THE OMAHA DAILY 1J1318 : SATtniDAY , AUGUST 14 , 1897 ,
OMAHA
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Dully lice Tul Hiiiiday , Una Veur . S M
Blx Months . . . . . . 4 00
Three Month ! . * W
fluh.lar lift. One Year . . . * W
fUttininy Ii e , One Year . . . 1
, > \ > -kly ll e , One Yecr . W
Omlm : The lleo IlulldlnfC.
Bauth Oniiilm : Hltifcir lllk. , Cor. N nnfi ! 4th SU
tounrll iHutlfi 10 1'pnrl Htretl.
C'hlcnRo Ofllce : 31i Chamber of Commerce.
Now York : lliivhift n. II unil li. Trlliurc Hide.
Wns.iliigtor.i 601 Fourteenth Htitet.
COUUKSrONDCNCK.
All communlcnttoni rclnlltiK to new * nnd fJllo.
rial mutter nhoulil l > r nililierncO : To the IMltur.
iitJHtNKSs I.UTTKHS.
All huftlnfM Utter * ami remltt ntc rlioulcl \ > f
Bd'licxseil to The live PulillthluK Company ,
Omaha. Draft * . checks , oxpien and ixMloinirt
money order * to be made payable to tie ! onlcr
Of the compnny.
Till ; lll-U : I'Um.lHHINO COMPANY
ot Nthrnrka , DoiiRla * County , t .l
II. Txtchiick , mrri-lnry of 'ihf H e 1'ub.
HsliliiK comiiutiy , l . | ii(5 ( duly worn. tn > r thnt tic !
nctimt numlifr of full ntiil complete -oplen uf rii *
Dally Mornlni ? , livening nnd ami.Iay llfi- printed
during tlie month of July , 1SS7 , wa n follows :
17 19,514
2 . , , 19.011
3 1J.OO J3 10.IOJ
4 It'.ftM 20 19.3M
C. ID.49 51 It.Ml
11,575 ji 19.117
7 1'j.HO ' ( ' * 11,271
S 19,101 10.1
9 in.1 ! 25. , . ; 19.4CO
10 M 19.221
11 > ; 13.3I-.1
12. J , ) 19179
n iwr.
n I'J.COT 30
14 IMJi 30M
18 1J.K8
Tntnl C02.7M
1 < > M ilcdiictloiiR for unsold and 10
turned copies
Total n t * nlCT
Nit dnlly nvciasc
nvciascmonnK : n TXsruucK ,
Sworn to before me anil milwrrllied In my prov
ince thin 2d diy of AMjust , 1897.
( Beat ) N. P. KI2IU
Notary 1'uUllc.
TIIK HKi : ON Tit U\S.
All rnllroiiil npvmlinyn nrc
miplillcil nltli enough Hume
< o iici-onitiiiiiliitu every linn-
it ho nnt lo rpnil n
ppr. luolHt upon luiv-
Innr Tlip lice If yun enimot
feet n Ilrp on u ( ruin from the
ni > iin siurritt , iilrnxc reiiort
tlio furl , NtnlliiR Hie Irnlii uiitl
rnllroiiil , to the Circulation
Dciinrlmrnt of Tinlire. . The
Her IN for mile on all ( ruins.
INSIST oIIAVINC : Tiira
PAUT1RS MAVIKOH TIIK SUMM12H
Pnrtlos IpnvltiK tlip rlty for
< ! IP Kiiininor en ii Imvo The
lire HI-HI lo Ihi'iii rcKiinrly :
liy niillfylnpr The Hue Ijutl-
iirjtt ofllvc III IMTNOII or l y
innll. Tlir aililrrHH ivlll lie
UN ofleii us ilunlreil.
Wheat nnrt silver soein to have devel
oped a marked aversion to one another.
The streets leading to tUr > exposition
grounds must lie paved this year. There
Is no excuse for obstructionists.
The new Qnincy road Is in operation
anil waiting only for an invitation to
move over from Council 151ufi'.s into that
projected union depot at Omaha.
The business men of Omaha uliouhl
not allow themselves to bo imposed upon
, l > y fake advertising schemes under the
pretense that they are helping the cx-
.posltiou.
The building season will be closed
within less than three months. Parties ,
who contemplate ihe erection of new
buildings or making building improve
ments have no time to lose.
Senator Teller now Kays that It is the
rise in the price of wheat that is driving
silver down. Hut he does not state how
Jils proposition to force silver up by leg
islative inflation would help the wheat
producer.
It now not only takes an examination
to get a man employment in the Trans-
fliry department , but it also takes an
examination to get a treasury employe
.out. This Is catching the examinations
coining and going.
.According to the popocrnts' latest ver-
filon , the prosperity promised by the re
publicans In case of their success at the
presidential election is here , but it has
nrrjvcd just to show that It cannot be
scared off by republican promises.
"Discontent with the. present govern
ment of the sultan Is said to be increas
ing in Tin key. lint then that Is nothing
surprising. Discontent with the gov-
-orumoiit of the sultan lias long been In
creasing In nearly all civilized countries.
A perusal of the new volume of Ne-
ImiMvti session laws reminds us that It
lias been unlawful for over a month to
dell cigarettes In this state to persons
under Ul years of age. The flrst prose-
, -outloii under the law , however , Is yet to
materialize.
The Internal revenue collector nt Chi-
page has discovered that under the moill-
llud rules governing the Treasury de
partment he has just two appointive
places at his disposal. The problem of
making two Jobs satisfy 200 expectant
pluee-hunters beats the most approved
puzzle.
Mortgage records of Nebraska counties
ehow that ) the process of paying off the
mortgage debts on Nebraska farms con-
tlnnes unabated. When this year's crop
Is nil converted into cash the total of
debts lifted from Nebraska land will be
something that will astonish the people
of the east who have been placing loans
In this territory.
It Is very easy for tlio gang to give
color to the stories which they are cir
culating about pretended offers of
boodlu and patronage for votes for Mar
tin White by sending parties to make
such offers or make commissioners be-
llovo that such corrupt offers have been
made. Anil when one canard Is ex-
po&cd It is easy enough to start another.
Councilman Iturkley proposes to In
augurate n new departure In city bond
Issues , Instead of selling the bonds in
u lump to eastern bond brokers ho sug
gests that they shall bo offered to the
people in small denominations that will
enable worklngmeii to Invest their sav-
lugs in city bonds which aru always
tillable. The experiment is worth
The figures taken from the records of
the Treasury department showing the
proportion of our Imports nnd exports
carried In foielgn nnd American ships
are not altogether new , but they are
not'i * the less Interesting nnd suggestive.
They am wortliy of more tlinn passing
consideration ns presenting n matter of
commanding Importance to the Ameri
can people.
According to those statistics , which are
stated to be for the tlrst six mouths of
thii present year , of the total volume of
Imports only lo.-l.'t per cent was carried
In Amor-Iran vessels , while as to exports
the showing Is still woisc , the proportion
carrird In American vessels being only
S.H ) per cent , leaving to the vessels of
other nations and chlelly to those of
Oreat-Hrltaln the'carrhige of 01.81 per
rent. Perhaps It will be more Impres
sive to reproduce the llgwres as given in
the Washington dispatch , which states
that the value of Imports carried in
American vessels for the six months end
ing .Mine : : < ) was ? ( H-12S.1-19 ! and of I in-
ports carried In foreign vessels $ S0- ( !
I lit.S.'tt ! ; ! . while the value of exports for
thi ! Kami ! period carried In American
vessels was St7.11lli8 ; ! ( and of exports
carried in foreign vessels ? lir > , (5S7l17. ( !
We say these are most suggestive
'
Mires , which ought to command the
serloiw attention of every American citi
zen who has the Intelligence to under
stand what they mean. They not only
show our humiliating weakness where
we ought to be strong , but they bear
testimony to a condition of dependence
which operates against our commercial
growth. Moreover they mean that we
an ; annually paying to foreign ship own
ers an enormous sum that Is a great
drain upon our producers. One of the
great Iron manufacturers of the coun
try , referring in a recent Interview to
the growth in * the exports of the manu
factures of Iron and steel , said that this
would he much more rapid if the United
States hud a merchant marine. We are
at a disadvantage In competition with
the foreign manufacturers because they
are able to get more favorable freight
rates from tlu > vessels of their own coun
tries. It Is altogether natural that
Ilrltlsh and CJorman ship owners should
seek to build up the-foreign trade of
those countries and in order to do this
they give better rates to British and
German manufacturers than American
manufacturers can obtain. This may
not apply to the transportation of our
agricultural products , but even If It be
assumed that these are now carried as
cheaply as they would be If we had a
merchant marine equal to the demand
for1 their export , there would be a largo
gain In keeping at home the money an
nually sent abroad in payment of freight
on these products. That money would
be expended here In maintaining ship
building plants and In paying for the
labor employed in that Industry , thus
Increasing the national prosperity and
wealth.
That such n merchant marine would
be a most potent Instrumentality In ex
tending our foreign commerce will hardly
be questioned. This was urged by the
commercial representatives from Soutb
America who were recently in tills coun
try , who plainly told us that we could
not hope to successfully compete with
the great commercial nation.1 } of Europe
for the South American trade until we
had adequate transportation facilities of
our own.
This is one of the questions upon the
proper solution of which depends in large
measure our progress as a commercial
power.
run aLUCosB THUST.
The efforts to form glucose / trust , of
which there has been report for some
time past , have , it appears , been miecess-
ful. It is to be presumed that this com
bination is In character and purpose
similar to all the other trusts. That Is
to say , it is organized to regulate pro
duction and to control prices. Such n
combination seems to be distinctly in
violation of the anti-trust law of 1800
as Interpreted by the supreme court of
the United States. It is in restraint
of trade in suppressing competition , re
gardless of whether It shall raise or
lower the price of Its product. It is prob
ably also liv violation of the anti-trust
law of Illinois , where the organization
was effected , and If so the authorities
of that filato may bo expected to take
notice of It.
This addition to the long list of trusts
suggests that If the laws against them
are to be enforced steps to that end
should not be much longer delayed , for
the task Is a large one. As to the federal
laws the administration is unqualifiedly
pledged to exert all Its authority for
their enforcement and we confidently
believe this pledge will bo kept. We
have no doubt , also , that there Is law
enough to suppress every combination
that is destructive of competition and in
restraint of trade 1C the means for their
enforcement are provided. Congress has
u duty to perform in thl.s matter as well
as the administration. Itolh should real
ize that the popular demand for the
overthrow of the trusts is as strong now
as it has ever been.
IT ntlllTM'KS TIIKSI.
Some of the free silver people cannot
conceal their Irritation at the ) changa in
conditions which so completely upsets
their theories and promises to prove fatal
to their cause. There is tlio hard fact of
wheat going up and silver going down ,
demonstrating the fallacy of their asser
tion that there Is a necessary relation be
tween thi ) prices of the two commodities.
That bothers them and they are now
saying , as Senator Teller did n conplo
of days ago In this city , that silver men
have never denied that the law of supply
and demand regulates the price of
wheat. Perhaps the Colorado senator
lias always admitted the supremacy of
tills law in relation to the price of
wheat , but n great many free silver ad-
vocatea havu either denied or Ignored It.
The argument of most of them In the
last presidential campaign , Intended for
the fanners of the country , was that the
fall In the price of wheat was due to the
decline In the price of silver , re
sulting from the so-called demon
etization of sliver. If they had told
the farmers the truth , that the price
of wheat in common with all other
commodities Ls regulated by the law of
supply and demand the free silver party
would not huvu polled one-half the votes
It did. Existing conditions must have
disabused the minds of a largo majority
of farmers of the sllvorlte fallacies , so
that we believe It Is safe to say that not
one-half of them who voted for free $11
vcr last November would do NO now.
The situation in Mexico Is another
source of trouble to the free sliver advo
cates. They were'ln the habit of point
ing exnltlngly to the piosperlty of that
country as an example of the benctlelcnt
effect of the silver standard. Now they
are confronted with tlio fact that busi
ness there Is badly unsettled , thnt vari
ous enterprises have received a cheek ,
that merchants who have bought for
gold and must sell for silver see their
profits wiped out and that tlio govern-
meiit Itself Is likely to llnd embarrass
ment In paying the gold Interest on the
public debt. Hence Mexico Is not being
cited in behalf of the free silver cause.
The advocates of free sliver should not
allow themselves to become Irritated.
They should calmly acknowledge the
facts and heroically accept the situation ,
albeit these are disastrous to their cause.
TUK FOVltTll HLAVK OltUH' .
Mr. Wlilto'g supporters may find consola
tion In Dr. Pcabody'a statement. Hut by
tin means can that statement be construed
Into a retraction , and'tlic people of Omaha
who have known Dr. Peabody for years and
know that ho maintains at all times a clear
head nnd an even temper will not believe-
that ho was wrought up to a passion wbcro
bo could not hear nor understand , without
good cause. And If Dr. Peabody was BO
wrought up wbat caused It ?
It Is certainly remarkable that the mayor
having beard tbls testimony on Monday
night should make no effort to offset It with
sworn testimony and waited two days before -
fore making any attempt to cook up a de
fense. World-Herald.
The members of the Omaha police
board are credited with being blessed
with good appetites and excellent digest
ive organs , but it would take men with
cast-iron stomachs nnd Bessemer steel
gizzards to swallow more than three
black crows at one meal. That Is doubt
less the reason why the fourth black
crow was placed In the refrigerator for
two days before being served.
It is a pity , however , that the com
mission did not send for Dr. L-eo , who
is supposed to have been the Incubator of
the fourth black crow , and make him
testify to what he knows about the al
leged offer of the city health commis
slonershlp to Dr. Peabody as an Induce
ment to support Martin White for chief
of police. Had Dr. Lee been placed on
the witness stand ho would have sworn
That ho never had any talk or communi
cation with Mayor Moorcs on this sub
ject. He would , furthermore , have
testified that he never had any conver
sation with Hosewater about Martin
White or the police and had never re
ceived any message from him relating
to that subject.
Whatever Impression the Interview be
tween the two doctors may have left on
the mind of Dr. Peabody , the story of
attempted barter for municipal patron
age is without a shadow of foundation.
When traced down It do'ubtlcss will be
found to have come out of the same
pot In which the three black crows were
cooked. Its only counterpart is the
fiction that Martin White Is or has been
a Plnkerton detective. For that matter ,
there Is no story too preposterous for the
gang to concoct and for its organ to cir
culate in order to defeat or delay the ap
pointment of Martin. White.
When the Hussoll-Churchlll police com
mission was in power the people
of Omaha wore always assured by
its official organ that the police
department was never In bet
tor shape , that Tim Hee'M exposures of
police incompetency and debauchery
were malicious fabrications designed to
reflect upoiii men who refused to do
Hoscwatcr's bidding. The revelations
ofi police rottenness recently made have
dumfounded the men who have been
standing up for protected lawlessness
and depravity. Not one word has been
said by the "World-Herald either in con
demnation or explanation. Nor has the
spasmodic effort to raid Hie wine room
dives whoso owners are In harmony
with the gang organ been noticed by
that sheet.
Wonted Two votes for The Dee's candi
date for chief of police. If said candidate
shall bo elected the police force- will bo operated -
orated as a branch of a private detective
agency. World-Herald.
It Is perfectly natural for the World-
Herald to suspect that The Hoc is schem
ing to do what the World-Herald has
been doing In placing on the pollen pay
roll a man to do Its private detective
work. In view of the fact that The Boo
has for twenty-live years managed to do
pretty effective detective work without
the co-operation or assistance of chiefs
of police or chiefs of detectives , It will
scarcely bo nccerisary now for It to delegate -
gate its detective work to any public ofli-
cer , especially when It often becomes nec
essary to detect the crooked1 work of de
tectives or expose pollen Inefllcicucy.
Ex-Sonntor Iteugan of Texas , who re
signed his seat in the senate not many
years ago to become state railroad com
missioner , wants to exchange his place
on the railroad commission back again
for a place In the senate. Ills opponents
are referring to him as a chronic , life
long ofllceseeker , and It must bo ad
mitted that Ills public record discloses a
series of successes in tlio olllceseeking
line that ought to make him a formidable
candidate for the senate In spite of his
advanced age.
Governor Ilolcomb Is eliciting encour
aging replies to his letters to the gov
ernors of other states urgently request
ing their co-operation to Insure repre
sentation of their respective states In
the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. The
exposition will afford a great occasion
for Interstate amity on the part of the
executive ofllcors of the various slates
and ono which should bo utilized to Us
full extent.
This Is an age of Injunctions. If
Joshua had known his btiblness he would
have put his command to the suu to
staud still In the form of a decree of
Injunction nnd followed it up by com
mitting the Philistines to jail for con
tempt.
Comptroller Kckclt * places himself
squarely on record In favor of the con
solidation of the weaker banks In all
our large cities. Wrong banks are un
questionably better for a community
than weak 01105. l ll < ' "O1100 ! ' l the
banking bu < liu t Is just as repugnant
to popular sentlfruMit as any other kind
of monopoly. A # /j / > ug an our merchants
and business .jupii are dependent on
banking corporMlbns they must bo on u
' ' '
competitive bas'fs' . ,
The Ak-Sar-kfe'nj festivities nrc six
weeks off , but > lt is none too early for
our merchants ihl'biitilnes ' men to com
mence laying plans. for making the cily
more hnautlful during that time than
on any previous'occasion.
Nebraska republicans should bear In
mind that Douglas county M'lll bo the
battleground this fall.
liiH : thr World' * * ( ] nlety
Minneapolis Times.
The profuse promises of the rulers of llns-
sla and Germany to prevent breaches of
the peace It It lies In their power ire some
what amusing Inasmuch as they are the
only persona at all likely to threaten the ,
peace.
One Foot to the Good.
ClilcnRO Times-Herald.
A California ! ! with a wooden leg has
etartcd for the Alaska gold fields , and pro
poses to tramp over the Chllkoot 1'nss alone.
Well , he Is CO per cent better off than many
who will make the trip. He has only ono
foot to freeze.
Dollar Win-lit for Tlinii
Minneapolis Tribune.
Mr. Armour's prediction of $1 wheat before -
fore Thanksgiving doesn't seem very ex
travagant , In view of present conditions. He
will find few believers , however , at present ,
In ft.CO wheat In the next six months , or
before the next crop. Of course If crops
yet to be planted should prove short , on
top of the ( shortage of the present year In
other exporting countries and In Europe ,
then there Is no knowing how high the
prlco might soar In another year.
Indian llnrvrnt In Alankn.
Philadelphia Hecord.
Twenty-five cents a pound Is the price
which the Indian packers ask for transportIng -
Ing goods through Chllkoot pass , or at the
rate of $500 a ton. The redskins may not
have made a scientific study of economics ,
but they have grasped the law of supply and
demand , and tholr rule as to freight rates Is
plainly "all that the traffic will bear. " The
packers do well to make hay while the sun
shines , for the sun gets small chance lo
shine In Alaska. One auspicious result of
their stiff tariff will be to hasten the estab
lishment of swifter lines of transportation
to the gold-paved valley of the Yukon.
S'vnce oil thr Knlncr'M 1'Iuii.
I'lillailelphla Press.
Emperor William must have laughed In
his sleeve when l < e declared that his solo In
tentions were for peace and the Intellectual
advancement of his subjects. His subjects
just escaped a repressive measure aimed at
the rights of assembly and free speech , and ,
as It Is , freedom of speech In Prussia Is a
mere form and has no real substance , while-
freedom of thought Is being menaced on all
sides. As the Icalsor hopea to Prussianize
the empire his Ideals , Judged by deeds , are
not Ihoso of his'toast to the czar. , If helias
his way Germany may have peace , but Its
advance In other directions will bo according
to a very hide-bound program.
KilltliiK Fifty Ycnr
PHIlnileiphla Times.
Secretary Shprman said that newspapers
are not edited now1 as carefully as in earlier
days , and the jNatlonal Intelligencer was
referred to as a model of careful editing. In
point of fact , with reasonable care a capable
man could edit a newspaper wltb great
ease a half century ago. aa there was little
to edit and newspapers were a luxury pre
pared only for 'intelligent readers who were
able to pay a''Very high price for them
There was no telegraphic news and news
papers as a rule , were simply combinations
without local editors or correspondents.
Now the editor of a newspaper has to handle
a score of editors , several scores of reporters
and a thousand correspondents , Including
special and Associated Press. >
1'OI.ITIOAU nillFT.
Mr. Coxey , populist candidate for governor
of Ohio , proposes to keep In the middle of
the road and thue avoid the perils of the
grass.
The striking feature of the Coxey conven
tion In Ohio was the aerial activity of the
choir. Ono loquacious fellow got the chair
in the neck.
A Boston democrat at a recent democratic
pow-wow declared that .Mayor JosUh Qulncy
"has not a drop of democratic blood in his
putrid carcass. " Mayor Quincy's distribu
tion of the spoils seriously undermined bin
popularity.
A fusion county convention has 'been ' called
three fluccesslvo times In Payetto county ,
Ohio , and postponed eacb time for want of
a quorum. The rise in wheat and harvest
activity in that section produce-d a profound
Indifference to the crlmo of ' 73.
Senator Stewart of Nevada baa thrown
the Influence of his volco and whiskers
wltb the optimists of the country. IHe
regards prosperity assured , and as an cvl-
denco of his sincerity he has joined in tbo
Wall street 'bull ' movement. Friends and
fellow countrymen , Just think of BUI Stewart
hobnobbing with the plutocrats of Wall
street !
Alton B. Parker , who Is being pushed by
some of the iHIll democrats of New York
for the nomination for court ot appeals Judge
this year , in a native of Cortland , N. Y. ,
the birthplace of Daniel S. Lamont. Ex-
Secretary Lament was born in Cortland on
February 9 , 1851. Judge Parker waa born
In Cortland on May 14 , 1851. They are ,
therefore , of the same age , and both left
Cortland to grow up with the country.
Tlio civil service standard for gardeners In
New York City Is pretty high. Of twelve
applicants who presented themselves at the
last examination eleven failed to pass.
Twelve aspirants for the post of "gardeners'
apprentice" fell down also. A high stand
ard of efficiency for nurecs , too , la Insisted
upon by the present commissioners. Of
twenty-eight applicants who declared them
selves qualified to bo nursea twenty-two
were found to bo Incapable.
Ex-Senator McConncll of Idaho , who has
been appointed Indian Inspector , has had a
varied career In polities. When bo went to
the United States senate as the first repre
sentative in the < body of tbo new state of
Idaho bo at once took an active part la
shaping legislation , and spoke often in de
bate. It Is said , that hie disregard for the
customs of the senate In this respect dis
gusted Senator 'fiamunfa ' and caused that
veteran legislator lo retire to private life.
Mr , iMcConneIl"bas 'been ' by turns miner ,
stock raiser , luoruhant and ( banker , and has
lived In Nevada , I California , Oregon and
Idaho.
The campaign t In'Ohio Is going to be ono of
unusual Intonnt. In behalf of Senator
Hanna some of the ablest republican spell
binders bave "been secured to stump the
state. Tbo list Is a long ono and Included
Senators Allison , Burrows , Carter , Cullom ,
Fairbanks , Forskfr , Fryo , Galllnger , Lodge ,
dear , Hawley , Hoar , Nelson , Spooner , Thure-
ton , Welllngt'dtr , Wilson and Wolcott ,
Speaker Heed < qndr Representatives Babcock
of WisconsinBelknap , of Illinois , Illngham
of Pennsylvania , Tloutelle of Maine , Brom-
well of Ohio , Cousins ot Iowa , DIngley of
Maine , Mahanyi | > of New York , and Payne
of New York ,
t
There are three territorial delegates In the
present congress and all three of them are
democrats. All -three are southern men , ten ,
end two of tbo three were born in the same
year , 18G2. The territorial delegate from
Arizona Is a Kentucklan , and bla rise In the
politics of Arizona was rapid. He arrived
there In 1881 and was elected to olllce In
1883. An Ohio man-could not have done
much better. The territorial delegate from
New Mexico la a native of Alabama. He
lived In West Virginia before be went to
Mexico , . ( and polled , whe'n elected , 19,000
votes , the gold democrat running against
him polling Cfi votes. The territorial dele
gate from Oklahoma is a ilatlvo of Missouri ,
and before engaging In sawmllllng waa a
clergyman. Ho moved to Kansas , wbero lie
was elected to ofllw , and he removed from
Kansai to Oklahoma in 1693 , being elected
to olllce again shortly after.
ICI.OMHKt : DO.VTS.
Kannns City Journal The warning from
Secretary nil a to those afflicted with the
Klondike fever Is timely. A statement
from a trustworthy oulclal nource will nerve
to clear up the doubt and confusion and aid
tboso Interested to understand Just what U
Awaiting them In the far north.
Milwaukee WIs onsln : The warning of
Secretary Fillss to the Klondike-crazy gold
hunters 1 ; both kindly and timely. Those
who wall until next spring will not be behind -
hind those who spend the entire winter on
the road , and who will suffer great hard-
ehlp with practicality no recompense.
Chicago Post ; Winter In Alaska Is a
very serious problem. The mines will be
there next summer. No man can gain any
thing by freezing and starving and Impov
erishing himself at White pass or Chllcat
pass from September to May. The wise
argonaut will heed the warning of the sec
retary ot the Interior and wall at home ,
husbanding his resources and gathering his
strength far a Journey \\hcn the grim aimles
ot the north wind are off watch.
Detroit Free Press : Reports of thr situa
tion along the Chllcoot and White passes
brought back by the steamer Islander , which
carried a large party of gold seekers to Dyoa
and Skaguay a fortnlgbt ago , bear out all
that has been said concerning the dlincul-
tles , pcrtls and hardships to bo encountered
by all who seek the gold Holds at this sea
son of the year. To the advice offered by
the newspapers and by prospectors who
know OIL Alaskan country well , Is milled
an odlclal warning to victims of the fever
against going out In the mountain cold
with It.
Chicago Journal : The rush for the Klon
dike shoi'ld cease at once. Gold seekers arc
making famine on the bleak Alaska moun
tains as fast as they know bow. The win
ter storms have already begun to obllter.itu
the trails and bury the passes. Men ac
quainted with the country say not ono man
In ten of those now on the road will reach
the goal this season , and -the probabilities
are the summer thaws will uncover the
bones of many a poor victim of bis own rnsh-
ness. Experienced prospectors are abandon-
In ) ; the trip inland for this year , and era
content to wall somewhere near their base
of supplies. Those who push ahead now
arc , generally speaking , strangers to the
country , not only unfamiliar with the trails
and unused to the necessary methods of
travel , but unaccustomed to the rigors of
the climate , and In many cases strangers to
hardship of any sort.
Chicago Tribune : The situation at Dyca
and Skaguay appears to be even more seri
ous than the worst previous reports had In
dicated. These are the last salt water ports
and the points from which the start Is made
for the mountains , and they appear to be so
crowded that there Is small hope for many
of the gold seekers of getting away from
there before spring. The Indians and other
packers are utterly unable to move the great
accumulation of outfits and provisions over
the mountains , and the situation Is becoming
woreo hourly. A graphic picture Is pre
sented of the awful 'confusion that prevails
along the beach In these words of the corre
spondent : "Tons ot supplies are piled high
on the beach , nnd they will likely remain
there for an Indefinite length of time. Every
Incoming steamer dumps scores of exclt > d
gold seekers and tons of freight on the
beach. The confusion Is Indescribable. Much
of the freight is dumped on a long sand pit
at Dyca at low tide , as there are no wharfs
at that place. Before Ihe supplies can be
sorted , claimed and removed , tbo tide has
risen and ruined or carried away a large
quantity of supplies. " It Is only confusion
at the present time , but the cause of con
fusion now will be the cause of starvation
and death by freezing later on. These
reckless gold seekers are pressing forward
with total disregard of all the known facts
In the case , and seemingly rendered Irre
sponsible by the mania for getting aa near
as possible to the golden harvest. They arc
advancing without a necessary equipment
of clothing or supplies and without any
chance of getting any further than halt way
to Dawson before the river and lakes be
come mere masses of ice. There can bo only
ono finish to these careers. Many will find
graves in the snow.
JUDGI3 ICIXXI3 AXIJ THE FUSIOXISTS.
Detroit Journal ( rep. ) : Judge Klnne ,
whom the fusionlsts of Iowa nominated to
ouccced himself. Is not a supporter of the
fuslonism laid down in fusion platforms , nnd
there Is talk of firing him off the ticket.
Davenport Democrat ( dem. ) : Judge Klnne'a
letter is an interesting one. He acts with
the party that made the Chicago platform ,
and voted with It last November , but ho
says that he does not endorse It , In other
words , ho Is one of those who stay with
the old organization hoping to reform It
How this can bo done by trying to vote
into power men who will do the very
thing he docs not favor is one of those
peculiar things which many level-headed per
sons are utterly unable to understand.
Sioux City Times : It Is obvious from tlio
letter that Judge Klnne Is all wrong wrong
from any point of view. It may bo granted
that ho exhibits a certain amount of courage
in declaring in writing to Mr. Sanicr that lie
would sacrifice the Judgcshlp nomination
rather than say ho Is In favor of the Chicago
cage platform , and yet he bad every rcasoa
to bellevo that the fusionlsts were not
looking for a man on any part of their ticket
not prepared to render unhesitatingly a favor
able opinion of Bryanlsm down to Its last
detail. Moreover , conceding that Judge
Klnno is possessed of Judicial qualification ,
ho must admit as a logical sequence of his
present attitude that bo Is a contributor to
the free coinage of silver and the Chicago
platform , a thins In which ho does not be
llevo. i
Sioux City Tribune ( dcm. ) : Populists
and silver republicans have no right to com
plain of the letter , and they are even
estopped from complaining of Its publica
tion at thla time , because It is published
by ono of their own champions. If there
is any cause for complaint It lies against
their own leaders , Weaver and Waloh , and
perhaps others , who deceived members of
the convention as to Judge Klnne's position.
It 1s because Weaver and Walsh and men
of their school do such things , because they
are unreliable , that the democratic party
as a whole cannot follow them. Judge
Klnne'e position was Just as well under
stood by tbcso men as It was by any other
of tbo men to whom bo says be talked
openly about it , and as he declared to
Sanler he would not conceal bis opinions that
any ono might bo deceived.
TESTIMONY.
How 1'Inck-Me Storcn Ar > U'orkcil by
Mlnu O | > eruorH ,
Huston Herald.
Hey. W. G , Puddefoot , a gentleman fa
miliar In this vicinity as a missionary clergy
man , testifies tohat ho recently heard
from Pennsylvania clergymen of the coal re
gions at the annual meeting of the Congre
gational churches of that state. They told
him that their congregations were largely
made up of mlnern ; that some of them made
less than $1 per day , while others rose ad
high In their recompense as $2.50 , yet foi'
nine months In the year many did not aver
age more than eight days' work In a month ,
rrho department store , from which they are
expected to buy their goods , though pro
hibited by law , ID yet iu operation In this
way :
Some man has bought elsewhere , and at
the end fo the month the clerk ays : "Why ,
Thomas , only $3 this month ! " "Well , my
wife bought a few things from her coualn'ti
store. " "Ob , yea , I see. " The next week
the foreman says : "Well , Thomas , I gue
we won't work tbat pocket any longer. " "All
right , flays Thomas , " "where shall we go
next ? " "Well , I don't know yet , " and he
never does know. Thomas Is not discharged ,
but they aro- not ready for him yet.
Mr. Puddefoot also reports from personal
observation of Illinois coal mining ; In one
mine tbo men were paid off in beer after tbo
store account was settled ; in another , where
300 men were employed , an average ot one
man a week was killed. The wages are as
hlgb as J3 at times , but when the tlmo the
ralaers are out of employment Is reckoned ,
"the wages are too email to uupply the de
cencies of American life. "
Workmen " Si'linol lliillillntfn Strlkr.
CHICAGO , Aug. 13. Union workmen to
the number of S.GOO initiated a strike on the
public school buildings of this city today ,
Uy tomorrow noon work on thirty-five bulld-
IUKSwill be at a standstill. The strike ,
which was Inaugurated by the Building
Trades council , is the outcome of the re
fusal of the Board of Education to place ji
clause In all contracts for school building
worfc blndlne the contractor to employ none
but union men.
Allt .IT MAUA7.1M3S.
The North Arrerlcan Itevlow for August
presents a particularly lntfrr tlng table nt
contents. Prof MulhfiH'n paper on "The
Prairie States , " being the fourth In thenorle *
of articles on "The- Progress of the United
State * , " has already been widely quoted In
the western preje , and IB certain to direct
renewivl attention to the grrat firnln pro
ducing states. Comptroller Kckels treats of
"Tho Menace of I rgtslatlon" In Ihe per-
Hplcutina manner \\blch marks lil handiltiR
ot all national topics. Prof. Abram S.
Isaacs of the University of New York con-
sldorn very thoughtfully the question , "Han
Judaism a Kuttirc ? '
Kdimiml Uusse contributes a clmrnetorlstlc
Cissay on "Ten Years of KiiKl'rth Literature , "
In which ho taken n rather ploomy view
of the present condition of tttteiti In Eng
land , lion Henry C. lilu has a timely
paper on "Our Interest In Samoa. " General
Urcen B. 1 Until irakm n \ Igneous attack
upon the Civil Sen Ice commission , as at
present conducted. Dr. Alvali il Doty writes
ot "Quarantine Methods , " the noted thi'oso-
phlst , K. T. Hargrove discusses "Thcoijophy
and ICthles , " and Admiral Uolomb , 11. N. ,
notrs "Tho Progress of Brltl h Warships'
Designs. " Other valuable papers au "Tim
Kxport Bounty Pioposlllon , ' by Alex H.
Smith , nccrotary ot the American Men haul
Marine nxsuclatlon , and "Speaker Heed and
the Hotiao of llopreacntntlvc * , " by Ma > o W.
llazeltlne.
Notable artlclcn In the Aupuit CosmopolU
ave an Indian story. "Kiio nnd Ice , " by .Mifl.
Flora Annlo iStcel ; "Tin. Globe nnd the I
land , " b ) Henry Ncinimn ; n paper mi Honii'
by Arthur Symoim ; a review of "ItusrHlati
Literature During tilu Last Year , " by W. It.
Morflll ; "Lc Mtir iVcn Face. " by Pierre Loll ;
0. G. de HcIdonHtam "Uo Llvro en Nor-
VOR ; " "Lo Trlomplio do la Conference , " by
Rdouard Ked ; some hitherto unpublished let
ters of Toui-Rueni'ffj ' a story , "lu Cote do
dieNous , " by Aithur Chaftserlau ; a poem.
"Gespracho I in Hlmmel , " by Paul Hoysc ;
"Uln Ponthunu-8 Hitch von Talne , " by OU
Hans on ; "Itusslcho DIchtuiiK , urn ! Kulttir , '
by Lou Andreas-Salome , nnd "Henry Irv
ing , " by Hermann Conrad.
Besides the usual valuable survey of "T'.io
Progress of the World " and the evpceted
copious extracts from current magazine. ' ,
the August number of The American
Monthly Kovlow of llevlrus contains an
opportune paper on "The Anatomy of the
Now Tariff , " by Charles A. Coiuiit , an .u4-
tielo by Hev. Dr. Francis B. Clark , of Chris
tian Endeavor fame on the Transvaal and
the OraiiKt' Free State. "Two Hcpubllcs of
the Southern Crons , " a description of the
cltnmto of Hawaii , by Dr. G. F. Nichols , an
account of the recent rose carnival at Ta-
coma. by Bcrnlce K. New ell , and two papers
on educational toplefl , by Prof. U. A Kirk-
patrlck and William II. Tolmnn.
Under tbo title "Tho Queen of the Navy , "
Minna Irving describes in the August Mid
land , the United States warship Iowa. "Four
Famous lown Girls In Chicago , " celebrated
by Ktbel Maude Cnlson. are niennor GI1II-
'
la'nd of the Chicago Tribune , Lucllto Stev
enson , a soprano olnger , Anna Miller , mpu-
ager of Thomas' orchestra , and Julia Ofll-
cer of Council Ulufra , wbo lias gained more
than local celebrity as a pianist , and itn.i
become prominent in the musical life of
Chicago. An interesting paper Is that on
General Nathaniel Lyon , by Captain J. S.
Clark , and Lawrence Mendenlmll writes en
tertainingly of "The' Uarly Literature ot the
Miami Valley. "
The Dramatic Magazine ma'tes Its flrst
appearance with the August number. It Is
published In Chicago by the Dramatic Maga
zine press at 35G Dearborn street , and bus n
very attractive dress. There are well writ
ten articles on E. S. Willord , by Henry
West , on "Dramatic Artists In Vaudeville , "
on "An American Baritone" ( David Illsp-
Iiara ) "In Grand Opera. " and on tbo recent
grand opera season in Chicago ; all these
and others are profusely Illustrated. Much
of the matter has a special Chicago local
Interest , but the general tone of the Dram
atic Magazine Is high and Its alma altogether
laudable. There bas been room for a long
time In the list of current stage literature
for a publication of this kind.
Other magazines received : The Bookman ,
Book News , The Book Buyer , The Month ,
Every Month , The Etude , The Strand Mus
ical Magazine , The Humanitarian , The Die
tetic and Hygiene Gazette , Donahue's Maga
zine ; , The Overland , Once a month , The
American Queen , The Woman's Home Com
panion.
TWO nn.Mo.vs ii'ixsioxs. .
More 1'onnloner.s Now TIiuii Wore In
tlic Servli-c at Any One Time.
New York Sun ,
Thirty-two years after the end of the civil
war , the number of pensioners on account
of that war exceeds by about a quarter of
a million the number of soldiers actually
engaged in service In nit the armies of the
government at any time between the firing
upon Sumter and the surrender of Lee at
Appomattox. The army of pensioners after
a third of a century is between 30 and 40
per cent larger than the fighting army at
any one time during the war.
In the period between the war of the revo
lution and the second war with Great Brit
ain , the pension expenditure culminated
at $1185,000 In 1S04 , about twenty years
after the end of the revolutionary struggle.
In the period between the war of 1812 and
the Mexican war , the pension expenditure
culminated In 1810 and thereafter decreased ,
with fluctuations , from $7,800,000 In 1S1G to
jl,800,000 In 184C. In the period between
the Mexican war and the war for the union
the pension expenditure was highest In 1852 ,
when It reached $2,401,000. This is all ac
cording to the normal proce-ss of growth and
decline.
Dividing the years nlneo 18G5 Into four-
year periods , each equal In length to the
duration of the war Itself , the Increase of
pension expenditure to Itu present stupendous
deus proportions Is thua exhibited :
ur-.isf s j : nm2iin
1SG9-1872 } ! HH- ?
187.MS70 116.111.45
1S77-18SO '
1B81-WS4
1SS5-18SS
1SS-J-1692
1S33-1S91J 631,361,073
Total $7,004,172i8U
Slnco the end of the war more than
$2,000.000,000. that Is to say , more than
two thousand million dollars , bas been paid
out In pensions.
Now , the total cost of the gigantic military
and naval operations which occupied the gov
ernment from 18C1 to 1SC5 , Including the pay
and sustenance ot all the armlca , tlio build
ing and maintenance of all the ehlps , the
transportation of troops , the recruiting and
bounties , the arms and ammunition and war
material In Its myriad forms In short , eveiy
Item of government expenditure on account
of tbo war , save that for Interest on money
borowed wherewith to continue the fight Is
Included In the olllclal figures of the War de
partment and the Navy department for the
period In qucstloa :
Fiscal rear. War. Navy.
1802 $ 3S9.17.1r,02 $ 4iBI0.351
1KC3 C01.il4.4l2 : CISBI,2fi
1SC4 GO.XIOI3 ! : ) Ki,70lH ! > |
1803 1,030.fi' * , 100 12.C17,4.I !
$ 2,713.&C9,421 till ,22i.'JSfl :
Total war and navy , .Wo7,7D3,391
Roundly speaking , therefore we have al
ready paid In pensions since the war two-
thirds as much as It coat the government to
carry on the war.
Royal mikes the food pure ,
wUoleiomo and delicious.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
HOYAI tnwHQ pooen eo. , law YOKX.
OTIIKU 1AMS THAN Ot US.
Ttn > Aiifilr.illan tellers I Ion convention hna
adjourned till September , when , It In be-
Unveil. Ilio flual steps wilt bo token tonnnl
uniting all the. Australian colonies In ono
government. With AustrAlAKl.i compacted
Into o flliiRlo government , there will remnlu
only South A'rlc.i lo consolidate. The prob
lem thuro U nmdo dlfllcult by difference *
of race , but no moiv dlilloult tlinn Itos In
Canndfl. 'iho French In Canad.joro op
posed to the Kngliah In religion a well as
rare , but consolidation was eftec-led there ,
Jiul the queen IMA no stibjcetn morelojol
than HIP French Can.idlnns. The Dutch of
the TruiiFV.ial differ from the in ro numer
ous KiiRllsh in South Africa In r.v P. but not
In religion. In C.ipp Colony mid N'nUl they
have fused with the UiiKllsli In poll'Ion ' and
In the OrAimo Kreo Hliti > tbo two rares get
along together perfectly well. In Ihe Trout-
vaal leceiit ours and the masterful spult
of President /.rugcr have kept alive it U
raid and stimulated expiring anmnx-itlos.
The unjustifiable Jameson raid armnpd the
movement toward perfect fmlnn not only
In the Tratnvanl. t.titl. . o In the rest of
South Atilca. Cecil Rhodes had. to a largo
extent , united the lunch with tlu UiiRlliili
In favor of federation everwbero execpt
In the Ti.nwvinl , when Dr. Jnmen'9 ni'lls-
creot .let "put the fat In tht > tire" for a
time. Hut the rnnvletlon that South Afilea
must be nulled still exists and K/IUIS t-oii-
virts. The Ionic of ovenls l held lo urovo
tlio nercmlty for It. Industrial pro'pi'Hly
cannot come to that region until tlit > appre
hension of war between the Transx.i'il ami
other slatna H removed by volatility co
operation for the general wclfate.
The latest Ariiunlan trouble rnnm from
the I'cr.Man side of Tin key and not from tlio
sultan's Asiatic dominions. The \rnienians ,
It \\lll be romembcroit , > m > a rare \xiMiniit
n country , and while It Is customary to to-
rtard them as still oeeupylni ; their tmrv.tril
home In Asiatic Turkey , there are great
numbers of them In Tuikey pioptT , as well
ns In 1'emla and oilier nelKhliorliiK coun
tries. The present outbreak , aeeonllni ; to a
TuiKlsh olllcl.il aeeountliUh Is not neeca-
hailly reliable , Htatm that " e\eril ; thou
sand \rmenlan agitators" fiotn 1'eiHla en-
toreil Turkish ten-Hoi ) , utt.iclted a tribe of
Turks and commuted fearful alroeltle : ? Kx-
pcrleiieo hao taught the world to look upon
n proclamation of tills kind an the pruludo
to a mnwucro of peaceable and defenaeleM
Armenians by their Turkish ni'lphboifl , but
that Is Hearcely to be expected in the- pres
ent case , becausetlusp aio not Turkish ,
1)tlt ) l'er i ii subjects , anil repilsalj cniiuot bo
11111101111 upon them without antnKnnizing
the 1'eisian government. The Incident
might be regarded n , ? an attempt to stir up
strife on the part of cither TinUpy or I'cr-
fila , niTimlltu ; to thu netunl faels In the
cane , but there bns ibeen nothing In recent
events to explain why either utnto should
wish to ninke war on the other , nnd cer
tainly neither la In condition to start a
campaign meicly for the fun of the thing.
* *
The Austrian crisis Increases In intensity.
So far fioin accepting the situation are tbo
Germans that under the lead of the Gerinan-
Hoheml.m members of the Ilolelusnth they
have held an enlbu.slnstlc masg meutlng at
KKOII. on the bordcra of Davnrii , to protest
against the edict placing tbo Czech Ian-
guano on an equality with the German In
the couits. The government hciird of It
and , as it was bound to dp In view of pre
vious experiences nt Prague , prohibited It.
Tbo Germans paid no heed , were vociferous
In their speeches and applause mid , when
police and military Intcifcrcd , crossed the
border Into llav.irla and declared that
sooner than yield German predominance they
would desert the HapsbtirKs and join the
Hohcnzollcrna on Ilasailan teims. Almost
more significant still are tbo words of a
prominent noble , always allied with the con
servatives who In n recent speech declared
that Austria must face the question of
granting autonomy to Czechs , Slovenes and
Croatlans , as well as to Magyars. With
such sentiments expressed so boldly. It la
not surprising that tbo political situation
Is regarded as very Dcrious and that Count
llacleni'H resignation Is confidently pre
dicted. The emperor by his exceptional tact
may succeed for a tlmo In quieting tbo dis
turbance , but the racial animosities are too
deep-eeated to be easily overborne , and
agitation will not cease until the whola
question Is settled , and In such a manner
as shall give each race full opportunity for
self-development. Meanwhile Hungary la
alto Interested. Autonomy for Bohemia
may Involve the same privilege for Trausyi-
Is to never permit a
customer to go away
dissatisfied if we can
help it. We undertake
to see that he is
perfectly fitted and we
guarantee the quality
of every garment we
make.
The truth is you
don't always find it in
clothing advertise
ments but il is the
fact that , in reducing
prices on some lines of
summer goods , in or
der to dispose of them
quickly , and before the
season is too far gone ,
we do not pretend that
we are making a great
"sacrifice. " We have
merely adjusted a few
of these prices so as to
stimulate a demand
for some mighty good
clothing that we don't
want to carry over till
next year. Now is
your time ,
BROWNING ,
* KINO & CO ,
B. W. Cor.
IBtbnnafit
fit *