Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OarAlTA DATLY AUfl-rHT 2 < J , 1807.
TIIK OMAHA DAILY BEE.
K. ROSKWATKIl , Editor.
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A buck number 10 to 1.
A few wai'ks of ROOI ! corn weather
now will be rail-fully received.
For a foretaste of the coming exposi
tion , attend the state fair at Omaha
next month.
The state convention of Nebraska re
publicans Is scheduled to put the winning
ticket In the Held today.
Stimulating the production of beet
sugar promises the mo.st effective safety
valve upon the sugar trust.
Republican harmony will be the
foundation upon which the pillar of re
publican success will bo reared.
The slot machine gambling device Is
the worst desecrator of the Sabbath that
has yet bobbed up In the community.
Coxey seems etill to be waiting for the
letter from Bryan congratulating him
upon his nomination for governor of Ohio
on the populist ticket.
If the popocrats do not take Mel Red-
Held up after luring him out of the re
publican party It will be only another
example of the Ingratitude of politics.
With a new coat of paint on Justice
surmounting the court house , justice
within the court house may be expected
to display a sympathetic burnishing.
A baby with a new rattle cannot stop
playing with It until It Is broken. Police
Commissioner Robert K. Lee Ilcrdman
and his police club belong in the ( mine
category.
It looks as if the burgling fraternity
had heard that Omaha had been Inflicted
with u chief of police who knows nothing
about police work and were heading
this way for a harvest.
Bryan's Hpeeehes In the Black Hills
were greeted with cheers for dollar
wheat. No wonder the "genial smile"
was necessary to ward off the irony of his
calamity predictions of last full.
Speeches by telephone are the latest on
the Bryan bargain counter. But think
of the self-constituted antagonist of
trusts nnd combinations playing Into
the hands of an odious telephone
monopoly.
I'rof. James Bryce admitted at Toronto
that free trade Iw.s Its drawbacks and
that protection may be both justifiable
nnd effective. If Mr. Bryee lived In the
United States he would doubtless bo a
protectionist.
The announcement of the resumption
of work In the Now England cotton mills
will be hailed with delight by all except
the popoeratle calamltyltes who dread
nothing so much as that ( lie people may
enjoy prosperity under the new tariff
law.
Some of the leaders of the gold demo
crats In Nebraska express a doslro to
have a separate state ticket In the Held
this fall , so that they may stand up and
bo counted. Some times It Is n source of
itrength not to Jet the enemy know what
number Is imisteicd In the ranks.
The responsibility for any damage
done by accident to the Sixteenth street
viaduct rests on the oily and cannot bo
evaded , even whllo the railroads are
dilly-dallying over the proposal to order
It closed. If the structure Is in n
dangerous condition and beyond repair
as It Is conceeded to be , It should be
pulled down at once , and the railroads
then Invited to take steps to have It re
placed with a dubstautlal viaduct. /
I HIP IS IX T/IB CO Ah 8TMKK.
The failure of the operators and strik
ing coal miners to reach an agreement In
the conference at I'lttsburg on Tuesday
nnd the determination of both parties to
continue the strupcle brings the strike tea
a crisis from which there Is reason to ap
prehend serious result * . The operators
In the I'lUsburg district having resolved
that there Is no course open but to con
Untie the conflict , will , It Is announced ,
take stcpq to open the mines. The strik
ers will bo notified that they can return
to work If they wish to nnd If they do
not other men will be employed. From
the spirit manifested by the strikers
there seems to bi mnnll probability that
any considerable number of them will ac
cept an offer to resume work nnd In the
event of the operators securing any con
slderable number of men to take their
plarei the danger of grnvo trouble will
be very great. A conference of repre
sentatives of all the organized labor In
the country Is to meet In St. LouU next
Monday to consider what action should
ln taken In regard to the strike and It Is
Intimated that a general sympathetic
movement in support of the coal miners
may there be luauu'Urnted. It seems
hardly possible that this can be accom
plished and yet ( here ! < uunuestlouably n
very strong sympathy with the striking
miners throughout the ranks of organised
labor nnd an earnest disposition to do
whatever may be practicable to aid them
In their struggle to Improve their hard
condition.
In Its present aspect the situation cer
tainly appears grave and It Is to be hoped
that a way may yet be found to avert
the danger which must be obvious to all
concerned and to effect a settlement of
what has already been a very costly con
flict that will be fair and Just both to the
operators nnd the miners. Unfor
tunately , however , neither Ide seems
willing to make the conceshlons necessary
to allow the Issue to go to arbitration.
The effort making to Involve all organ
ised labor will , If it succeed , bo inex
pressibly calamitous.
ro .1 OO//D
The Httlo Central American rep'ihllc ' of
Salvador Is not a very Important factor
In the financial world , but still the fact
that It has abandoned silver and gene tea
a gold basis is not without Interest. It
Illustrates how severely even such coun
tries , with their relatively small com
merce , are feeling Die effect of the decline
in silver and suggests that It may not bi >
a very long time when most of them will
have discarded the white metal , except as
a subsidiary currency , and adopted the
yellow metal as- the standard. The dis
advantage In exchanges thev are sub
jected to In adhering to sliver are greater
than they can stand. Their business is
unsettled and the tendency is to general
financial demoralization from which all
Interests suffer.
It would not bo surprising to flud the
other states of Central America speedily
following the example of Salvador , while
the list of gold standard countries is very
likely to b2 increased within the next
year by additions In South America. In
Mexico ( lie situation is receiving the seri
ous attention of the government and
while it is said there is no Idea In oliiclal
circles of adopting a gold basis at pros
out , It is pretty generally recognized as
a future possibility and the policy of a
government accumulation of gold by way
of preparation is being considered.
Every such example as that of Salva
dor helps refute a free silver fallacy and
discredit the cause of a debased currency.
. IS TO ( HhD IMl'DltTATIDffS.
The views of leading English financiers
in regard to the chances of gold importa
tions Into the United States are Interest
ing , if not very Important. The consen
sus of opinion among them is that there-
is not likely to be any considerable
amount of gold sent from England to this
country , though there will probably bi
some sent from the continent. The man
ager of the Bank of England , who speaks
with the highest authority , can see no
good" reason why there should bo n flow
of gold from that country to this , remark
ing that the buying of American securi
ties by the United States will tend to
ciinallKo matters. Other financiers won-
not quite so positive in their views , but
none of thorn anticipated largo shipments
of gold from England.
That there will be importations of gold
from Europe there can be no doubt and
It i.s of no great consequence whether any
of it comes from England or not. If the
British holders of American securities
desire to part with them they will be
quite as acceptable as the yellow metal ,
In view of the fact that most of them are
likely to bo profitable Investments for
some years to come. Moreover , this coun
try Is not In pressing need of more gold.
The treasury reserve Is large and has re
cently been growing and the banks are
well supplied , so that with little demand
for export the United States Is In n very
safe and satisfactory position oven if
there should be no Importations of gold
for some time to come. It is bv no moans
Improbable , however , that England will
conlilbuto homellilng to Increase our
stock of the yellow metal , fur wllh in
creasing prosperity hero the chances arc
that Idle British capital will not only go
Into American securities , but will find
other sources of Investment , There are
possible conditions that will send Eng
lish gold hero which oven a Bank of
England manager cannot foresee. Then-
Is at vast amount of Idle money In Eng
land some of which will certainly come
when assured of the restoration of pros
perity ,
.Vmerlcan . currency reformers will
doubtless derive some satisfaction and
encouragement from the statements of
the British financiers that there Is sill )
distrust of niir financial system abroad.
Ono of them declared that there would b >
no growth Of Confidence "until the cur
rency question Is settled or them Is n
prospect of Its being settled. " If this
refers to the proposed revision of the
currency nlong'the lines laid down by
the Indianapolis conference the question
Is why English capital should now dis
trust a financial system that has existed
for years during which foreign capital
Invested In American securities ban
suffered no Injury , so far IIH our cur-
: ency Is concerned. European Investors
In our securities have received just us
good uioui-y an thetuvo and there Is
no pound reason to think that they will
not continue to do so Indefinitely. If
the Investments have not always been
profltablo It has been no fault of the
currency system , which has been the
same In periods of prosperity nnd periods
of depression. If the distrust Is due to
the fact that there are still free silver
advocates In the United States there Is
small warrant for It. Our monotar
standard Is secure for at least four years
ami there Is every reason to believe that
long before the end of that period Is
reached the free silver cause will bo dead
beyond the possibility of resurrection.
IIVMTT/i/ : J'OMf'K JIOAIlt ) CAN / > 0.
In response to the Inquiry whether
under existing law the police board has
the authority to suppress the wine room
evil , the assistant city attorney has advised -
vised the city council that ho finds noth
ing In the state law that prohibits wine
rooms , ami , therefore. In his judgment
the police board has no authority to make
regulations contemplated by the l.obock
anti-wine room ordinance. In thlt con
clusion The Heo Is compelled to differ
with the assistant city attorney. Section
_ ' ! ) of the Sloeumb law reads as fol
lows :
It riiall bo the duty of all vendors of malt ,
spirituous cr vinous liquors under the pro
visions of this act to liccp tlm windows nnd
doors of their rospectlvo places of business
unobstructed by screens , blinds or other
articles , and any person oftcmllnK npalnst
the provisions of this section shall be
d ° emed Rtillty of a misdemeanor , nnd upon
conviction thereof shall he fined In any sum
not lass thnn $25 , or bo Imprisoned In the
county Jail not less than ten days , or both
at the discretion of the court and shall
have his license revoked by the same au
thority planting the same.
While the strict enforcement of this
provision may lie Impracticable. It dors ,
nevertheless , afford ample power for the
suppression of the wine room evil. The
plain object of the law prohibiting the
obstruction of dnors and windows of re
sorts where liquor Is sold is to prevent
just such disorders and indecen
cies as the wlue rnom encour
ages and protects. The erection of
cloisod stalls within the bn
room is simply a device to stimulate im
morality and crime. Such places arc
always frequented by dissolute charac
ters and criminals of both sexes. If the
police board has the right under the law
to require the removal of screens and
curtains , It certainly has th" right to
order the removal of partitions that art
nothing more nor lo.ss than permanent
screens , forming compartments for tlio
accommodation of wine room patrons.
An order of the hoard directing the re
moval of the closed or screened compart
ments would be carrying out the letter
and intent of the law which it i.s its
sworn duty to enforce.
If the statute as it is now worded docs
not prohibit the wine room in express
terms , there Is no reason why the coun
cil should not by ordinance supplement
the law and take away all possible ex
cuse for inaction on the part of the police
board. The right of the council to enact
additional regulations for the liquor traf
fic cannot bo. called into question so long
as its exercise is not In conflict with state
legislation on the subject.
The law for the leasing of state school
lands seems to bo all right. It provides
for tile minimum payment of a fixed re
turned on the true value of the hind as
appraised by resident free holders of the
county in which the laud Is located and
the presumption should bo that the ap
praisement is not greater than the real
value. The object of providing for such
an appraisement Is to prevent combina
tions or collusion by which favored bid
ders might secure state school lands at
less than their market value. Stale-
school lands that arc appraised so hSgh
that no tenants can bo found for them al
the upset rental should be reappraised.
Tlic reappraisemeiit , however , should bo
done in the regular way ami not left to
the estimate which the proposed le.sn
wants to put upon the property.
The recommittal of the resolution to
pull down the Sixteenth street viaduct
to three railroad engineers and the city
engineer means simply more delay. It
does not stand to reason that the engineers -
ginoers employed by railroads that have
refused to contribute to the building of a
substantial viaduct In the place of the
present ramshackle wooden bridge will
bo In any great hurry to recommend the
removal of the dangerous man-trap that
has served for ton years as a viaduct
along the principal thoroughfare bolweui
Omaha and South Omaha.
The name of Uncle Horace Bolos Is
said to have been on the original list of
star speakers for the Nebraska trllobitio
convention of silver parties , but by some
unexplained manipulation , was lost in
HID shuttle before the public announce
ment of the program. Why this discrim
ination against Iowa's foremost demo
crat , unless It be b cause lie has repu
diated the 10 to 1 ratio ?
Omaha has made marked Improvement
In Its permanent sidewalk area In tin-
past few months , but there Is still room
for further Improvement In this
particular. Both roadways ami side
walks along the streets should bo In
the best possible condition that available
funds can make them by the beginning
of the exposition year.
Successive financial statements of west
ern railroads show continued anil more
narked Improvement In oirnlngs , as com.
pared with corresponding periods of last
year. When people ship more goods and
travel more by rail there can be. no denyIng -
Ing that they consider themselves com
pletely out of the slough of Industrial
despond.
The fact that Omaha takes all the
trophies of the Interstate Tennis tourna
ment ought to give next year's tourna
ment a considerable Impetus , Having
found opponents hero worthy of ihelr
best energies , the visitors from abroad
should be anxious to redeem their
reputations at the first opportunity.
After pondering over the sad fate of
Senator Mills , Congressman Bailey of
Texas has come to the conclusion that It
Is wiser to take his chances on playing a
ivromlncnt part In the next house of rep-
than to wako a willful choice
of practically efcrtaln oblivion In the
United States senate.
In | nittlncuiL straw men for the
purpose of knocking them down nut
fabricating Imgles to frighten people
who are notljji' ' o the trick , our nmlablt
'
popoeratle Km'tomporary has the ad
vantage of luiujjand varied experience
nnd constant practice.
The chief lYincrrn of the pnpocrats at
present seems to bo to prevent the re
publicans froth getting any credit foi
the prosperity which has arrived In spltt
of popooratie predictions that It could
never como tinder a republican ad
ministration.
The council will have the endorse
ment of practically the entire community
In exorcising Its power to order pavements
monts laid on the streets within a.OOO
foot of the court house without waltln
for the petitions of obstructing property
owners.
Ah , There , < ! i'ovor.
lluffalo UxprcM.
H Is believed that another stork will take
up Us home on the Cleveland chimneys In
October.
.Stnnilliitr 1'n to Ito ( "titiniiMl.
Now York Tribune.
The most curious thing about the Insane
rush to Alaska Is that the proportion of
fools In the real of the world docs not scorn
to bo materially decreased.
g OIT In noriiuiii r.
OlnliI > oni"cr.it.
Jn 1SS2 n quarter of. a million Oermans
came to this country , and last yoir only
31,865. Ucet stiRar production and the new
system of Ini'iirlng workmen are ealil to be
the main reasons for the fallliiK off in eml
Ktatlon.
roninu-luliil.lc .luilli-lnl | -\M-illHon. |
New Yrk Mall nnil K\nri" s.
Within less than three weeks after the
death of panovas his murderer Is tried , con
victed and executed under the orderly
processes of law. In the promptness , In
telligence and accuracy which have charac
terized her dealings with the perpetrator of
that monstrous crime Spain has set an ex-
ainplo for other nations.
1'on'or'i "liriilllonnt ClintiKc
New York Tribune.
Mr. 1'effcr'g hold dismissal of the free
coinage Issue as an adequate basis of further
union between the democratic and populist
orRnnlKitlons Is from any point of view
both Interesting and slRnlllcant. 11 tit uoth
Ing about his deliverance of Thursday last
Is more timely and suggestive than the evl-
denco It offers of how fa.it and how far the
processes of ill-solutlon within the once
powerful silver roalltlon have already run.
The Stok Mn n Sly How.
Potmlt Krce I'rcss.
The sultan Is a siy dog , and It Is no trlcfc
nt all for him 'td prolong the deadlock at
Constantlnopre. ilut the other day the
Feast of thd Prf > phet worked a postpone
ment. Now' h'a ' cnMs-lesKcd majesty wll
have no settlement till aftcT the 30th , C
that Is the Aa.trof hla accession , and the
surrender of The ? 3ily ml ht excite tlie
Moslems to ujileas-ant demonstrations. Afte
the 30th there wlfl doubtless be another e\-
cu.'e In readlncpa. It Is a night for gods an.
men , this hdwlng ? of the great powers of
Europe to thtj erratic will of the el'ck man
I'oiuillMt LIIi-t iiiil ot Kri-e Silver.
Knngiii City Journal ,
There Is nroro than a coincidence In the
fact that a 'large- number of the popnllsl
leadem in Kansas have almost simultaneous ! !
declared that the free and unlimited coinage
of silver will not t bo the dominant Issue at
the electbn of 1900. There seem * to have
cen an understanding among tncm that the
tlrao' ' is'1 ripe"'for 'the pfeseiUA'tloh of nev.
Issues. A numberof the leadmg populist
imoem of the state have admitted as much
and , while the populist county conventions s
far held have declared their continued allegiance
legianceto free coinage , the resolutions
adopted have been weak and Insipid and
vcrj much In contrast to the enthusliuiir
s > ! atfcrms of a year ago , lu which the silver
qutstlon was given the prominent place.
.Spnnl.sli HnrlinrldoM Should COIINC.
I'hlladeliMln Times.
The. tlmo has come when the civilized na
tions of the world cannot be Held guiltlca
for the fiendish atrocities perpetrated i
Cuba , and if Mi.33 . Clsneros shall be
doomed to penal servitude , every attribute
of honor , of chivalry , of Justice and of
humanity , should call to the front all th <
ilvllixed governments to demand an 1m-
mcdlato halt in this unmlngled b utallty
Hut whether other governments snail acer
or shall not act. the president of the Unllel
States would himself bccorno a partner Ir
the flhame of the fate of Miss Ctaneros , 11
ho did not Immediately and unmlstalnbl >
call a halt upon a system of warf
known outalde of Spain and Cuba enl >
among the moat degraded savages of the
world.
SPUIINS Tim "SACUKI ) HATIO. "
Baltimore Sun ( dem. ) : Governor Doles
Is to bo congratulated upon his aban
donment of ths IG-to-l theory , oven If he
still maintains that "something must bo
done for silver. "
Minneapolis Journal ( rep. ) : If Mr. Holes
studlca the subject a little more he will llnd
that ills wish for the "unlimited use of both
gold and Oliver" In this country , would leave
the country. If actualized , stranded on the
Bingo silver standard and depreciated , dis
honest currency. Mr. Holes Is getting light ,
but lie has a deal to learn yet.
Philadelphia liccord ( dem. ) : Rvl'Jently ,
alnce he failed to got the nomination for
president at Chicago In 1SUG , ex-Governor
Horace Holea has dono. n great deal of care
ful thinking. Ills recent announcement
that under present conditions the fret ooln-
aso of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1 "would
not bo desirable even if attainable" puts ,
him entirely out of accord with the Chicago
platform and ( h = Ilrynn Idolaters who still
tlilnli that tl'oro la enough flfo in the silver
quration to makn another hopeful presiden
tial campaign in Its behalf.
DPS Molncs Lfador ( dom. ) : The Dubuque
Telegraph propcaca that ex-Governor liolea
ho disciplined. It Ra > s that the atiito com-
mlUcn nhould do onu of two things : ' Ile-
voku I I.s commission to Mr. Holes to address
audloncoy as A duly accredited democratic
HpeaKcr , or Insist , If hu Is to continue ou
tlu stump as nparty , , orator , that lie shall
way nothinguJipirt.lG to 1 If ho cannot talk
lu Ita favor , And that h will relegate his
own pccullir'tKeofy ' to the rear. " It Is aafo
to way that the state committee will honor
this advice bydisrcgardlng It.
WaahlnRtoivystlr ( rep. ) : Rx-Governor
Holes , In addrvssflig a democratic meeting
at Marslialltj ( > ui , la. , reiterated on opinion
ho had previously.expressed ( that free coinage -
ago of Bllvar at the ratio of 10 to 1 was not ,
In prcaent colMltlliha , "within the icach" o'
the friends | ( > yver. Ho first expressed
this opinion some months ago , before wheat
unil bllver hail-j * rted company , and while
the market price of silver bullion still hov-
ert'ti near the quotation of last November.
The dollveraiiqf , therefore. Is not to bo road
In thu light ot recent developments. Itv. . -
not necessary" for wheat to go to $1 and sil
ver bullion fca-rriColi the lowest llguro re
corded in its liipt ry for the ill.Uliigiiliheil
lowan to discover the error of last year'u
democratic cohreptlon.
Now York Tribune-rep. ( ) : To cover his
cumpleto abundoumcnt of thu falling caust
of frcu silver coinage ex-Governor Holes of
Iowa has puahi'd to the front thu ( storage
waichousf scheme of government silver pur-
cliasi's. evolved by Secretary Wludom In
ISM ) , but quickly abandoned aa purposeless
bud Impracticable by both frlemU and ene-
mli'a of ullvcr coluago in congress. ] jj
tills Bchemo elvfr | bullion Is to bo deposited
In the treasury and market value certifi
cates Issued on It , redeemable on presenta
tion In bullion at the later market rate.
No silver Is to bo coined and bullion la
merely to be dealt lu speculative/ ! an
out-and-out commodity , To what a trivial
and Bhrunken compass has the ex-governor
of Iowa reduced theallembracing sliver
program of 11196. Such heresy can bo little
lew odloua in the oyt-a of the true believer
thau au actual coudouatlou ol the "crime
of 73. "
TUB ( IH.VrVAUV OP TII15 WOULD.
Davenport Heptibllcan- The * m n who
owns corn now l fortunate. Indeed , for
corn la going up gradually , and thcro l
every Indication that it will bo DO ctnt
before It stops.
Cincinnati Tribune- Now If the corn crop
turns out to bo all that It should ho and
the price U 60 cent * on the farm oh , well ,
the republican party shouldn't expert the
earth and the fulnens thereof.
New York World : Tortunatcly the farmers -
ers still hold about slx-ocvcnths of the crop
and will get these higher prices for tholr
holdings. This means prosperity all around
the circle. For when the farmer gets good
prices ho buys goods. When ho buys goods
the country merchant "atocks up. " When
the country merchant "stocks up" the Job
ber end the wholesaler Increase their orders
to the manufacturer. Then the manufac
turer takes on more hands runs on fuller
Mine and paje out more wages. Then the
operatives spend more money with the
butcher , thn grocer , the baker and ail other
tradesmen , and everybody Is benefited
Kansao City Star : The wheat raiser Is not
the only farmer who is enjoying good times.
Values of almost all the products of the farm
have advanced , someof them even more than
wheat. Prices for the principal products of
the soil , ns compared with thcoo of a year
ago. are as follows : Wheat Is more than
twice as high , corn la .10 per cent higher ,
flnxseed 100 per cent higher , rye 100 per
rent higher ; cggfl 2. > per cent higher ; pota
toes 200 per cent higher , hogs 30 per cent
higher , cattle Ifi per cent higher , sheep 20
per cent higher , oats , butter and poultry
about the same as a year ago , fruits of al !
kinds Irregularly higher , most vegetable.
higher.
Detroit Free I'rcss : If nature had entered
.into n corn-piracy to fill the coffers of the
farmers of thlc country from the wealth ol
other nations , things could not have been
moro wisely ordered to that end thau they
nro at present. In the broad wheat fields
of the Argentine Hepubllr there Is a de
structive llttlo post hard at work In the
Interest of that class of our citizenship that
lips been groaning under mortgages , using
corn for fuel hceause It could not bo sold
and securing from other products only the
moit In.Mgnlflrant margin above the cost of
production. In Italy. Franco , Germany , Hue-
Hla , Hnglaml and India there Is a marked
falling off In crops upon which the people
depend for food. IIy mere force ot clrcum-
stanrca tills nation has become the granary
of the world and for at least n year will
realize upon the advantages of a supply for
which thcro ! s a universal demand.
IMIOSPKCTIVN POMTICAI. DIVO11CU. .
St. Louis Republic ( dem. ) : Evidences
multiply dally of the rapid disintegration ol
populism. The forces that a short tlmo ago
co-operated under this name nre seeking
natural channels and forming alliances will :
established agencies for the promotion ol
good government and' the working out ol
reforms. The desperation of the extreme
element Is corroborative of the fatal decline
Into which the populism that asserted ttscll
with such disastrous results to botli old
parties three or four years ago has fallen.
Louisville Courier-Journal ( dem. ) : The
mlddlc-of-the-roaders claim they will pol
110,000 votes in Kentucky , whllo Genera' '
Coxey will admit nothing less than a clean
sweep of Ohio , and the promises are equally
good everywhere else. The tlmo for divi
sion from popocrata has como , and nobody
who believes In the gorgeous utterances ol
the Ocaln platform will ever again consent
to let hlo soaring desires bo bound to the
ono poor Issue of the great , white and glori
ous 10 cent buzzard dollar. "Git a plent >
whllo you're glttln,1 " says I , " 'twon't never
ho no cheaper. " The old woman's pet re
mark In "The Hoosler Schoolmaster" Is a
good populist platform , and the populists
know It.
Globo-Domocrat ( rep. ) : It is evident that
sllverUm cannot hold the popocratic part }
together any longer. Holes , Duller and other
leaders of the liryanlto combination have
i'ald this often In the past two or three
months , and Pcffer says It now. "Tho silver
question , " declares the ex-senator , "is not
the only Issue of Importance which confronts
the American people. It is not oven the
most Important. " This , ot course , Is the
populist way of saying It Is not an Isaac at
all. Unless Ilryan "broadens out" the Kansan -
san says ho wll ] bo abandoned. The broad
ening out means the adoption of greenback
ism , and this can only bo done to the extent
which the radical popocrats desire by en
tirely giving up silver as an ii'sue.
I'HUSO.VAI , AXIl OTIII3UWISH.
The movement of the Turkish army out of
Oreck territory establishes a pace that a snai
. night envy.
That gleesomo refrain , "Put Mo Off at
DulTalo , " appears to have been a popular one
with a quarter of a million people.
Ka'aer ' Wllhelm Is a great collector of
autographs and he specially prizes the slgna-
turca of military commanders of tne end o
the laat and the beginning of the present
century , of which he has a large collection.
The disposition of Horace Holes to kick
over the traces without the aid or consenl
of anybody In Iowa render * the position ol
the driver one of grave peril. As a measure
of wfetv it Is propcsed to use armor plate
for a dashboard.
Bernard Hettmannof Cincinnati las accepted
tlio presidency of the Saengerfcst Jubilee ,
which Is to commemorate the fiftieth anni
versary of the North American Saengerbund ,
nnd to bo held In Cincinnati In 1S'J9. Mr.
Hettmann la a prominent citizen and a man
of broid education.
The granddaughter of the naturalist ,
John. James Audubon , Miss Maria Audubon
of Salem , N. Y. , has worked for twelve
years In the translation ot her grandfather's
unpiibllshrU Journals , which were written In
French , the letters being PO small that a
magnifying glass was necessary to decipher
many of them.
J. M. Sjodahc. editor and part owner of
the Dcseret News of Salt Lake City , has
ailed for Sweden with a box of ellts from
Scandinavians of the west for King Oacar ,
who celebrates next month the twenty-fifth
innlver.iary of hio accession to the throne.
Mr. SJodaho carries letters of Introduction
from the governor of Utah.
John I. mialr of lilalrstown , N. J. , the well
Icnown railroad man , celebrated the nlnety-
rt'th anniversary of his birth at his homo last
Monday. Ho U In his usual health. Ills
son , D. C. Blair , and his oldest living grand
son , Charles Scrlbncr of New York City , spent
ho day with hlrn. ThiTO was a display of
fireworks in the evening on Prospect Hill ,
the hlghcvt point in lllairalown , in honor of
Mr. Illalr ,
A New Orleans man , who wanted to bo a
pollcoman and mada preparation for the
civil service examination , found that ho had
studied along the wrong lines. Ho determined -
mined to make uao of Mia newly acquired
knowledge , however , when ho came to a
miration that ft nick him as absurd. The
question wax : "If a bullet la dropped In a
well and It takes flvo seconds for It to strike
the water , how fur Is It from the top of the
ivoll to the surface of the water ? " The
( Mirlldnto answered : "Heathen mythology
says that when Jupiter kicked Vulcan out of
heaven It took him forty-neven days and
nlghls to full. If so , how for U heaven from
Kosclusko , Miss. ? "
The grandfather of Ktlisn Allen Illtch-
i ock , the now minister to Russia , was Judge
Samuel Hitchcock , ono of the most eminent
citizens of liurllngton , Vt. Ho was the first
attorney general of that state , holding ofllce
from 1790 to 1793 , and a presidential elector
In 1792 , when Washington received his sec-
oml election. In the name year he was ap
pointed judge of the United State. ) diitrict
court , becoming later judge of the circuit
court of the ne-eond circuit of the United
Stairs , receiving the appointment from John
Adams. Mr. Hitchcock's father was the drat
attorney general of Alabama , whither he
had gone from Vermont as a young man.
Later ho was chief justice of the state.
A novel crusade and a commendable ono
to gathering strength in Chicago. The ob
ject of the movement Is the removal o ( look
ing glatttfH from paroengcr elevators In ofilce
buildings. Any ono riding on an elevator
having a looking glass will obaerro how
women , young and old , stand before it , not
alone to ECO if their hata are on atralght ,
but to put a few finishing touches on curls
or rlbbono , Even when one reached the floor
aha desires , delays are frequently necewary to
enable her to flnlili her toilet. If ono fair
ono should paw the glass without a peep ,
the elevator engineer would bo thrown Into
convulsions. Few of them have had provoca
tion for a nt. Tills feminine weakness la
noticeable lu. Omaha. U has reached the
proportions of an epldciilc In Chicago , and
the only euro fur it in to remove or nmaja
Jh glut.
JOItllAX MAINTAINS HIS I'OHITIO.V.
I'rofoKHor Klllntt Unr * \ < it Know
Wlmt llt > " In TnllcliiK About.
PALO ALTO , Aug. 2B. Dr. Jordan , prr/il- /
dent of Stanford university , says that the
opinion ot bin friend , Prof. Klllott , routing
to the branding of settle , le entitled to no
especial notice , becAtito Klllott know * noth-1
ing whatever about the subject. "As ft
tnnttsr t f fact , " he added , "tho branded scitl-
< kln In the possetfllon of th Treoury depart-
tncnt was burned while the pup were Ita
black coat. After the wound had healed and
been replaced by the now coat , which eor-
rcspondi to that of the ndttlt seal , It won
killed nnd eklnncd. Thcro la no question that
It Is perfectly fcaMblo to brand thesc.iis nnd
that the brand will rtmnln permanently , ns
It doc * on a horeo or cow. Ono man can
brand female seal pup > at the rat * of 1,000
a day. The brand will gron- with the growth
of the anlmnt. The water hair will hide It
to some extent , but the part of the skin on
which It appears Is permanently spoiled for
the furriers' purposes. The adult seals can
also ho branded without injury , but they are
uot o easily handled. As to the notion that
bundling the animals will frighten them and
drive them oft to some other Island , thcro
Is no foundation for It. They mind It no moro
than sheep being Mieared. "
I1AXIC COMIITIOSS K.VVOUAIII.K.
I.nnt Htntrincn < SliovrH n llrttcr HIIN- |
IIPMN riimlltloii.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. The treasury de
partment published a comparative statement
of the resources and liabilities of all the na
tional banks of the country on July 2.1 , com
paring a corresponding date last year with
the last call made this joar The show
ing Is a very gratltytng ono to the
treasury officials and the figures Indicate
a gradual expansion of business , especially
iu the amount ot deposits. The statement
Is iw follows :
Inillvtdunl Lawful Money I/oana nnd
Dopoilts. Hoaorvp. Dior-Mints.
July 14 , ISBd JI.M.OOO.OIO J,1Uix.000 Jl 91i"OI 000
Muy 14 , 1SD7 1,71S,00 .O 410.0HOi l. ! > 21.fM.roi
July 23 , 1W > 1.770.000.W ) 412.000.0H l.iiGG.OOJ.OiV )
An item of individual deposits on July 25 ,
1S97 , chows au Increase of $92,000,000 over
July U , 1S9C , and an increase of $42,000,000
over May 14,1SS7 ; lawful money reserve , rep
resenting cash actually on hand in banks
on July 23 , 1897 , shows au increano over
July 14 , 1SOG , of $69,000,000 , and an increase
over May 14 , 1S97 , of about $3,000,000 ; loans
and dlocounta ou July 23 , 1S97 , show an In
crease over July 14 , 1898 , of about $8,000,000.
and au Increase over May 14 , 1897 , of about
$43,000,000.
1 OXV.V IIUIU'III.ICVAS.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : . Not a
word appears in the Iowa republican plat
form about prohibition or temperance. This
seems to be the conclusion of the whole
matter , for no prohibition party worthy of
tbo name exists ! n the state. Ono after
another the prohibitory statutes have been
set aside or rendered Ineffective , and local
option holds sway under the title ot the
"mulct" system.
Now York Mall and Kxpress : The repub
licans of Iowa may take renewed confidence
of victory from the ticket and the platform
named nnd adopted by their state conven
tion. The- candidate for governor , Leslie M.
Shaw , Is known ns a man of the people , and
yet no demagogue , who gives a gllmpso of
his character In his declaration that hoa \
free from promises and that ho will listen
to advice and then follow hte own Judgment.
Philadelphia Press : The Iowa Republi
cans in reaffirming and adopting in every
part the declaration of principles announced
by the republican national convention of
1890. did what every republican state con
vention held tha ! year has done. There has
been no digression from this rule and thete
lo not likely to be any in the few state con
ventions yet to bo hold. The party has made
no departure from the position It took at the
St. Louis convention. Now as then It stands
for protection , sound money , civil service re
form and all the great principles for which
the party has been conspicuous since its
birth.
New York Tribune : The Iowa republicans
held a model convention. It was the largest
convention ever assetribltd In the Etate and
great enthusiasm marked all the proceedings.
The nomination for goveinor developed a
keen and stirring contest. In which the sup
porters of sovcn candidates engaged , but no
bitterness of feeling was engendered and the
vote which made the final choice unanimous
was not an empty form , but expressed the
genuine harmony of the delegates and the
party. It was a convention which fairly rep
resented a great party In Ita best estate , not
controlled by petty personal ambitions , but
Inspired by an earnest purpose to command
the reaped and win the votes of ( iood citi
zens. The platform , which was adopted
without a dissenting voice. Is a sound ,
courageous , straightforward declaration of
republican principles.
COM ) , GUAXITI3 FACTS.
Mntlieiiintli'itl Driiioiintrntlim of the
Yiiltip of I'riiMpcrUy.
Chtcnuo News.
There are in this country , counting re
serves and the new crop , nt least 550,000,000
bushels of wheat , which has appreciated in
market value about 35 cents a bushel In the
last two months.
There are , counting reserved and the new
crop , at least 3,000,000,000 bushels of corn ,
which has advanced C cents a bushel In price
in the same time.
There arc 17,000,000,000 pounds of hog
meat , raw and manufactured , which has ad
vanced an average of 3 cento a pound.
There are 325,000,000 pecks of garden truck ,
the average advauco in which has been Vi
cents per peck.
It Is a well known economic law that the
market value of productive property depends !
upon Its earning power. The earning power- ]
of farm land has Increased 33 per cent alive |
July 1. Heneo , there are 2,050,000 farms In
this country which have appreciated In value
an average of $500 per farm , at a moderate
estimate.
And there are $60,000,000,000 worth of
railroad securltlca , which , by reason of the
agricultural prosperity , have Increased 12 per
cent In value.
Hotter times on the farms means a larger
output and higher profits for the factory.
There are $50,000,000,000 invested In fac
tories and the average increase in value la
10 per cent.
Better times for the factory means greater
activity and more profits for the urban mer
chant. There are $100,000,000,000 Invested
In retail mercantile establishments , which
are now w rth 20 per cent moro than they
were eight weeks ago.
Naturally tbo Increased prosperity means
an advance In the value of city real estate
say 15 per cent on $150,000,000,000.
Add , say , 15 per cent on $100,000,000,000
reprem'iitliiK all the Baleens , theaters , sani
tariums , patent medicines and other In
dustries which will participate In the boom
and wo have a net total of $70,000,000,000 , or
$1,000 for every man , woman and child In
the United States.
Thus every man having a wlfo and flvo
children Is $7,000 better off than ht > was July
1. Or , if ono of the children were born
only August 1 , thereby participating In but
liaif of the advance , he Is worth $6,500 moro
than ho was two months ago.
This in no idle dream , but a cold , nolld
mathematical fact. Karly next week the
local banks will make arrangements to cash
the checks of such aa may dcalro to draw
out their share.
Royal iu Lco the food pure ,
v 'lolesomo ' and dcllclouj.
S
fi
Absolutely Pure
orAi UMNO ret > m co. , KIW VOMU
TO Ticici.n.
Hrooklyn Life ! Castleton Hera cornea mr
t.itlor. o'd man ,
Clubbcrly-Blmll we walk aoroes th
street ?
"Xoj let's run. "
ChlMjro Record : "Pn. what t * nn optical
delusion ? "
! "It Is your mother's Idea that she never
, gets too much powder on her ness , "
i
I Detroit Journal : Proprietor-How did that
lady happen to gel TO bndly hurt nt the bar-
, guln counter Just now ?
I 1 Floor Wnlkcrhe Moppol to buy some
thing and the rerft of the women mobbed
, her.
\
I Indianapolis Journal : "I < > your daughter's
I new hou < e full of line furniture ? "
"Yes. Whenever I so to see 'her I Inks
a. ciimp-4tooi with me. "
Chicago Tribune : "I am sotry to hear
Hint Hli > plcbvn so severely hurt In his
fight with Mnrlchnni. Ho isn't In any dan
; ger , Is he ? "
I ' \Vo , lie's not In nny danger unless ho
rnakoa the ml tnkp of calling Miirkbnm a
llnr again some day. "
Washington Star : "He lady rnennt well , "
snld Meandering Mike , "but she didn't un
derstand mo tnstcs. She was tryln' to spoil
tne. "
"Old she offer ye nnythlu' ? " Inquired
Plodding Pete.
"Yi > . She Insisted on me tnk'n' u fo\r
chops to start \\ll' , nn' I hatter move on"
Chicago Tribune ; "They av there nrc no
birds In the Klondike reclon.1
"O , but tin-to nre ! Oulls. "
Puck : "Sho Is a decided brunette , l"n't
she ? " "Very. They s y her husband rau't
cull his soul Ills own. "
Somervllle Journal : Pockets In women's
dte > vs llMt nppnnretl lu Knulnnd In the
reign of ICdward III. It Is not known when
they disappeared.
Atrhlfon Olobe : There limy bo lot of ntee
nii-n In the world , but the bill collni-tors
don't meet them.
Chleapo Post : "You've no Idea how ntigry
my husband got Just bronuso t gave away
nn old pnlr of bin trouws. "
"You'd belter look out or he'll do in much
for you sometime. "
"Sir ! "
Itarper'M Ita/nr1 Mr. Untidy I thmiisht
I recognized your back us you walked
nlong.
Ml .s Shnrno-l should think you might by
this lime. It's been turniMl that way often
enough.
Chicago Pot : TV-icy were n ton ! hpil nt
Ills s-peiij , for , ? o far ns tlioy knew , lie had
lincl nn training.
"How did you acquire your abl'lty as n
sprinter ? " they nketl at length.
"I once courted nn all-round athlete's
daughter , contrary to hlsi wishes. "
They no longer marveled.
Puck : First Theo'ophlit TMicro will bo nn
Interesting debate at the np.vt meeting of the
society.
Second Theosophlrt On nhat EUliji--t"
First TUooFophlrt Is lite worth living
moro than once ?
PKtsburg Chronicle : Pqulldlg Spcaklngr
about hiding light under a buMuV
McSwIlllgen C3o on !
Sqtilldlg The light of a silver dollar can
be easily bidden under a bushel of w.icat.
BY TIIK SI2ASIUE.
Cli'v clniul Lender.
At last there came a parting day
The maiden strolled with me ;
I snld what I had longed to say ,
And When I'd finished she
Looked up and nail : "Well , then , adieu !
You've made me very glad ,
And I wil ! always think of you
As Che seven Hi ono I've had ! "
A.N Lit HAN 11) VI , .
Itoston Transcript.
The air was heavy \\lth the scent
Of all the lovely flowers of June ;
The sky nnd clouds In beauty blent ,
And In the blue a shadowy moon
Within the rosy cloudlets lay
Whispering , "Adieu ! dear summer day I"
The 1nll rim swayed a graceful limb
Above the worn and mowKiownvell (
The twilight hues grew faint and dim ;
The bobolinks within the doll
Had censed to sing their cheery airs
Wlmt tuneful melody was theirs ! ft4
She leaned upon the old farm gate
Fancied noraelf a prlnee s tall.
Alas ! ere slip had met her fati > ,
She heard her mother's shrill voice call ;
"Go milk , you 'Liza Jane ! " cried she ,
"Thero ain't a drop uv milk fur tea. "
Know the value of appear-
ances. The poorer they are
the more they ha\e to con
sider how they dress , and
the haider it is for them to
dress as they would like.
No one need pay more
than $15 for a suit of
thoroughly well made clothes
of good materials. The finer
cloths cost more of courseand
one may indulge himself in
luxurious trimmings , if ha
likes , for a third less than the
custom tailor charges for sim
ilarly good materials and work'
manship.
But even our lowest priced
suits are as correct in cut and
fit as the best , if not quite so
expensively finished , and no
one can make a good suit for
less than we can. Cheaper
suits than ours are inferior in
svery way.
KING & GO.
8. W. Cor.
16th add
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