THE OMAITA DATLV B3g7S ; , MOXDAY , AUGUST 30 , 1307.
Tins OMAHA DAILY
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Three Mon lli
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101 Fourteenth Street.
Ail communications relating to new * nn l ) Mo.
r.ui mutter rhotiM be nil < ltt til ) To the Kdllor.
IH-SINKPH 1.KTTK11S.
All l.i lrtR letler and teniltuncr * rtiould b >
piliiiitil to The Hoc 1'ubllililnK Company.
Oinnlia. Draft * . check * , exiir M nml i > o toince
mon y orders to be tnndo pnyabtfc to the oraer
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HTATKMf.NT OF
filntc of t V-br.ifkn , noiiRlm County , . :
nrorRf 11. Tzacliuck , trcii-t.iiy of The Uee Tub-
llrlilnir comlKiny , IjcltiR < liily rwntn , * ny that tne
ftciu.il nunilrtr of full nnd complete coiiles o. ine
3 > ally MornltiB , Kvrnlni ; nn.l . Humlny life Jirlnted
Oiirinjr the month ut July , Mi , wan follows.
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turniM coplea
T. nl nrt fairs
' Net dally average . : ; V.Xtr '
nioit n n. TKSCITUCK ,
SJwwn to Ijcfnre inc and nubsrrlbed In my pres
ence this 2d day of Auguit , 1.S97.
/Heal ) N' . 1 * . FEIU
Notary Public.
TIIH IIKI ! 0.THAINS. .
All rnllroml m-wMlioj-n nrc
niiillcil | | wHli cnniiKli Heed
to iicviiiiir.ioitntc . every imn-
Hi'iiKor wlio ivimls to renil n
npTV ! i > 'il % iInsist npun Imv-
tnK The Hue If y u eiuitiot
Kft a lice on n train from tlic
new * uuoii ; ( , pit-use report
tlio fact , MtnttiiK the train mill
rnllrnnil , to tin- Circulation
nrpiirtiiitMit at 'J'h UPC. The
HIT IH tor waif 1111 all trains.
INSIST OX HAVING TUB I1I3I5.
PAHTIKS I.KAVIXC ! FOIl TI113 SUMM1SR
I'nrtlm Iciivliiir the ; lty for
the Kiiiiiinpr t'uii have The
Ilec Kent o < licm rrisuliirlr
liy notifying : Tim Itee IIIIN- !
llcsn olllcu In IMTMOII or by
inn II. The nililrcKH ivlll be
c'hniiK'eil an often a * ilenlrcil.
A freight car dearth cannot leave
any very lastitifc 111 elTects.
The licensed slot machines are still
doing a lucrative ganie-of-cliauce busi
ness.
The Douglas county democracy is in
search of an accordion that will produce
bnrniony in its ranks.
The impression that the Modern Wood ,
men of America is a fraternal organiza
tion seems to have bei'n erroneous ;
Commissioner 1'owderly should uot
forget that every Immigrant who speaks
Spanish is not necessarily or presump
tively an anarchist.
It should not be forgotten that Omaha
lias a municipal court with three judges
waiting for enough business to turn uj >
to pay for their hoard and lodging.
The Union Pacific promises to estab
lish a telegraph olllce of its own up town ,
but the Western Union is not seriously
alarmed over the prospective competi
tion.
The proposed enlargement of the elec
tric lighting plant will be a good thing
If it is to be followed by the enlarge
ment of the area of light around the are
street lamps.
Stewart of Nevada admits prosperity
Is here. Altgeld persists in saying that
there is no prosperity In sight. These
two prominent silver leaders might do
veil to got together.
The taxpayers of Omaha will derive
very little comfort from the announce
ment that the preparation of the delin
quent tax lists will be very much more
expensive tills year than It was last year.
Immigration was at low water mark
last year. This year's Immigration sta
tistics , however , are bound to give evi
dence of the intltieni-e of improving
business conditions as nil Immigration
attraction.
The United State.s consul to Palermo is
advertised to speak at the Grand Army of
thi ) Republic reunion at Lincoln the mid
dle of September. The probabilities are
that his address will be delivered by long
distance telephone.
Wo KCO a great many newspaper pic
tures of gold hunters arriving with
their baggage at points in Alaska and
Htrange to say the baggage appears to
consist In a very large parti of nothing
but barrels and kegs.
The way to hold possession of leased
school lands Is to pay ( ho agreed
rental. Under the ordinary contract
of lease the lessee ought to realize what
un easy thing he has and hold on to
It by living up to the terms of posses
sion ,
The farmer who has tangible evidence
of Improved business conditions in ( lie
advance of the prices of wheat ami
other cereals and live stock will 1mVL
seen tlin folly of clinging to a party of
calamity howlers before election day
rolls around.
Union Pacific Htptrkx , which were be
low 7 early last spring , art ) now quoted
on tliu Ktock exchange at 13'an ad-
vnrfco of nearly 100 per cent. As this
advance lias taken place almost en
tirely lnct > the adjourn men t of con-
grifta tiio natural Inference is that the
ntimirance of foreclosure and reorgan
ization him Inftifefd confidence Into the
luldorH of ( lie Block In the- future of
the road under a management freed
from governmental
The republican fitnto coiumlttco Imo
requested each of the county conven
tions called to select delegates to the
state convention at Lincoln August 20
to reorganize their respective county
committees with n view to making this
fall's campaign aggressive and effective
! from the fitart. AM the pivotal county In
which tlie battle of ISO" is to be fought ,
Douglas county should heed this recom
mendation. Kven if the state committee
had not made this request Douglas
county republicans should reorganize
their committee at the first convention
which they will hold next Saturday.
The reasons for this arc obvious ,
Without entering into details , It Is well
known that last year's campaign In
thlsr county was n grievous disappoint
ment , largely because1 the committee was
chosen Into In the season and without
duo regard to the capacity of its mem
bers. Instead of being made up exclu-
Hively of workers , the committee was
nade up largely of drones. To continue
his committee until October would seri
ously imperil the success of the parly
U Douglas county. The work must be
aid out and brgim promptly after the
state ticket hart been placed ! In the Held
mil the management of ( lie campaign
should not be changed in the middle
of the tight.
The fact that the county ticket will
Kit be nominated until a subsequent con
vention .should not prevent Immediate
( 'organization. The candidates for local
) lllces , whoever they may be , are vitally
concerned in having the forces of the
imrty organized and well In hand long
iHiforo they are in the Held. They are
Interested in having a good working
lomnilttee , composed of zealous parti-
wans , and such a committee Is suldoin
secured in the hurry-scurry of the clos
ing minutes of a convention worn out
with the contests over nominations.
A STKADY AXU HR.lTjTlll' G110WT1J.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Bout-
well , In a recent address , uttered a
word of caution against over-conlldeiice
in the permanency of the approaching
prosperity. Ho apprehended that1 if the
people got the idea that it was to last
from now on forever there would be
overproduction , a crisis and hard times
again. There can be no reasonable ob
jection to admonition of tills kind ,
which is founded upon experience. Tills
experience Is that when reaction comes
after a period of business depression
the tendency is to over-conlldence. The
speculative spirit is stimulated , busi
ness men are led to recklessly expand
their credit , enterprises are heedlessly
undertaken , production in all directions
is rapidly increased. At such a time
the care and conservatism which pre
vail in normal conditions are put aside
and there is a general disposition to
"branch out. " The consequences are
familiar to every student of economic
history.
A steady and healthy advance to pros
perity is what Is to be desired , because
thereby the country will longer enjoy
prosperous conditions. A reasonable
measure of caution and conservatism in
llnancial and business affairs Is wise
under all circumstances and the general
excrcl.se of these qualities will not
necessarily retard prosperity , while it
, wlll assure for it more permanency. We
cannot have prosperous conditions al
ways. Periods of depression come to
every country. The better times we are
now entering upon may last a number
of years , but their extent will depend
very much upon the judgment with
which tlie business affairs of the coun
try are conducted. A gradual expan
sion along safe lines will insure a
longer continuance of prosperity than
a hurried extension of industrial and
other enterprises , which must cause
overproduction.
There is not as yet any very con
spicuous indication of a tendency to
over-confidence , but it is very likely to
develop later on and therefore the warn
ing against It is timely. To "make
haste slowly" Is a good maxim to keep
in mind at this time.
STOP THAT ( IAMK OF MiK-SAW.
The citizens of Omaha \vlio have been
lutiuntly waiting for polk" ? reform and
u general cleaning tip of dens anil dives
care little a.s to what Dr. Luc wild to Or.
Peabody or what Dr. Peabody said to
Dr. Lee. AVlmt they ean not conipra.
liend Is why a reputable gentleman llko
Dr. Peabody should by ills inaction
leave this city at the mercy of thugs
and thieves and allow thu community
to be contaminated by tlie uninterniptrd
continuance of lawlessness and vice.
They fall to understand how any pollco
commissioner whose attention lias been
called to tlie cesspools of depravity can
excuse himself for further delay in the
selection of a chief of police who knows
enough to know a crook when he sees
one , who IH familiar with the methods
of cappers for resorts in which people
are decoyed to be robbed , and who has
the experience , backbone and moral
stamina to enforce law and order with
out fear or favor.
Dr. Peab'nly ' declares that he Is ready
to acquiesce In tlie election of Martin
White as chief of police by the votes
of the other members of the commission.
Why would not the name argument
justify him In transferring all his duties
as police commissioner to the other mem
bers of the boardV Can any ollleor ,
charged with the performance of a duly ,
evade responsibility by shifting It upon
Ills associates ? Dr. I'eabody states
further that as a populist he would like
to have the two democrats on the board
make .Martin White the chief because
Willie Is a democrat. The doctor evi
dently forgets that the police board is
supposed lo be a non-partisan body , each
member sworn not to bo actuated by
political motive * In the appointment and
promotion of police olllcers. Hut aside
from that , docs not Dr. Peabody know
thai his action Is calculated simply to
keep the present rotten crew In power
Indefinitely because the two democratic
commissioners do not agree and ono of
them who is notoriously associated with
the gamblers' gang Insists on keeping
the police In their present state of In-
efliclency until he can force the selection
of a chief satisfactory to his gambler
friends ?
The people of Omaha have a right to
demand that the tfuuie of see-suw lu
which the police commission has In
dulged for nearly six months under the
most flimsy pretexts shall cease. The
people of Omnhn may have no right to
designate the man for whom Dr. Peabody -
body or any other commissioner shall
vote for chief of police , but they have
a right to expect respectful consideration
for the petitions and letters endorsing
Martin White as the man whom they
prefer to trust with the protection of
their lives and property and the super
vision of tlie police force wupportcd by
the taxes which they pay. The trumping
up of baseless charges and the attempt
to befog the vital question at Issue can
not relieve the police commission of Its
duty and responsibility. Whatever Dr.
Peabody may have thought Dr. Lee
said or Intimated to him that could be
construed Into a corrupt proposal to in-
lluence his action In favor of Martin
White , Dr. Peabody knows that no wuclt
proposition emanated either from Mayor
Moores or the editor of The llee , as has
been alleged , and knowing this he can
no longer on that score continue to
Ignore the overwhelming sentiment of
tills community.
o/1 run CUAI ,
It is said that Important developments
are expected today In tlie strike of the
coal miners , but there is no intimation
as to what these may be. It Is to be
Inferred , however , that accessions to the
ranks of the strikers are looked for.
though it may lie that the leaders of
the strike have .some new plan to spring.
So far as appears the end of the conflict
Is still remote and it cannot be foreseen
whether it will terminate In success for
the miners or the mine owners. Much
depends upon how long the former can
withstand hunger and privation , from
which many of them and their families
are now suffering. The strike tints far
has been notably free from lawlessness ,
but the danger of outbreaks is ever pres
ent and there are conceivable circum
stances which might cause very serious
trouble.
One effect of the strike , it seems , has
been to direct attention more earnestly
to the use of machinery in mining. It
is stated that compressed air machinery
for cutting coal hay been largely Intro
duced recently In tln > mines and that
during the past year over $1,000,000
worth of electrical machinery lias been
Installed in coal mines alone in tlie
United State * , fully 00 per cent of
which was for coal cutting. About 3" > , -
000,000 tons of coal was mined by ma
chinery in the past year , the cost being
estimated at 10 cents a ton less than that
of coal mined by hand , or a net saving
oC ? ! ,500,000. It is tlie opinion of the
Philadelphia llecorrt that the ultimate
result of tlie strike will be to greatly
increase the use of machinery In coal
mining and that paper says : "From
whatever point of view we look at tlie
subject , it appears that the miners are
sure to be the chief sufferers from tlie
strike , whether they shall gain their
point or not. " It will certainly take
them a long time to regain what they
have already lost.
A THIIWTB TO SKOllETAJir HSnBH31Alff
Senator Hoar is one of a very large
number of Americans who still have
confidence in tlie distingushed statesman
who is at tlie head of the Department
of State. In a recent speech the Massa
chusetts senator said that in appoint
ing Mr. Sherman secretary of state Pres
ident McKInley had followed tlie prac
tice which had governed his predecessors
from the beginning of the government
and lie resented tlie charge that the pres
ident was actuated by a political motive.
Of Secretary Sherman Mr. Hoar said
that lie is the most illustrious states
man living in tliis country. His .service
goes back to the time before the war.
lie had been a leader in the great battle
for tlie freedom of the territories. He
was a loader In the council of tlie states
men of tlie period during tlie war. He
had been our greatest authority , as ho
still Is , on questions of finance. Refer
ring1 to certain newspapers which dwell
upon Secretary Sherman's alleged fail
ures of memory Senator Hoar said their
course can bn only characterized by the
term brutality.
All fair-minded Americans , Irre-peftlve
of politics , will agree with the Massa
chusetts senator. It is not surprising
that British newspapers should criticise
an American secretary of state who
spoke plainly to the Hritish government
of its failure to comply with Its obliga
tions , but that reputable American news
papers should seek to discredit before UK-
world a statesman who has ghvn KU-'h
illustrious .service . to the country as John
Sherman hi to the last degree , reprehen
sible. Kven If it bu true that Mr. Sh r-
mnn's memory is less retentive than
formerly an to names and unimportant
transactions , this furnishes no good rea
son for questioning ills ability to wlnely
perform the duties of secretary of state.
Such Impairment of memory does not
necessarily Imply mental Incapacity. No
American .stat-smaii has a stronger claim
to the respect of his countrymen than
John Sherman and tlie attacks made
upon him by American newspapers wore
rightly characterized by Senator Hoar as
brutal.
A member ot the gambling fraternity IH
claiming to bo the recipient of a letter from
JuJgo Gregory In which the judge pledges
himself to vote for Martin White , No sen-
Bible- man will believe that Judge Gregory
made any such promise to any man , much
\eee \ to a gambler or a friend of the gam
blers. World-Herald.
It Is also safe to assert that Judge
Gregory Is Intelligent enough to discern
the designing trickery of the KakoMIll ,
.Not only was no such letter written by
Judge Gregory , but no one ever pre
tended to have such a letter unless it be
a member 01 the gamblers' gang , for
which the World-Herald Is the mouth
piece , and which would stop at nothing
to prevent the election of Martin White.
Consul General Leo was able to find
only 1,400 destitute Americans In Cuba
who could lay claim to participation In
the $10,000 relief fund voted by con
gress , It Is safe to say , nevertheless ,
that none of the destitute Americans
who had heard of the $10,000 escaped.
The statement that scientific experts
find unmistakable Indications of rich
copper deposits In Wyoming , wlillo grati
fying , creates uo surprise among people
who Imvo any adequate conception of
the inluerallsTlKuh of that state. Wyo
ming coal mines equal those of Penn
sylvania , and Its oil fields await devel
opment that will class Wyoming with
the great oil-producing regions of the
world. Tlufiy-JI good reason to believe
that Its mountains are also rich In cop
per , as also stocked here and there
with gold ajud Hllver and other metals.
Wyoming's rintunU resources , especially
Its mineral resources , arc' ' bound to push
its people to-.the front.
American jnvontlvo genius Is already
at work on machinery that will revolu
tionize the work of sugar beet cultiva
tion just as it ri'Vitutlonlztnl the cultiva
tion of cotton and grain when those
branches of agriculture were In their
crude stato. And Important Improve
ments In the way of minimizing labor
and Increasing the saccharine matter in
the sugar beet yield may bt > put down
as only a question of a comparatively
short time.
When President Kauri- gets to St.
Petersburg the czar of Hussla and the
president of France will exchange the
usual complimentary pleasantries about
being more anxious than ever to main-
lain the peace of Knrope just as the
czar and German emperor have been
assuring one another and keep right on
fortifying their frontiers and strength
ening their armaments.
P.oss Croker may be able to persuade
Hryan that Tammany Hall Is an or
ganization founded solely on the purest
patriotism and love of good government
ment- , but he will hardly be able to con
vince llrynn's followers in the reform
populist parly that Tammany is not the
same old rotten spoils grabbing com
bination it lias always been.
Bryan's speeches in Montana show
that he Is still long on silver talk , but
short on advice to the worklngmeii and
striking miners as whose friend he lias
posed whenever there was anything to
gain by bidding for the labor vote.
I'lrliu ; at SlmilouN.
Kansas City Journal.
A rebellion'in India would be hard to sub
due. The people of that country are GO
emaciated by lamlne that British riflemen
could not hit them.
GrtdntV Xenror Heaven.
Sioux City Tribune.
It Is . chenp minister who cannot defi
nitely locate heaven. A Baltimore member
now says "It la Just beyond the setting sun , "
which would place ft somewhere in western
Nebraska. l
Klin-Inn Cjinli fur American nraln.
New Vofk World.
The telegrams of | the day report a abort-
ago of cars In tbo.west , accompanied in the
east by preparations for unprecedented grain
shipments. In spite of the indebtedness to
foreign holders or our securities , our cxporto
for the season'will'soon be forcing this way
more foreign icashl than wo have handled
In years. (
Pro'sju-rMj-'s Klrrtn.
SiirliiBllcUl ( MaF.f. ) licpubllcan ,
The procession o f empty tramp steamers
now headed front all quarters of the earth
for the great American grain ports is an
other Illustration of present upward ten
dencies. Tlicafe learners come in ballast
because It Is more profitable than to wait
for a cargo to carry to America ; It would
be a long wait , 5iut once here 'a ' wheat
cargo is ready for them.
A It Mi < > lltinn of 'TO.
Globe-Democrat.
Some people did not realize until 1S79 was
half over that prosperity had returned. There
are a few persons who 'think now that the
KO l times may be switched off and delayed
for a year or two. Reasonable people , how
ever , laugh at thE'Se doubters. The bound
ing giuln and stock markets and the hum
ming mill wheels show that the business
stagnation Is over and the good times are
at hand.
CoiivtTdiijr Corn Into Hoof.
IniUniiapollH Journal. " "
Nebraska la not going to crowd its corn
into the Chicago market this year to weaken
the price , but Is going to feed It to stock
and send it out of the state in cattle and
how. In the same article which makes this
announcement in a neutral paper la the stale
meat thepopjcratlc combination will have
hard work to keen Mr. Bryan's state f-om
going republican , so powerful a promoter of
republicanism Is prosperous times.
An llliinilnatiMllnil > iix.
New York Sun.
The Hon. Ignatius Donnelly , the Sago of
Nlnlnger , says that ho is trying to find a
populVit with a nimbus olx fei > t wide around
his head. By sending to Thomson , Ga. , he
can procure a 'populist with a head nix feet
wide and a 'bronze nimbus of the same width.
if.1. Donnelly appears to be singularly isno-
rant of the richro of his own party , and yet
it seems Impossible that gleams' of the bronze
nimbus fix foot wide cannot bo detected
oven In the northwest.
Worxt liohlxTM of All.
WurlilnBtnn 1'ost.
When a bank Is wrecked hundreds of In
nocent persons are affected , many of them
ruined. Sulcldra often follow , the savings
of years are lost , the Inheritance of widows
mid children , is dissipated and the villain
who is responsible- thtoodKusters gets a
few years in the penitentiary ami Is then
pardoned and put Into pLeltlun to prey on
the public again. Thu pleadings of influen
tial citizens , or of loving and peoitotunt
wife or daughter , will effect a pardon and
the criminal walks the street ; ) a free man.
Such men are far moro dangerous tg a
community than a known robber , and de
serve less consideration.
A KnvornMc Onlloolc.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A summary of the crop conditions of the
'
Old World ahows pla'lnly enough whence
comes the prosperity which Is relieving the
United States from the grip of the great
panic. . Wheat may not Useto ono dollar
a bushel by Thanksgiving , aa 1'hll Armour
predicts , but It-ite' Uound to sell at a very
pretty price , \VUati.ls of eijual Importance
la that the enoruiqus oxporla of corn mint
continuo and that thus the price cf this
cereal , which Is the leadur of American
agriculture , trust..rise to moro remunerative
flKiirre , The outloqk Is eciually goo.t for 189S ,
'
since this yearfif'the ) last , all the visible
"
supplies of grajjii"wi | | be drawn ur > on from
every quarter , [ c Hl"K up the markets for
the next harvest" .
I'rotri'Hini mid Tin I'lutc.
Chicago Tribune.
A carload of Indiana tin plato has Just
bcn chlpi.cd to Italy , An HMgllsh order 'U
being tilled now. If any ono had preJlctol
this seven ycafu Q&n he would have been
hooted at , It , W-\ supposed then that if
Americans , wlfliMlw aid of a 8t"f duty ,
eould manage ! Vit mxKa tin plate In competi
tion with the Welshmen for home consump
tion , they would tye doing very well. And
now the Indiana Un plate manufacturers arc
competing with the Welshmen In England.
That such unexpected results have hecu
achieved la duu , Jargfly tq. the great reduc
tion in the price of American ttcel , which
is cheaper here than in England. But bad
it not been for .the protection given by tlitt
legation of 1SOO the tin plate Industry
won hi not have been established In this
country , and the processes of manufacture
would not have been so Improved by Amer
ican Ingenuity that the American manufac
turers with cheaper steel can now Invade
foreign markets. That they control the
homo market appears from the fact that lu
1890 the Imports of tin plato amounted to
680,000.000 pounds , valued at | 21OOa.OOO ,
while for the last fiscal year the imports
were 230,000,000 pounds , valued at ? 5.250,000.
There- were no anticipatory imports of tin
plate , though It was known th& duty wa&
to be locreaaed.
voirn or THM STATK IMIKSS.
Pone * Journal ! Monday's Omaha Dec de
votes several columns to an attack on the
police regulations of that city , exposing
lawlessness within Its borders And shewing
the Inefficiency of the chief. The Ueo Is
nothing If not fearless ,
Tobias Unzettc : The Omaha Dee's ex *
posuro of the rottenness of the police force
of Omaha had the effect of forcing Chief
Slgwart to resign. Whenever The H o goes
gunning for game It alwayw brings It downer
or drives It to Its den or roosting place.
Schuylcr Quill ( pop. ) : The Quilt finds a
lot ot middle-of-the-road populists In Colfax
county who are opposed to fusion and who
Insist on the party nominating a full ticket
'and ' going It alone this fall , letting the dem
ocrats do the same. They base their belief
on principle and that fusion U wrong and
they have the big end of the argument.
Thcro Is considerable feeling a to the way
the democrats have done In this county In
the past when they were the supposed ma
jority party. Also some of the head men
In that party are still remembered as great
golilbugs not long since.
IOWA I'll ICSS COM.M1JXT.
Waterloo Courier : Kormcr Governor Holes
will open the campaign for Candidate White
nt Mnrshalltown next Thursday , It IH hoped
the governor will feel called upon to read
to the gathering his recent letters on the
Oliver question.
Cedar Rapids Republican : The Iowa sound
money democrats arranged at the meeting
held In Dos Molnes that Candidate Cllggltt
should open the campaign at Davenport on
September 1 , and that a largo number of
speakers of state and national renown should
speak In the state during the latter part of
September and the early part of October.
The democrats estimate that prosperity ,
which ha.3 begun to smile over the land , will
win them thousands of votes from the ranks
of the popocrats , and they certainly have
good cause for such a belief.
Burlington llawkeyo : The friends of Oov.
eriior Drake will deeply regret to hear of his
protracted and painful Illness. Kvery criti
cism upon his declination of a second term
must pale before this most palpahlo evi
dence that General Drake performed what
ho believed to be a high public duty when
ho declined a second term. He knew his
physical condition better than the public
did and he rests upon his bed of atlllctlon
justified in motive and deed and with the
profound sympathy of the people of Iowa.
May his pains be allayed and hlw physical
strength and vigor bo quickly restored.
Des Molnes Leader : Iowa railroads are
handling a summer business such as they
have not known In years. They are running
extra crewa and making every effort to se
cure rolling stock and power enough to
handle- the freight that Is 'being ' offered
them. Their employes are working full time
and more ; freight conductors on some of the
Des Molnes lines have been earning $115 to
I1GO a month recently by reason of the overtime
time- they have made. Shops are running
on full time , in some eases with extra forces.
GrcU processions of long traln.i move east
ward , carrying the grain from Iowa's cribs
and granaries , called forth by the announce
ment of better prices. 1'rlces are better ,
and will be still better. This is the promise
of all the best authorities. lown , with a
largo part of its crop of last year slfd un
sold , and with another large one at hand
will get greater bencllts from the revival
of prices than any other western state.
I'HHSO.VAI. AXI ) OT1IKHW1SI3.
During the late hot spell In England the
lord chief justice took off his wig and gown
while trying a case In court , thereby rock
ing the British isles to their foundations.
A yellow dog derailed a hand car near
Ileno , Kan. , and the car went over a twenty-
foot embankment , injuring three men. The
dog , after the accident , just got up and
barked.
It Is now explained that the democratic
candidate for governor of Ohio was not a
rebel brigadier during the war but a copper
head , lie stayed at home and did his firing
In the rear.
Those Alaska Indians who transfer freight
over Chllkoot Pass have been close students
of American railroad history. They demand
anil collect all the traffic will bear without
curling a hair.
John Otis , who usrd to be known as the
"milkman congressman , " is-In Topska , Kan. ,
In poor health and straitened circumstances
Some time ago he started a co-operative
colony in Colorado and put all his money
Into it. The colony failed.
The husband of five wives In Chicago
struck a paying job aa a result of his matrimonial
menial enterprise. He Is posing as a frfak
In a dimemuseum. . The hours aud the com
pensation is much more comfortable than
the struggle to support three growing fam
ilies on ? CO a month.
President McKlnle-y , by going up Into the
towr cf his summer hotel , can look into
Queen Victoria's dominion to the northward ,
catch a gllrnpso of the White mountains far
to the eastward , look directly upon the big
chain of the Green mountains near at baud
In Vermont , and then to the westward can
survey all tlie giants of the Adlrondacks
.Mounts Marcy , 'Mclntyre and Whlteface.
The president of the Citizens' Strost nail-
way company of Indianapolis shortened hLi
vacation and hurrlod homo for the yitrpose
of telling the residents of the town that If
thry didn't stop their clamor for 3-ccnt fans
capital would bo scared away. ' The Indian
apolis Journal calmly retorts that ccultal
which Is Ihrne-flfths water Is not wanted.
It ahows that this particular street railway
represents an Investment , very liberally esti
mated , of $2,700,000. Yet It Is bonded for
$1,000,000 and stocked for $5,000.000. What
the Hooslers want Is less wind and moro
substance ,
Thu supreme court , of Michigan Is acquir
ing a reputation for undoing knotty prob
lems of law. Recently It decided that a
proofreader was not a laborer , although he
urns against tome , pretty hard work. Later
It tackled the bicycle question and in an
exhaustive review of its kinks and curvco
held that It Is not a vehicle subject to toll
on a toll road. The court makes the dis
tinction that the bicycle Is not propelled by
animals or mechanical power , but by the
rider himself , the same as a wheelbarrow or
u baby carriage. The wheeling multitude
regard the decision as a model for up-to-
date courts.
IIIOAMl.VC I''OK ' Tllia SICAItOAUI ) .
Tlie 1'rolili'ia of .MarUrtlat ; Uncle
.Siini'H KiiorinoiiH Crop.
Hoslon Ololie.
As ii now being seen the getting of our
enormoiuj grain crops to the seaboari has
become u complete and somewhat wonderful
science.
Formerly the 'bulk ' of western grain was
brought through canals ; but now the canals
have come to cut a relatively small figure
ureIn ISfln they brought only H.GOO.OQO
bushels , whllo the railroads convoyed 72.-
7783r. : ! bushcK
But for the now dovlco.3 for getting grain
quickly over the road blockades would be
constant. Thousands of small clevatoiTJ have
sprung up , dotting every feeder as well as
thu main lines of the grain regions so that
no farmer la now for distant from a de
pository for his crops.
The re.iult Is an enormous and yearly In-
crtzaliig shipment. When one reflects that
this year America will probably ship not
less than 200.000,000 bushels of wheat It Is
not difllcult to see what It means when , at
SO ecu's u buahel , the receipts amount to
$160,000.000 In gold.
To supply tlin great ahortago of Rurope
there are but three great fields of buppl > .
These are our own , those of Houthern Hiwsln ,
and the newly developed oned of the Argen
tine republic. The total exports from thcoo
three countries last year were 270,000 000
bushels. This wan 22,000,000 bushels lets
than the average for the last six years. In
our great export years of 1892 and 1891 we
had crow to draw upon of 085,000,000 bushels
grown In 1SU1 , and 580,000.000 bushels grown
In 1S92. Last year our ct'op was 470,000,000
bushels , and this year It la believed to
amount to 575,000,000 busbele.
There baa been as much progress In the
science of getting grain to market quickly ,
In cmllcAj quantities and at the leant pos-
clble expense as there has been in any other
tidcnce. If the farmer getH any decent
share of the profits this year It will be a lift
tiuch s has never yet been realized ,
That this bids fair to be emphatically a
farmers' year 1s much cause for rejoicing.
Great a , < are the present cxporta It la only
the beginning of the buslnera of wheat mov
ing , aa the really heavy movement does not
bpgln till late In August nd September.
Long llve-the American farmer. U ft ) time
ho had bis
WITH THU XUW HOOKS.
The popularity of IMwaril lldlamyV
"Looking D.ickwarJ" Is bound to Insure a
large number ot renders tor Its sequel ,
"KqualltjV many of whom , expecting to find
repeated the romantic nd agreeable stir-
pr.sre of the earlier work , will be more or
less disappointed. There IsIn fact In the
new book scarcely the pretense of plot or
anything to suggest romance , the entire In
terest rtsllng on a scfles of highly em
bellished conversations , In which the doc
trines Mr. Bellamy liaa previously cham
pioned are defended and further elaborated.
Many of the arguments presented , Mr. Bel
lamy tells us , hu had In mind at the time ot
writing "Looking Backward , " although some
of the best of these strongly suggest having
been culled from nlhor writers , by a sort of
kleptomania of the mind , the author confus
ing what he absorbed from others with what
was original with himself. Kconomlc.il
sclpncc , however , remains Just where- was
before , neither new Ideas of moment being
offered nor advance steps of any consequence
having been taken. There Is Indeed a wtUo
gulf between Mr. Bellamy , the romancu
writer , and Mr. Bellamy the constructive
economist. Perhaps this may bo. said to In *
the failing of agitators In general , who catf ,
beautifully picture the evils that exist In our
house of horrors , but whose succefs In sug
gesting a house that shall be free from sim
ilar evils Is quite Indifferent. There can bo
no doubt that great economies would result
In the costs of distribution under Mr. Bel
lamy's "Equality" collectivism , but It Is
In the costs of production under this
"equality" scheme that a tremendous falling
off would result aa compared with the col
lectivism Involved In the division of labor
under the current Industrial system , and It
may bo regarded as almost a certainty thai
a perlo.l of retrogression would begin the day
the "equality" collectivism was put In action.
It Is In embellishing hln Ideas that Mr. Bel
lamy Is at his best and Ills first chapter IB
made very entertaining through this accom
plishment. There Is also a beautiful parable
Illustrating In a measure the process by
which Industrial crises are brought about.
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"Mr. Peters , " a novel by Rlccardo Stephens ,
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Mr. R'ccardo Stephens ca1lt < Ills hero Gul-
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the lynching , -which ho doscrlbea In the
prologue , Is placed with BUlllclent nccuiacy
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of the author's nativity. The comedy cle
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slow approaching tragedy , which reminds
one unpleasantly of similar things In Dick
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Admirers of Dr. Edward Everett Hale
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Its name of "Susan's Escort and Others"
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Seven short stories by that thorough mis
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The ensuing twelvemonth will be a Ger
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books constituting the required literature
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of those Is "Imperial Germany , " by Sidney
Whitman , a well known London newspaper
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with Bismarck , Von Moltkc and other lead
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to treat the ( subject. The second Is "Tho
Social Spirit In America , " by Prof. Charles
U. Henderson , of the University of Chicago
cage , which aims to Inspire social sentiment
and to direct personal efforts. The third Is
"Roman Life In Pliny's Time , " by Maurice
Pell son. The fourth is "A Short History of
Mediaeval Europe , " by Prof. Oliver J.
Thacher of the University of Chicago , cov
ering the period from about 350 to 1500 A. D.
The final volume Is a new and enlarged
edition of "Roman and Mediaeval Art , " by
Prof. William H. Goodyear , of the Brook
lyn institute , which was used in the Chau
tauqua Literary and Scientific circle course
four years ago. Flood & Vincent , Mead-
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"Hell for Sartaln , " recently published by
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Hall Calne's gloomy and powerful story.
"Tho Deemster. " Is Iffiticd In napor covcrx
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V. Tennyson Necly , Chicago , publishes "A
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"The Malachite Cram. " by Frank II. Norton.
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The recond volume of Jtillua Calm's Official
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II r.in-liri" < tinCiiniiilliin Homln Out of
< 'iiiislil < 'inliliII MS I n < < * .
' . . '
L'.ilp.iit'i 'llmCA-llirnlil ,
The decision of the attorney genera ! of Iho
United States touching the Keopp of that
section of thtnrllf bill which provides for
a discriminating duty of 10 per cent on cnmli
Imported Into a routUmius country and then
Imported Into the fulled Sutr uetd oeea-
slon no Hiirprlfle Among C.tnadl.in.-i or Amer
icans. It Is certainly In. line with the \nier.
lean- policy of this admliiUtratlnn on all
question * affecting onr trade relntlo is.
The attorney general deelden that goodit
and production. ! of a foreign country not
continuous to tinfulled .States whii-h are
regularly Imported Into Canada and after
ward exported to the United Statis are s'Hi-
Ject to the tax of 10 percent provided for
h > t'cetlon 22 of the new tariff act , ami iteo
that the method of conveyance , whether 'by '
water , rail or otherwise , Is not material.
The con-trnctinn of thi.-s M. ctlon of the new-
law vitally affects the Intelcsta of the
Canadian ralhva > which have built up H
large business lu the transportation of goods
of English nmmifurluro ftnm Can.idn In o
the United States. The decision imti'nO'v
redounds to the advantage of the Aineili'in
competitors of these rnllwa\s. The point ,11
controversy which Impelled the Treasury de
partment to ask for a decision was an Invoice
voiceof diamonds worth $90.000 reci'lved at
Detroit from Canada. AH the diamonds were
the production of u foreign country not e u-
tlguuus to the United States , and wi-ro
brought Into the United Statra from a ern-
tlguous country , the collector of the port
was authorized to Impose the discriminating
duty.
The amendirent Inserted In the Dlngley
act by the conference committee provide : *
that goodn of any foreign country regularly
Imported Into Canada and afterward brought
to the United Stolen are subject to the illu-
crlmlnatlng duty of 10 per cent , no matter
what may be the method of conveyance.
The question whether goods transported
through Canada to the United States under
consular seal are tmbject to the duty has not
yet been deleimined. Whether this la de-
elded in favor of the Canadian roads or not ,
the decision already rendered plves the
American roads an advantage which cannot
be overcome by the Canadian competitors.
FOHCIXO ACTION IX TUB SKXATI3.
Sneaker HIM-I ! Tell * Wliy He IleM the
Utilise Inactive.
Hon. T. 11. Ill-eel I" the Illustrated American.
When the bill went to the senate the ques
tion arose as to the duty of the house. Should
1 go on with business or await the action
of the senate ? Wo had been called together
In extraordinary serslon for one purpoflc and
for one alone , and that was to dlsposo
of the one question which was really pend
ing before the people of the United States
a question which wo all knew had to bo
settled and which wo thought ought to ba
settled speedily. Of course , whllo the presi
dent could call us together for a special pur
pose , ho could not limit our action. Ones
in session we were at liberty to < lo whatever
wo deemed Imperative for the good of the
Is a very popular pur
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Half the men who
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The bicycle suit , pre
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We half golfsuits and
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Everything else that
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And for those stay-
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and at prices that are
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