Nebraska Newspapers

    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
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money order * to be miulo payable to the order
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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 :
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6 . 20.0M SI 21,103
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a . 20.12S 24 20.1C2
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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
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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'
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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.
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