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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1897)
THE OMAHA TAILY lJMi | ( : : FRIDAY , AUGUST 20 , 1fl)7. } OMAHA DAILYII _ s I I ! . IlOflRWATKn , IMItor , = - _ - . - - I'Ulll.milHl ) KVKIIV MOUNINO. I TKIIMS UK aUIMCUIlTlON. i | IHIty l w ( Without Sunday ) , One Yer..H M j j itlir lire ai.il Sund * > , One r og KU MimtllH 4VO , Titree Atimthn t W rhimlnir ! > . Vr.r Tear 2 v > > , \ Hmiinlnr M-c. One V nr * . ; Vfkly lint , One Y r U i [ The 1I llulimtif ; . fc mill OinHliH : Sinner lllk. . Cer. J arul ! li Stu l ' .uncll fllnn > : 10 1'enil ? tred. 1'hlvnKu Ultlce ; SI. . CrmmliT a' Commerce. Nrw Y'irk lldotim 13. II nn.l 15. Tilbuno U1J ( . Ml Fourteenth Stiect. COIHinsi'ONlJBNcR. Ail entnm'inlciitlonk relating to new * and edlto tin : nmtlpr Fhuulil I * a < Mf < weil : To tlio Ivlltor. Ai ; l.ujlnc.x IcltiTK anil remlttnneri * liouW li * iiewe | | < 3 to The Hv 1'iiliilililnit Company , OiiniliA. lrnfl . cli ( K . txiJioti unit lioslotllc * ino.ie ) cnlriK to lie maile payable to the order Df the comi'iny. 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TIIU IIHH OX TIIAIXS. .Ml rnllpoiul ni'WKlmj-M nrc MiitMiHi'il wllli i-niiimli lli-i'H < o iii'riiiiitiioitiilf * t'wry IIIIH- dl'IIU'tT Mild HlllllM III mill It iii'MNimiicr. InsNt upiin liuv- InK Tinll ' < ' . If ynii ciiiinot K 't a HIMon a Irnln from the ( lie fiu- 1 , Mlnlliiiv ( lie trnl n unit ril 1 1 run il. lo the Clrcnliltlon Di imrdiK'ii I fit Tlu1 llrt * . The HIMIn for xnlc on nil I nil UN. IXSIST OX 1IAVIMS TI1I3 IIKK. PAHTII2S liHAVlXS KOIl THIS SIMI.AIKIl I'artli-N 1cm Inn ( lie oily for , ( lie Nlininicr onii luivi- The life Kent < n 'tliciu r < > Kiilarly liy nntlfjliitc Tin1 IliilniKl - 1ICMH Olllt'f 111 IH'VSOIl or ll.V innll. The inlilrcsM ivlll he diniiK * ] UN onen UN ilcNlrcd. Xoliraska Is ntlvortlsliiB Usu-lf those days. f At last accounts tlio fusion nomination for supreme. Jiul e In this state was con ceded to a frou sllvor rciiopoenit. Wo arc wnltliiK to Icara wlinthi'r the man of "Inlloocncc" or tlio reliable man llxed the deal for the If the woatlHM111:111 : would Rlvo renmlnlnK' quota the state lair September , the nppruclatotl. ' If It were clear Hint the railroads were responsible for damaRos arising from de fects In the vladuets , they would not ho BO reluctant to keep them in passable repair. The caar will now do his best to con vince President l''aure ' Hint his love for France Is unabated , no matter what tokens of affection he may have be- fitoweil upon ( Sennnny. The attention of lovers of the national Rame Is a aln called to the fact th : < t The JSec Is the only newspapi In tills Bection of the country that jirlnts the full scores of league base ball panics. o Society of American Florists will its national convention to Omaha next year and Omaha may be depended on to niaUe Itself a bed of roses for the delegates during their sojourn In this city. The Nebraska sujiar beet Holds are making a line Impression upon visitors from out of the stale on tours of Inspec tion. Sugar beet culture Is one of the RrowltiK Industries of agricultural Ne braska. The republican primaries today will disclose a remarkable condition of harmony within the party on flie ( jnes- ilon of delejjales to the state conven tion , not a single real contest belli ; ; In la any ward. Governor llolcomb assures Oinahn's new chief of police of his hearty sup port. So does the gamblers' combine and keepers of disorderly ivsorts who Insisted on having a police chief not 'distasteful to them. Now If the police board will only re place Flro Chief Hedell wllh some well known man of executive ability without tlio slightest experience as a lire lighter , but who supported llryan Ilrst and last , It may achieve Its Ideal of reform. Tim reform State Hoard of Transporta tion has been drawing the salaries for nearly el ht months , but It will take n powerful microscope to discover the reforms It has worked In the chaws uxiicluil by railroads and other common carriers. If the railroads put as much time nnd care upon providing more comfortable traveling facilities for their patroim us they do In ferreting out competitors en- Killed In scalping tickets the benellts nccriilng to the passenger public would be almost Incalculable , A year ago the sllvcrltcs were telling the. fanner that It was the single gold standard that was keeping the price of farm products down. Now these same people are complaining because the tingle gold standard Is not sending the prlco of farm products up at a gait fast enough to suit them. The sllverltes ore having u hard time to convince themselves that the single gold standard bode has beeu played out. nit. foil. t uKiirmn 'Hut republicans of lown nre to ln i congratulated upon having nominated 1 nn exceptionally Strom ? state ticket. ' ' When the convention met , with "even candidates for the gubernatorial noniij j nation , n prolonged contest seemed to I be Inevitable , with the possibility of t more or less discord nnd disaffection. It was the hope nf the political oppo sition that such would be the case. Tlio convention , however , was harmonious as well as enthusiastic and but three for- j ' mill ballots were necessary to select ( ho candidate for governor. The other can- ! dldnles were- nominated without much contest. The new leader of the Ilawkeye re publicans , Leslie M. Shaw , has not hith erto been prominent In politics , but he Is n man of line ability a lawyer by profession niul also a banker , lie took an aotlvi' ' part In last year's campaign and his speeches on the money | ncsUon were among the ablest and strongest expositions of sound money views that Were heard In Iowa. IIo Is an eloquent speaker and his republicanism , which as lie stated In accepting the nomination was Implanted In him when it boy in Vermont , Is of the most earnest kind. Undoubtedly Mr. Shaw will make a spirited and aggressive campaign and as the money question Is to again be made the paramount Issue , no man In the state Is better qualified to champion the cause of sound money. The other candidates are men of capacity and character. The platform Is sound In every plank. It properly begins by commending the national administration and proceeds to reallirm the principles enunciated In the last national platform. 1'rotectlon , hon est money , economy In public expendi tures , are the more Important demands of the Iowa republican plat form. It also speaks for restraint upon the power of combination. It Is a platform that republicans everywhere can unquali fiedly commend. With so good a ticket and n cause which appeals to the Intelligence and In tegrity of the voters , tjie republicans of Iowa should achieve this year one of the greatest victories In the history of the state. It must bo Impossible , with existing conditions , for the political elements fused In the cause of currency debasement to secure this year anything like the support for that cause It re ceived last November. It must be that a very large number of the farmers who last year accepted the free silver doc trine are now convinced of Its fallacy and can see on what dangerous ground they then stood. They know that one of the chief arguments Indeed this car dinal argument -of the free silver advo cates has been entirely swept : rway by the parting in price of wheat and silver and with this prop of the free silver cause knocked from under It little re mains save what appeals to dishonesty. There is no defense to be inndoif silver on * i he only thing to be said for "it is that it would enable debtors to pay their debts In a cheaper money In other words to repudiate a part of their obli gations. As to protection , a majority of the voters of Iowa have always fa vored that policy and there is no reason to suppose that they are not witislied with the new tariff law , which will cer tainly bo beneficial to the manufactur ing industries of that state and thus Increase the homo demand for agricul tural products. The only things the republicans of Iowa have to fear are apathy and overconfidence - confidence among themselves. If all re publicans will worklieartlly In the cam paign and vote on election day the parly will win ai victory that will have a far- reaching Influence. By way of San Sebastian , Spain , comes tlio reassuring statement of the Japanese minister to that country , said to have been made to the Spanish min ister of foreign affairs and to several foreign ambassadors , that ho is con vinced there will be no war between the United States and Japan and that everything In connection with Hawaii will be satisfactorily adjusted without interfering with the policy of this coun try respecting those islands. Assuming the truth of the report tlio statement of the Japanese minister , who had just reached Spain from his own country , Is of course signlllc'anl , although there lias never really been any substantial reason for apprehending war between Japan and the United States over Hawaii. Neither country could niford to make the sacrifices Inseparable from war for those Islands and we do not believe that any thought of war has ever been seri ously entertained by Japanese states men. All that Japan has asked Is that In the event of the annexation of Hawaii to the United States the rights and Inter ests of Japan In. the Islands , as. ahvady secured by treaty , should be re.spected , and it is to be Inferred , from the minis ter's statement that Japan understands this will bo done. Tin ; At last there is a commission to con sider the question of currency revision and formulate a plan which may be sub mitted to congress. This commission has no otllclnl standing , having bt-en ap pointed by the executive committee' of the Indianapolis conference of currency , reformers held some months ago , but un doubtedly it IB quite as well qualilk'd to consider and report on the currency as would be a commission cieated by au thority of congress. There Is this differ ence , however , that an olllclal commis sion would have Its expenses provided for out of the public treasury , while the expenses of this commission will be paid by private contributions. Thus if'tho labors of the commission shall have no practical result , as Is very likely to bo the case , they will have cost the country nothing. * It is presumed that the commission will set to work at once and that It will have Its views fully prepared when con gress meets In December. There will be no dlfliculty about this , because there Is really not much to be done except to give form to the propositions accepted at Indianapolis. There are some do- tullg to be supplied , that Id all. Every body understand that th ' iiiml.sslon ) iwlll agree Hint the legal tender not a should be permanently taken out of Hie circulation and that a bank currency 'should take their place. What the com- mission will endeavor to do Is to devise tt practicable plan lor aei-ompllshlng these things. Perhaps the /.eal of the currency re formers Is to be commended , but we cannoi see any probability of much good coming from It , even If the continued agitation of the subject shall do no harm. Kfcretary Oage has wild that there Is no hope of any legislation by the present congiess looking to the retire ment of the legal tender notes nnd un less the reformers pan bring about such legislation their agitation Is a waste of time. xornixii rn T-\KK \ n.trK. You cannot lire a ten-inch shell out of a six-Inch gun. Neither can you inaiiu- facluro a campaign Issue out of a small bore politician. The desperate attempt of the World-Herald to split the repub lican party by using Mel Kedllcld as a wedge Is too transparent to cieate any serious diversion. The publication In the World-lleral.l of revamped editorials and ftnginents of letters from the UK'S of The I'.ee M Justify the persistent efforts of Itedlleld to foment dlssentlon In the republican rauktf under pretense of p.ieil'ying his super-sensitive conscience has no bearIng - Ing whatever upon the c.ise. A few examples will sulllee. The Her of Feb ruary 1 , ISli : : , Is credited with the fol lowing decla'Mtiou : The revelations mnilc throiiRli tlic collapse nf tlio Capital National brink make It tlic duly ot liio legislature to lireak up tlio rlni ; of political mercenaries that clustered nrouml Moi'licr anil recover for the state every dollar that has been lawlessly pilfered from tlia treasury. They must go to the bottom of nil the crooked work , reclaim \vliat belongs to the state , no matter In wliojc bonds tbo stolen property may be , nnd expose and pun ish dishonesty wherever It may bo foun.l. In thta work lionrot men of all parties should Join , not to make polit ical eapltal for themselves or tlimr party , lull to icdeem the state and set nn " "rumple that will have n military cfftct upon iin.n who hold positions of honor , profit or trust. The article quoted was an appeal to the legislature then In session to go to the bottom of the Mosher scandal iv- gardless of political consequence. In this work men of all parties were asked to Join , not for partisan purposes , but to redeem the state by making an example of lliose who wore instrumental In loot- lug the treasury. This is t\n unfortunate quotation for the World-Herald , because at that very time It was standing In with the penitentiary ring and seeking to ob struct and prevent Impeachment of the men Implicated in the Mosher steals and Dorgan jobs. Hut what Is there in this editorial that Justifies County Clerk Hed- fleld's malicious warfare upon Mayor Moores ? Hedfield has had Ills dnv ! < li" . . . - % , * - - * * * ' . i4' * * ' - 5iu-i ? L . .ihilc opinion at iho city elec tion. His continued intrusion Inlo public prints , after his advice to the voters , was repudiated at the polls , and 'while the charges trumped" a'gainst Moorc.s arc pending in 'the courts. Is an imperti nence. Tlio signed editorial , dated March 11. ISO ! ! , from which the World-Herald quotes the following extract Is equally Irrelevant to the Hedlleld controversy : But In my humble estimation the national commtttecman Is neither In honor or duty bound to countenance or condone conduct on the part of republican officials Hint tends lo destroy public confidence In the party. Var myself , I propose to denounce dishonest prac tices and public robbery by whomsoever com mitted let the consequences be what they maj' . , Hedfield is not national committoi'inan. If lie wore , his present conduct would not bo Justifiable , because it Is not an at tempt to purge the party or to chock dis reputable practices In public ollice , butte to pose as a martyr to superior Integrity , in order that he may keep hlm.sclf on the public pay roll. So far as The leo is concerned , It hns nothing to fake back or be ashamed of. Its course has been consistently for the upbuilding of the republican party , the protection of the taxpayers and the pro motion of the welfare of the state. It Is the height of impudence for a newspaper like the World-Herald , which has prosti tuted its intluence for money and patron age to the rotten and discredited ele ments of the republican party and the public thieves of all parties to tell decent republicans whom they should or should not favor with positions of honor and trust. Governor llolcomb delights In throwIng - Ing bouquets at himself. A few weeks ago lie threw a big bouquet at himself by assuring the American people through the Now York Herald that Ne braska's Improved credit and prosperous condition was due almost solely to his economical and elllclent administration of state affairs. Now he compliments himself with another boipiet by con gratulating himself through a letter to Chlef-ICloct Gallagher Iho upon sa gacious choice he has made for the head of the Omaha police department. Quartermaster General Test certifies to the fact that Con 'tallauhcr exhibited superb qualities as a fivight handler I'mthe t'nlon I'aclllc , and from this un disputed fact tin ; eminent astrologer and weatnrr prophet realms the conclusions I j that Gallagher will inr.Uo a very elllclent chief of police. Heiv Is logic as Is logic. If the eminent star gazer had known a harbor skilled in face-scraping and halr- ilresslng he would consider It proof that the barbei' would make an elliclent loco motive engineer ftr train dispatcher. French anarchists suem to bo unable to go Into the bomb-throwing busliiTs * without Including n few choice phrases about liberty and patriotism In with theh paraphernalia , They are bound to do hide themselves Into the Idea ( hat the ) are martyrs to u great cause , evei though they cannot hope to make nn > ono else believe ns they do. The delegates who go to the republlcai county convention should not forgrt tlm the state committee lias rofommcndoi the immediate reorganization of tin county committee In order that the worl of the campaign may proceed wltliou delny or li\H \ ) fitptoii. ! So reasonable a request of tdM'UtatP committee should be promptly conijilled with. ' The civil Service commission complains - ' ' plains thntJIJ'l'V overwhelmed with ex amination p'.tpi'rs of applicants for dtllee. Hut If ther 'Wore no civil jj'Tvlce ex- mutilations 'Wo word overwhelming would not llalf1' ' describe the siege that the oUlcoseokVr'ji ' would be laying to the president ajij every one supposed to have Intluoijee.pyi'lth hint. If we are 'li > Nave a now edition of the city charter , II should by all means be provided with n new Index that will help a person to find the provisions he may be searching for. Kxei'pl for the Index there would be no excuse for print ing n separate volume of the charter when the law is easily acceslble In the iiibllshed so.isloii laws. A York county lad was run over and erlously Injured by a load of wheat vhleh was bi'lng ' hurried to the market o take advantage of the tempting prices pioled on the grain.Vo suppose this vlll. bo used by our free silver fi lends o point a moral to the bad effects of ' IclClnley prosperity. When the brilliant genius who Is totu- > orurlly at ( He helm as editor of the Vorld-IIornld runs short of original deas ho can always depend upon the mck Hies of The Hoe for an abundant iitpply of readable material to fill the tutorial columns of the popocratic rgau. General Test , one of the employes of he World-Herald , writes to the editor f that paper to tell him "Your I'lre and 'ollce commission has done wls-'ly. " [ 'ho question is , Will the commission icqiiie.see In this claim to ownership ? Sy in lit inns of lrtr < 'H Tnllc > n. hlcnBoTectml. Governor IMugrec la lonliifi his nerve. Ho .limits . that there inny be n few poInU In the nouey question which ho doca not tinder- tand. llrynii'M ( "li u ill.of Prosirrlly. | Chicago Tliiuu-lK'taUl. Young Mr. llrynn evidently has been greatly mprossed with the tidal wave of prosperity vhlch Is sweeping over the country. He now itfera to go to Ohio to make one free silver pcech for $1.500 In advance. Ulllioil.H III II. Inillnn.ipolls Jontnul. \ The wheat crop for the United States Is vstlmated nt (100,000,000 ( bushels. Domestic onsumptlou "la estimated at 303,000,000 lushclti. This will leave 233,000,000 bushels or export at | a price higher than has been < no\vn for years. This Is prosperity. I'm I fii I n iv nn Corn i\trnct. I'lilladMphla I cdct-r. There Is no''longer any doubt about the ormation of jhe Glucose trust , plnce re ports of is ! pur'chftscs on the now familiar cale of magnificent mllllojis are ' ' "I'm ; nat' ' ' ? : rTlf ! - ; : 'luturo' for' glucose , but. -.4 fVlobk like an expensive one. .Jimt I. U < - Stewart. St. Lnui Republic. Senator Stewart eays he didn't say pros perity-had relumed , and thai Ihc man who says he did llca. S'.tjll the fussy old Nevadan las picked urf a few hundred thousand In \Vall fltreet during1 the recent clock flurry. But this' Is Jidtbing- ci sMcaman of the Stewart.stripe . to do 'mosl any lime. Tlif FnrmtT TnUi'.s n lliuiil. Kansas City Stnr. The price of hides Is .ri per cenl higher , and he prices of boots and bliOL-s 1C per cent lower ban len years ago. Tills la one case in wTilch Ihe protected manufacturer Isn't get- Ing the best of the deal witli the farmer. There musl have been a great reduction In the cost of making boots and tihoea In that period. i' I'p I'll' ' I'nillt. Now York Mall nntl Express. Statisticians claim that the rising prices of agricultural products will give American 'armors $000.000,000 more for Iheir crops than they would have got at the values which prevailed a year ago. It Is Ihls condition of tilings that compels Ihe average free silver boomer lo gel out behind the vcod pile and emit deep , hoarse , Icnr-soakcd SO'JS. Tll < - Ill-Ill Cold Now * York World. Kansas , Nebraska and Oklahoma will nell lti year not less than Da.003.000 bushels of wheat at more than half a dollar a buahcl net price lo the producer , The other wheat growing slalrs will reduce even these figures to Insignificance by their results. There is more gold In a good agricultural soil tlinn In aciy Klondike placer ever ycl discovered. There Is Irulh ycl In Irvlng'ij story of the old Hudson Illvcr Dutchman whose digging for treasure under Ihc Inspiration of dreams ave him grcalcr wealth In cabbages than he liad dreamed of In the chests of gold. .SoniftliliiK' . .MoriTlinn I.nrlc. ImllHiinpollN Jnuinnl. Democrats nro saying Iho republican parly 'la mlghly lucky" because Iho country Is entering on nil era of universal prosperity within Iras than six ninntliri after the In auguratlou of n republican president. This Is not mere good luck unless the party can called lucky for advocating policies that restore confidence and pave the way for pros pcrlty. It was not democratic bad luck ? o much n bad principles , had politics , bad < 'Kl'atlcm ! and bad management generally thul brought on the Cleveland ininlc nf 1893 and years of dlsaator following. If the coun try wauts good luck It must follow good leaders. Tinli'iimu'i'M * Vc-iir. Knit l.'iUo ' Tribune. The worst black eye that sliver will re- cclvo this year l liable to coinu from the tanners. A friend- from the 1'ugut t-oum'l country says the cjor ; j In Oregon and Wash ington are Immense , thai many fields are averaging forty-f/gtitJji6ncls / ! of wheat lo Iho acre , that It Is now selling at 70 cents per btifiliul , tliat tlic"farriiers are greally elaleil ami do not want My light-weight ilollars. We suspect tha unj feeling pervades the ' MiaslEBlppl valleVi1'foT that is what followed In ISllO , when the' ' Rt alan fanilno gave Ihem such a market loij uthelr grain Ihat Ihey evun killed their etQt' hogs Ihat Ihey mlghl soil more groin. . , . , j _ . | Dill 'l'll l > , VlxTlooU II f ' ' ' -uaprlt " U 1s rcmarkaf ? iha neither the Ohio populists nor the Virginia democrats freed tliflr minds as to wheat. The conduct of wheat nierlls tfro strerest rr-probatlon , and the democratic and popullsl platforms ought to speak of it ea It .deserves. Wheat used to walk hand } ii hand wltn sil ver , whllo Plon. ' William Jennings llryan wept . ipll fully over both victims of plutucfacyja Inhumanity to man ; and now wheat IS a plutocrat Itself , and sil ver Is lu the poorhouflo. Wheat Is a traitor to the glorlouH cause of 1C to 1 , and Incan descent resolutions ought to be hurled at it by bvery convention of tdlvor thinkers , Iot J < iy ll < * I ni'iinlliiril. ChlrnKo. Journal. It loa't dollar wheat yot. but It Is tlll rising. And every fractional Jump means hundreds of thousands of dollars to the country. The advance of 20 cents In the last six weeks counts up toward a hundred millions. The crop , It should be under stood U not an exceptional ono In size , but It is 'fair. Moreover. It la pretty generally distributed , so Ihat the good effect of high prices will be felt Immediately In all paUo of the land. The change means the salva tion of the great wheat-producing belt of the west. Nowhere else have the hard times been BO bard , nowhere have the evil results or unwise speculation borne so heavily upon the people. MO.VP.YMKINC HO ADS. 'I'lie Km nt 1'riKpri-lt jIiiNitrrnr IHvlilcinU. rillCllRO VpSt , Among the many iiurprl.ios which Hip luet few months have evolved none ha been greater tlinn Ihn change which ha * taken piece In the affairs of thrwrntem railroads. Kor five yonra past the group popular- known as the grangers luis been oxpcrlenc- IIIR exceedingly hard tlincn. Quite a number have been forced Into the h nds ( if re ceivers , nnd three that kept out experi enced great difficulty In making both endo meet. The pmsllilllty of receiverships was constantly before them. The value of their securllUa decreased In about llu > > atnu pro portion as their troubled Increased , and few investorn were found courageous enough to load up with them even at the depreciated prices. Now all till ? Is changed. The prolonged dullness ha , ? given place to an activity which threaten ! ) to swamp the inads under Iho volume of freight which It Is bringing upon them. Their earnings are Increasing rapidly , and the market value of iheir se curities is. In .consequence. so.uliiB at an equally activerate. . Of the Northwestern It is pridictrd that in Iho next twelve months It will earn n 1C per cent dividend , nnd the Omnhn , which la generally rcgitrded as part of the Northwestern system , will tloubln Ito 2 per cent dividends , how ct - tlmatcft plaec Hurllngtnn earnings for the next twelve months at S per cent , and the utmost confidence Is exut | sed that the Hock Island will pay 4 per cent. Of the 'Milwaukee ' & St. 1'ntil It Is said thai tt U today earning 10 per cent on Its common stock. The Santa Ko , one of the roads lhal have gone through the process of reorgan ization , will bo able to pay .1 per cent on Its adjustment bonds and haveuuuethlng left , over for Its preferred etock. The Union I'.trlllc , as 60ou as Its reorganization Is completed , will pay dividends on Its pre ferred stock and may have a balance left for Us common. All the Increased earnings of these roads will not , however , go Into the pocki'ln ot the Ewurlty holdeis. Immense stuns will bo spe.it In operation , In Ihu Improvement of physical conditions , in procuring addi tional equipment and In other ways In which the various commuiiitlcH throughout thelor - rllorletj traversed by them will largnly benefit. An army of laborers will be em- plo > cd who have been Idle iiltogclher or at least workltiK u reduced time. Tbceiu ex penditures by the roads will of themselves contribute In a marked degree to the aboli tion ot the hard times. Kvery trade and every Indi'stry of every kind and descrip tion In the wcat will participate in the benefits. The panic seems to be disappear ing no suddenly as It swooped down upon us nt the beginning. lllllTISIl WOKKMH > AMI SlI.VUIl. Intpri ! < tvltlt .Iiilin Iliirnx on Ainvr- I'roldrmM. It'tiu I'Miimii'lnl William 13. Curtis , correspondent of the Chicago Record , writing from London , gives the following Interview with John Hums , the distinguished labor leader of Eug- ' "Are the worklngmcn ot England much Interested in Ihe silver question ? " "No. There Is nothing In It for them. They are satisfied with n single gold stand ard , and believe It IB the bcsl system of nnnuco that can bo provided. They do nol want nny change , nor would your working classes secure any permanent improvement by the adoption of a silver standard. It would only be a temporary expedient for a temporary distress. It would bo better for your congress to let your finances alone , and permit capital and labor , and the value of commodities , and the various kinds of currency to adjust themselves , value lo value , by natural lajvs , ra'Jie-1' _ . , 2ttniPt lo create values by legislation. That Is Im possible. You cajiuot create anything by an "Ct'oVYo'ngrcBS. . The coat of living and tlio price "of labor will adjust themselves to Ihe demand and lo the abundance or I bo scarcity of the necifioaries of life. Your trouble In the states has been due to the enormous Increase of cheap labor and the mullipllcation ot your capacity for production. You charge your financial de- prefcslon lo Iho repeal of your silver law , when It Is the result of natural causes , lo- gother with the excessive Immigration which has provided n surplus ot labor , nnd to the Improvement of your machinery. " "Then you don't take much stock in Ihe silver agitation ? " "Xono at all. Doth gold and silver have been too much exalted. The gold men at- Iribulo to gold what Is due to a world-wide revival of trade , just as the silver men atlrlbulo all their distress to the repeal of the coinage law. Doth are following the ' nnd will be landed In wlll-o'-the-wlsps , a hog If they don't look out. The education of the working classes , the development of their taste and skill , - manual train I in ; , shorter hours , tlio raising of the age limit , the exclusion of married women nnd chil dren from the factories , the abolition of overtime nnd the recognition of the right of labor to organize for its own protection , nro more Important questions to your coun try , and will have more effect upon Its prosperity than Iho prlco of Iho product of your isllver mines. " I'AY UP OH HKSIK.V. iupIoyi'M of lli < - ( Jovcmini'iil .HUM ! I'll } ' TlHll.lllHl IH-lllN. ClilciiKO Chronicle. It la said from Washington thai Ihe ex ecutive will insist that persons In the civil employ Khali pay their just debts or cease to be In t-uch employment. Civil servants of the United States are in exceptionally favorable position to defeat - feat their creditors. No garnishee process lies against the government for the collec tion of salary owed to an employe nor Is there any statute or any regulation of the departments requiring that government em ployes shall pay their just debts or cecse to bo BcrvantH of Iho government. Such ninployro as a rule are bctlcr compensated than persons of like capacity In fields of private endeavor. They nro ( supported from the moneys of the people and It tone no mori ) than right that they should bo compelled on pain of dismissal promptly to met their just debts. Any regulation by the executl\ which will make habitual non-payment of justly contracted debts as much nn offense calling for punishment as habitual drunkcnncitj or any other Infraction of the decencies and proprieties of life will ho a distinct gain not only to the civil ocrvlce , but to persona who would bavo fluttered from the exemption which employes of the government have An employe of the United States who docs not pay his juat debts lu a person whose character cannot bo good and whooo useful ness to the public service Is necessarily abridged. I'lIH OM TM1MHS. John Ollmer. who died In Philadelphia Tuesday at Hie ago of 97 years , had been In the employ of ono municipal department for nearly sixty-two years , serving up to within a few mouths of his deatli. Dr ( Jailing , Inventor of tlm famous nun , Is superintending at Cleveland , O. , Iho con struction for the government of a steel gun twenly-threo feet long , with an olghl-Iuch bore and weighing twenty-five tons. 'I hough tlio doctor IB nearly SO. ho Is sllll an aclivo laborer In behalf of Iho best way to keep his country on terms of peace with every body. A few weeks ago there were dlsqulellng rumors regarding Iho lieallh of the composer Verdi. These were happily without founda tion. Ho has Just taken a trip to Milan , where his numerous admirers could BCC for thomtelvcB liow well ho bore his 83 yearn. From inero ho went lo Montecatlnl , where he usually spends his summers. The Ital ians propose to celebrate on October 13 Ilia next birthday anniversary. Lazar areengard , who lives In St. Louis , Is the oldest Hebrew in America. 0 < i November - vomber 1C next ho will celebrate his 103th birthday. He was born at Worbelau , Kus- sla , and lived there until , at the ago of 93 , he was driven out by persecution , when lie came to this country , where many of bis relative * had already found homes. Ho has grandchildren , flfty- six children , thlrty-slx elght great grandchildren and two great- great grandchildren. MrnT Christian French of Mooreatown , N. J. , familiarly known in Jersey as "Aunt Kitty , " recently celebrated the 103d anni versary of her birth , she having been born August 1. 1794. "Aunt Kitty" Is , In all probability , the oldest person living In Now Jersey , thai family records having been kept Intact , and Ihe centennial of her blrlh hav ing been celebrated August 1. 1894 , when the anniversary was made an occasion for a general celebration , by Ihe ringing of belli and uiuilc by a brant baud , T1IK AHCTIC STAMPKUK. New York Mull anil ISxprcss : The recoil has begun In the first gre.it wave ot the advance - vance upon the Klondike. A small group of liardy anil experienced men returned to Snn Francisco with the report that they could not ponlbly RO beyond Chlleool 1'aM until the spring. Their account of the blockade there agrees with all other accounts nnd the out look for suffering nnd death between now Hitd spring Is plllftll. All this wns known before the rush began , but heedless of warn ings many have lushed upon hardships which they ire not prepared lo encounter nnd the severity of which would surely have been lessened had they waited until spring. Minneapolis Times : The people who are rushing Into the Yukon country arc acting like boys. There seems to bo no doubt there Is gold In the Yukon country. There la very llttln doubt that there U plenty ot It for nil who will over make Alaska their home long enough to get It. There Is , therefore , no setiw In people going , off at half cock over the matter. The mad rush that l now belms made Is criminal , In view ot the fact thai the best nulhorltirs agree lhal II Is Impos sible to get Into the Klondike region nt this tlmo of year. All those who contemplate Invading the gold fields would do well to bear In mind that In many enterprises "Ihu more hurry Ihe less speed. " Ilcforo starting for Ihe coast inform yourself of where you are going and of the things nccctuary to tnko with joti. Minneapolis Tribune : The Inevitable out come of nil this will be an appeal to the government , or to private benevolence , befoio the winter Is over , for means of relief for the suffering. It Is possible that the govern ment will be asked lo organize a relief ex pedition , Ily using some of Its herds of rein deers , perhaps a government military ex pedition might grt through , even tn the dead of winter , with supplies for the relief of the perishing , Hut It would he better for the government to resort to drastic meneiires now and forbid nny more vmlgranls to starl for the gold region before next spring. See- rclaty Ullss bus Issued n letter of warning , but Hut Is not enough. It should be backed up by n proclamation from the president nnd the eoniTiitratlon of a suillc-leut naval and- mllitaiy force nt the points of departure to the Intel lor lo turn back the frantic tide of gold hunters. They are rushing to almosi curtnln death nnd should be protected ngalust their own folly nnd Indiscretion. rijItSO.V.VIi AXI ) OTIIIiltWISlS. August Is doing beautifully In making amends for the perspiration of July. The Hutto Miner settles an irritating problem In this off-liaiid " - manner : "Jefferson Is all right. " Now l t the democrats got together. Dr. Fred W. d'Kvelyn , head of St. Luke's hospital. San Francisco , claims to have dla- eovered an absolute cure for drunkenness and has made It public. Ho has spent llftecii years lu experimenting. The returns of the census In Egypt taken on June .1 show the population on that date to haso numbered ii.700,000 , an Increases of ' . ' .ilOO.OOO , as compared with 188 : . ' , or about -12 per cent In fifteen years. A bolt of lightning which created a small panic at Hotel Chnmplaln last Sunday , did not disturb the equanimity of 1'rcslilcnt McKlnley. Mr. McKlnley has had lee much experience with lightning to tnke II seriously. A St , Louis man essayed to caress Ma wlfo with a poker , but ran up against the soft side of a rolling pin in motion. When ho recovered consciousness ho confessed to .he ( 'otor. ' . "she is the best woman on earth , " The editor of the Congressional Itccord , vacation number. Is "onto his Job" In elegant shape. In editing the- speeches il2r.'Y/Cro not uolltorcd , ho took precious care lo Insert copious quanlllirc ot "laughler" and "great applause. " Some Impertinent rascal , without fear or respect for the courts In his heart , ban applied for nn Injunction In Now Jersey prohibiting mosquitoes from doing business In violation of the Saturday half-holiday law. Mcanwhllo the famous Jersey bird Is whistling to keep lt courage up tn the stick ing point. Hcports from Ohio Indicate that the lalo Mr. Uryan Is not averse io n little pros perity in hls'n. He Is booked to speak at a silver camp meeting at Springfield for the sum of $ liOO.Tlio ! New York Journal says tlio money demanded by Hryan has been nub- fcrlbed. and every ono of the 1,500 are 100- cent doliais. Prof. William Thierry Preyer , who died In Wiesbaden recently , was one of Iho beat known physiologists In Germany. Ho was a native of England , but became a "prlvat docent" In 1SG5 at Honn. One of his most widely read books Is "Tlio Soul of the Child. " Ho was one of Hie most ardent advocates of Darwinism In Germany. Emperor William , when ho Is on his num erous journeys , keeps up a lively telegraphic communication with licrliit. Ilcforo he starts arrangements are made with the tele graph authorities of the country he proposes to visit to Insure uninterrupted connection between him and Herlin , wherever ho may be. If any place that he may 11 ml himself In Is not on a telegraph line a temporary wire is ptrung for his benefit. Tom Patterson of Denver expresses an clghtecn-plca chunk of Indignation because "Young Mr. Eckelo , Cleveland's comptroller of the treasury , " has been tendered a $15,000 Job In a New York bank. According lo T. I' . , Eckels doesn't know a Ihlnr ; about finances or economics , "but ho has n glib tongue and adamantine nerve. " From which it ap pears that Mr. Eckels' misfortune was his neglect to take a few primary lessons on finances when Patterson essayed the role of schoolmaster In the Chicago wigwam live year.'i ago. IOWA IMII3SS CO.II.MK.VT. De.1 'Molncs Capital : Out In Nebraska the calamity groans have changed to a Joyful singing of the refrain "Mlno cyra have nein the glory of the coining of the Lord. " Ilurllngton Hawkeye : Nebraska's whr-il crop this fiiason liirj been estimated at 10,000.- 000 bushels. With so many eloquent wheat stalks , there Isn't any demand for populist talks. Sioux City Tribune : Tlm country around about Sioux City Is as well nble now to sus tain a place of 75,000 people hero as It WH to mistain 37.00 five years ago. The 75,000 march Is commencing. Davenport Republican : It In odd to read of western farmcis goliiR cast to buy live stork. William Fox of Charleston , 0. , recently bought sixty-five calves in New York slate for his farm , and he reports that western New York and Pennsylvania U being thoroughly Keno over for young cattle by buyers from Iowa and Nebraska. Dfa Molnra leader : The Temple amend ment was yesterday endorsed l > y the Iowa Ntatu republican convention. It was en dorsed on Juno 23 by the conventions nf the three fusion parties. With the legislative candidates of all parties thus committed to Its support , the amendment's enactment Into law next winter will bo n mere formullty. 1100M IX IIIO.V AMI STKlil. , lliixliii'MN Tiiiiiruvliitr llnplilly niul I'rloi-H Ai'i * Ailvn 11 rlntr. I'HUlMiitr nifp.itcli. Dnslnepfl generally has been more nctlvo In mcst departments , dealers evidently mak ing preparations for a heavy fall and win ter trado. Iron merchants without excep tion report a largo Inquiry for leading productci. and nt tlio same tlmo exlcnnlvo preparations continue to bo made to meet tlm Increasing requirements of the trade. TJiitto conditions and the knowledge that tlio stock. * In Iho hands of conNUim-ra ar * . Unlit , and Jhat for some tlmo retrenchment and economy have cleared the way for an expansion of roncumptlve. requirements , have Induced dealers to enter upon the work of preparation for the fall trade with a degree of confidence greater than that which marked the outlet of any nca on for several years past. The rising tide of bUHlnosa activity l > shown by Increased bank clearances and railroad earnings and expanded bank loano , elc. A very encouraging feature of the market for Iron nnd uteol la the Im proved fooling which Is being manifested In finished material. .Most . of the large plants throughout the country have more orders on their books than baa been the ca o for a long time , and Ihe demand for the finished forms uf material lo increasing from day to day. There la an Increased Inquiry for moot products , and the undertone of the market ! a strong. Plttoburg makers of pig iron and blooms are linn In their views , incut of them asking an advance , and ar 'Coj aiixlnui to veil at present rate * . SAIH IV l-M\ ? . Petrol ! Free 1'rcM : "Mary , you ilon't sympathize with me when 1 Imve to push the lawn mower. " "No ; If It was n snow shovel yon would be tnnklng Die Mime old fuss. " Cleveland Lender : Ho Kor my. part , I can't wevliy you women should want to ape men , nnyliow. Site Oh , anything Tor n littleohnlifTO. . \ \ e ve been making n monkey of him IGIIK enough. Chicago Tribune : "Is there anything nlc In i bolls this seiifun ? " Iniinlred the eiiMomer. " \es , fir. " feplletl the pretty salesg.rl. In- cldentnlly blushing."What sire , please' " I'lttsdiurg Chronicle : Hungry HlgglM \ wouldn't mind goln' lo Klondike If It wasn't fer havlir to dig out the pold. Wenry Watklns That ain't lht > worst of It. It has lo \ > v washed after It Is dug. 1'hllndelphla llecord : "How careless of me , " nuiKed pf THiiquo. "Here I've coma leu miles lo po llshlng , and I'vo i hwlly forgotten the most Inipnrtant purl < > f my laekle. I never could remember Ilia : eork- screw. " UoNb'iry Onzctte : Klrst Vartner llenvenil Our lHiHkkep.-r 1ms laken SeiMtnl 1'iirtnor-IVilccii what ? Hrnt Partner Ills llfo. Sei-oiul rartnei1 Oh , what a nlirf t thouglil you were goliiB to say hi ? look soniLof our money. Pe-lrelt Journal : "See the row run after the Minuner Elrlt" "Is the summer ulrl in dniiKer ? " "The sumnu-r Klrl U not lit danger. " "In the row In iinttRor ? " The eow Is nol In danger ; the cow is nol mm h like a mini , anil may mn after a summer Klrl In eoni-par-a-tlve safety. " nideatTo 1'ost : "Oh , denr , " she siclicd. "I wlwh I knew how to keep gowns * front crunhlnp. " "Pon't wear them , " he said wlthrut limit ing up from his paper. " And It WIIH wi-11 Unit he didn't 1. . .iU up from his paper , too , for Ihe sight f an angry woman luis a tenden.y lo dlwui.i-ert the average man. Hetrolt l''ree I'ie s : "There Is iv > null thing on earth as retributive JuctU-i' " "Why do you say no ? " "The person who leaves ilypnpor nn n chair Isi never this ono who sits dnwn on it. " Indlatmiiolls Journal : "Seems to me that the. " ! ! Mrlkllitf miners would mnke fur thu Klnndlke , " iild the. Cheerful Idiot. "Oold mining Is nothing IlUe mining for coal , " said llio learned boarder , with quiet contempt , Xo , " snld the Cheerfu' Idiot , "but It In lo be a great winter for cold dlggcti up there. " UK nounTRn IT. Pi-irolt Kin1'rcsH. . "I am an orphan , sir. " she said ; lie tenderly consoled her. And when lie s'iw \ileaBed i | \ her , too , Ills" sympathy grew bolder. "I'oor lonely little one , " ho said , " 1 also am another ; 'Twould nu the Ihlng , I'm pure , If I Should klfs on for your nutlier. " He did , but e'en that thoughlfiil d. ed Seemed hardly to Millleo her ; She miirmured : "I forgot to say Jly pa WIIH married twice , sir. " IMIOMOTIC ITIKS New Orlrnns Times. If you can spell every word correctly In the following rhymes all legitimate ex pressions you may consider yourself qunlt- lleii to enter a spelling bee : Stand up , yc spellers , now. nnd spell- Spell phcnnklstoFcnpc and knell ; Or take some flinpl" word as chilly , Or ganger or the ganliMi lily. To spell such words- syllogism , Anil lachrymose and synchronism. Anil Peiilaleu h nnd sacclirlne ? : , Apocrypha and celiullne , .Upline nnd homeopathy , Parnlysila and ehloioform , HhlnocuroH und pachyderm , ' MoletnpiyeboslH , gherkins , basque , ' Is cerlulnly no easy task. Kaleldoscopo and Tennessee , - Kumlchatka and dispensary. Diphthong and erysipelas , Anil etlquiUto and sassafras. Infallible and ptyallsm , Alopathy and rheumatism , And calaclysm nnd beleaguer. Twelfth , eighteenth , renilesjoii' ' . Intriguer , Anil hosts of other words all round On English nnd on classic ground. Thus , DehrliiK slralts nnd Michaelmas , Thermopylae , Jalap , Havana , ( Jllnqucfoll and Ipecacuanha. And Ilappahnmiock , Slipnandoali , And Sclmylklll , and a thousand more , Are words some prime good speller.-f miss In dictionary lnnd like this. Nor need one think blms lf n seroylo If some of these bis efforts foil , Nor deem himself undone forever To mips the name of either river. The Dnieper , Seine or Guadalquivir. . We are manufactur ing clothing. We want to _ sell it. We don't care to get rich on a single suit. Therefore , we use the best obtainable goods and make the best clothing possible to be made and then sell it at the closest margin of profit. But we make such largo quantities that wo can make it economically and we retail it through our stores. The result is that ycu can get a suit for $1O or $25 that is beautiful in quality and make up , and the fit , of course , is guaranteed. 8t