to bo glnd that he's Retting' bald headed , so that he won't luivo to comb his linlr any more. " Cincinnati Tribune : "I have hero n neat and pretty little letter opener , " began the agent. "So have I at home. " said the businessman , . " ' . " man sadly. "I'm married. And the agent , knowing It was useless to talk further , took his dcpnrtmo with a fel low feeling In his heart for bis Intended victim. . Puck : "Say , " cried I'ocnhontaw , springing1 forward Just us the fatal club was nbout to descend. She whispered n few hurried words Into the ear of i'owliatnn , her father. "Certainly not , " the knightly chief an swered , not without n suggestion of plqua in bis manner. "If the klnolocopc won't work , why , there's nothing to be gained by killing thu pale-faced brother. " IMPATII7.VCE. Washington Star. "Whither are wo drifting ! ? " 'TIs the ques tion of the day. And one that well mny strike the stoutest heart with borne dismay. And It'H bard to wait the. nnswcr nnd to watch the long hour pass , 'Till Mabel reads her ess > ay to the gradu ating claas. . AKTI5U C. K. llnrnca In Truth. She'd been up In the nttlc , This little wife of mine , A-rummnglng- tumbling , For what. 1 can't divine. But suddenly I noticed A silence weird and strange , And-wondered what had happened To cause this pensive change. For quite an hour I listened. And then , alarmed , I stole Up to thu lonely chamber , My conscience to console. And , well , would you bollave It ? I found her reading- low Love letters that I wrote her , Some fourteen years ago. Her face was wreathed In blushes , Her dreamy eyes half closed ; Her heart was beating wildly You'd thought I'd just proposed. Strewn 'round her were tnoso tokcnt. That fpoke from heart to heart ; Good saints ! what founts of passion A faded sheet will start. Well , then I turned and left her Drenmlns In ecstasy On what a. mad young- lover Her husband used to bo. But soon she came and kissed meTe To which I'm scarce averse ; "Dear , you're the same old rascal , " She whispered "only worse ! " is bound to hit the mark , and persistent endeavor in the right direction must win suc cess. If the volume of our busi ness in nearly a score of retail stores has been steadily in creasing for a quarter of a century , it is because we have never relaxed our purpose to make the best clothing that we could make and to improve upon every fault in fit or con struction , And this spring's display of suits for men and boys is , therefore , our best achieve ment to date. It includes a arge variety of styles , pat terns , shapes and sizes , and no man of average proportions need have any trouble in finding - ing a perfect fit$8 and $10 juys a good business suit. Better ones at $12,50 to 520 , ] BROWNING , KING & CO. 8. W. Cor. IHtb and 6t