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T1T13 03IATTA DAILY SEPTIlMmSH 0 , 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE F. . IIOBBWATKU. Editor. l'UHLI HKI' BVBHT MOIIN1NO. 1KUMS OK HI.'lUMJllllTlON. D llr H * ( Without Sun.lny ) . On Y ar..J M Dally lt nnJ Sunday. One Year J * " BU Month * Three Xlontlu | * } Bund/iy / llo * , On Yeflf J JJ Ralurdfty IJ e , One Venr. . . . . l J W hly llec , One Year OKFU.'KSI OniHlin ; Tlie H o Hiill'llnR. South Omfllm ; Flnc Jllk. . Cor. N and 2ltli Bit. Council Uluffa ! 1) Tcnil Street. ChltdKO OIIlc i 17 Chnmlwr ' .Oomroerce. New 'Vork : llootnn II , II nml 11 , Tribune nidi. Wniiiliigton : 101 Kourlfentli Htreet. All communication- , relating to newf nndI J'1" ; . rial matter i > lioulil 1 < mldrwiieil : To the Killtor. UfHINIMS LKTTKIIS. All buMnr lettcri and remittance- rheuM b Jdieiued to The ltr Publishing Company , Omaha. Iinft . vhtckn. ext > rcfs nd jiostoinc * money orilers to be made imynble to the order of thf enmtxiny. . . . . , . Tine iiKB rnutjaiUNO COMPANY. 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All rii Ill-mill ncMvsliojft nrc * llllt1leil | | Mllll I'llOUUll lleCS < ll IHTOllllllllllllllOVery 1MIH- i'ii : M' * , * , li < > Mimli tn riml * i itY.iiiiitr | * IIIMNI uiiiiii Imv- Inir TinHIT. . If you oniiiiot ltd 11 llvr on n ti'n In from ( he IIIMM4 IIKI'I'.t , Illl'llNL1 ri'lllirt tinfuel. . Mtntlnu tlic < rii I n anil riillronil to llu * Circulation I ) < 'imr < lllii ! of Tlip llrt. Tlic Ili-r IN for mile on nil trnliiN. ON IIAVINC Till' : Kor fusion candidate for Klu'rlll' wo Htill favor H. ] 'j. lluwull on a pint form of vin dication. Political tanik'in rltlliiK Is iv dlincult trick , but rlirlii ) ; three horses at once requires - quires tractable animals. rrospet'ts are > ; oiiil tlmt the Nebraska olllclal ballot will look like a cross be tween an aviary and a poultry yard. Attention of readers of The llee Is called to the superior reports of the popo- cratlc conventions. The I5ee alms above nil things to excel as a newspaper. To complete the collection of birds on the olllcial ballot of Nebraska the pro hibitionists should appropriately adopt the swallow as their party emblem. What Is ou ticket printed three times tinder three different pictorial emblems on the official ballot , but a wilful attempt to deceive and defraud the voters of the state ? Physical exhaustion , created by interminable - terminable popocratic oratory , seems is the fusion producer that did the work. Whether it ground out harmony along with fusion remains to bo seen. Not content with lighting out the Broateh claim to a position to which another man was elected In the courts , Lawyer Hansom has Injected his client's case Into the sllverilo platform. The role of political bulldozer anil bully-rugger cau hardly be conducive to Increasing the dignity and popular respect of an ex-presldentlal candidate , who still aspires to the presidency. Douglas county mobocrats appear to have taken their high-handed ways with them to the state convention' , which offers but little improvement on the scandalous proceedings of their local gathering ! , The removal of the debris around the new federal building only e.inplmsl/.cs the desirability of having the we.st whig of the new .structure built and completed according to the original design at the earliest possible day. A so-called divine healer has run into the nit'shes of the law in Chicago. If liu would only confine himself to dealing in financial nostrums and patent cur rency Inflation medicines he would not be so apt to get Into trouble. , The state house employe or olllcer of a state Institution who failed to attend the three-ringed political circus as u con vention delegate should be ready for a complaint from the machine that he Is not earning the salary which the taxpayers - payers pay him. , The habit of tkrowlng bouquets at themselves started by Governor Ilolcomb Kocins to have become contagious with the Inmates of the state house. The state olllcer who fails to proclaim that the return of prosperity Is due exclu- elvely to his own otllclal achievements Is not standing up for himself properly. President Kauri ! returning from his mission to the c/.ar at St. Petersburg a.s- t > uren the world that peace IK the sole ob ject of the newly formed International al- llunco between Kranco and Husslu. Thin declaration can hardly furnish now In- uplratlon to the F.renchmen who had taken the sign from Itusshi as a queue for throwing longing glances In the di rection of AlKUce-l rraine. Japan IH going to slilo with the United In the Heal controversy , notwlth- thu grievance which it has HID United Klates In the matter HIM Hawaiian annexation treaty. f < m-li'ii iw'lley IH guided by a ictMlnitiiUilili > Unit lx alive to the Interests / ( / / try ami doin not let one Issue v llli ltd action oi > another inaue from It. till Ml III' Tllf lit ! YJ tiAlll- KX'Ooneri'Xsmnn TOTVIIC l nnutli r uhlnlnt ; lllu.Mtrntlon of the ndngo Hint there IH nothing more virulent thnn in : npostato In religion or n renegade 111 politics. In his swashbuckler Imrnnmic before the popocrntlc aggregation at Lin coln the mnn from Dnlulh Is reported as snylng that the main object of the nil- vui * repiibllcan.i In to demolish the re publican party. Kor the leader of a party that claims to be national this Is a disgraceful admis sion. The ostensible reason advanced by Towne. Dubols ami other disgruntled and dismantled statesman out of a job for bolting the republican national ticket has bee.ii their professed dlsatlsfaetloti with the money planks of the St. Louis platform. On other cardinal points of re publican creed they claimed to be still In accord with the party. They professed to be as heartily In favor of protec tion as AIcKlule.v and proclaimed their undying hatred of the high-handed methods - ods by which the south was held solidly democratic through the wholesale ills- fraiichlnement of American citizens. Hut In the case of the silver republicans - publicans of the Towno and Dubols stripe the example set by the political renegades sailing under the self-styled name of liberal republicans twenty-live years ago Is being repeated : Starting oat with a professed desire for high-strung reforms they soon dropped the mask and made "Anything to beat Grant" their campaign ery. Instead of an honest effort to bring about reform , the liberal re publican crusade of 1S71 ! degenerated Into a bushwhacking war upon the re- imbllcan party. Men who had howled themselves hoarse against a protective tariff supported the most rampant pro tectionist In America for president. Men who pretended to be enlisted in a war for purifying the civil service worked arm In arm with Boss Tweed and the Tammany gang. So now we find that ex-Congressman Towno , who pretends to be too good tr > remain In the company of republicans to whom he owes all the public honors lie ever hud can say nothing too mean and vile about the leaders of his former party. According to Towne , Tom Heed , whom he formerly recognized as one of the ablest and most patriotic , statesmen , is a conscienceless political despot and a conspirator against the welfare of the republic. McKluloy , who a few years ago had his warmest regard and admira tion , Is now a tyrant and hireling of the plutocrats. And so with other eminent republicans whom the party and the nation have honored. While quoting Abraham Lincoln anil th. founders of the republican party , he loses no opportunity to desecrate their memories by deliberate misquotations of their speeches and writ- Ings. Ings.All All tills warfare , according to Mr. Towne , Is waged not to Inaugurate great reforms in government or to correct abuses , but solely to down the republican party. It Is again "Anything to beat Grant. " IXSWIOUSrultlf \ I'OK AXNKXATION. Tlie latest advices from Hawaii will ar rest the attention of the country , sug gesting , as they do , Insidious work In the Interest of annexation. According to the report the Hawaiian minister to this country returned to Honolulu for the purpose of obtaining from his govern ment , in advance of action by the United Slates senate , approval of the annexa tion treaty , and it is intimated that this Is understood to be the case In adminis tration circles at Washington. A dbpatch from the national capital states that olllcials there arc not disposed to ques tion the correctness of the Information from Hawaii , except as to the statement that a special session of congress maybe bo called for the purpose of ratifying the treaty. It Is said that the matter of Hawaii first acting upon thetivaty would not contravene any rule of diplomacy and that there is nothing In the treaty as to which country shall take the Initiative' I iv the ratification. It Is also ald to be regarded as desirable In the execution of President MeKlnley's policy toward Hawaii that thf > treaty of annexa tion shall bo ready In all respects for the action of congress at Its next session. We hesitate to believe that President MeKinloy or Secretary Sherman Is cogni zant of any such movement as is reported from Hawaii. It may be true that there Is no objection , on diplomatic grounds , to the Hawaiian government first acting on ( lie treaty , but it would be an un precedented thing for tlio president of the United States to have anything to do with bringing about such action and wo cannot think that Mr. MeKinloy would establish such a precedent. It Is perfectly obvious that it would place him in a most unfortunate attitude , for while there Is no doubt that the president Is favorable to annexation it is not to be thought that ho wishes to force It upon the country , but that the matter ahull receive full and careful consideration from the standivolnt of American Inter ests. Wo therefore utterly discredit the suggestion that President McKlnley Is cognizant of tlio errand of Minister Hatch to Honolulu or that ho desires Hawaiian action on thi > treaty In ad vance of action by the congress of the United States. We are equally con fident that the secretary of state has no connection with this move to further the cause of annexation. The Information from Hawaii , how ever , Is of great Interest as evidencing the aggressiveness of the annexatlonlsts and their determination to leave nothing undone that can contribute to their HIIC- cess. The leaders of the movement In Hawaii understand fully the value of the stake they are playing for and they are ready to do almost anything to win It. Of course there will bo no dltllculty in securing from the Polo gov ernment approval of the treaty of an nexation. But It appears that there Is a considerable anti-annexation sentiment In Hawaii and the American people will hardly bo disposed to Ignore this. Wo do not want to absorb a population per haps a majority of which is opposed to being absorbed. If It shall bo found that there Is KO largo a sentiment In Hawaii opposed to annexation as seems probable It would manifestly bo a most grave mistake to assume thu task of quieting this opposition and bringing It Into obedience to our government. It Is to nee th.it this might Invohv n great deal of trouble and no little ex ( pelise , besides the possibility of iilltxIiU1 i complications. | This annexation question will br > sett'eil ( at the next session of congre.- ' . ' * . Thprc , I * reason to think that annexation can ! defeated If the opposition In It Is prop erly arrayed and energetically pressed. In the meanwhile developments in Ha waii will have very considerable Interest. There appears to be a mom favorabl > outlook for the settlement of the coal strike than at any time since the trug- glo begun , but In affairs of this kind It H never safe to feel ce.italn of anything until It Is accomplished. What makes the outlook more promising Is the ap parent disposition on tlio part of the operators to make reasonable conces sions , whlcii Indicates a change of feel ing since their meeting In Plttsburg last week , when they adopted resolutions de claring that the conflict must go on ami begun preparations for starling up their mines with other workers. It is quite possible that they have found this not to be practicable , for the Inducements tn enter Into coal mining are not wich IIH to attract men who can find any other means of subsistence. . It Is hard and perilous labor. A settlement of the strike , on a basts tlmt would give assurance of peace for at least a year , would be a cause for gen eral congratulation , because thereIs a veiy great deal of suffering among the miners and their families and their con dition of course grows worse every day. With the departure of summer , not far olT , the needs of these people will In crease and If tlio strike should be con tinued Into cold weather their distress will be most severe. The whole coun try , however , is concerned in an early ending of the struggle. ctmtKMr nrcirs. The common Impression that there is a practically unanimous sentiment In financial ami business circles favorable to the revision of the currency proposed by the reformers Is enoneous. The fact Is that the number of those wiio hold conservative views on this subject and deprecate the agitation for currency re form Ls very largo and the advance | toward prosperity Is Increasing the num ber. Trustworthy advices from New York say that many business meir there and some bankers express the opinion that it is not expedient to make any attempt at change in the currency system at pres ent. A leading banker is quoted as sayIng - Ing that it is preposterous for bankers to get together and pass resolutions pro claiming that our currency system Is dan gerous and that the only safely is in an exclusive bank currency , when the merest tyro can see that the people of the United States are not at all concerned - corned about their currency , knowing that it stands upon : i gold basis and will be there maintained , lie said the most potent and Impressive argument against any meddling with the currency Is the attitude of the great body of the people In regard to it. There Is 110 doubt that conservative views of this kind are gaining ground in influential quarters. The fact is being demonstrated again' that the currency system Is no obstacle to the return of prosperity and no hindrance to industrial and commercial expansion and that therefore there is no urgent demand , as tlio reformers insist , for making any change in the system at this time. But notwithstanding this the reformers will i continue to agitate and to do their host to discredit the currency system , while the currency commission will solonnly deliberate on a plan to "take the govern ment out of the banking business" by eliminating the legal tender notes , which are not causing the government the least bit of trouble. TOO V The opinion of City Attorney Council that , the city Is obligated to pay the full salary of the mayor , whether he is ab sent from tlio city or not and must also pay the salary of mayor to tlio president of the council while acting as mayor , is altogether too flexible. The interpre tation of tlio charter Hint two salaries can be drawn for one ollico for the same period is not only wrong in principle , but manifestly contrary to the letter and spirit of the law. The charter fixes the salary of the mayor on the presumption that he ifi paid for discharging the duties devolving upon him. In the absence of the city's executive , the duties and emoluments of the ollico devolve upon the president of the council. It does not stand to reason that In the absence of the mayor both shall draw the salary of mayor. If that principle were correct as apply ing to the mayor , It would apply equally to the governor of the state. The con stitution lixiw the salary of the governor and piovldes also that In his absence from the state the functions and emolu ments of the olllce shall devolve on the nontenant governor. When the lieuten ant governor acts as governor he would , according to the logic of City Attorney Council , have a right to draw a gov ernor's salary and the governor would also have a right to full pay for the same time. In view of the fact that tlio audi tor cannot draw a warrant on the treasury unless the money for tlio same has been appropriated by the legislature und the legislature makes only one sal- ury appropriation for the governor , the double-salary Idea Is out of the ques tion. The mere fact that double salaries have boon heedlessly voted by city coun cils to mayors and acting mayors for the same period does not Justify the con- tlnuance of the practice under the ad vice of the city attorney , If the double salary for mayor Is not Justifiable , It Is of doubtful propriety also for the president of the council to draw the salary of councilman' and that of mayor for the same time , although be may exercise the functions of both. The whole system of substitution of city of ficers at the expense of the taxpayers Is all wrong and calculated to demoralize the public service. If salaried public of ficers are permitted to do their work by proxy , no one can toll to what extremes the double salary system might bo car ried. Thu city of Omaha Is a corporation In which the taxpayers are Inte-ioHted n * slot kholdm-H aud , Its business should be roiidiii'ti'd fin h > sines * principles. Does ex ChlttClgwart's restoration to the police forceIPIIII that the reform police foiiuiiMj ( < $ WM endorse his dis obedience oft'tlK'lr orders to close the wine rooms , , ! , , countenancing of the horrible bath house orgies , his connivance with dlshoutiin'i ' subordinates ami his haiid-lii-glovi fl'-ll\ltlns ( \ ( to the keepers of low dives ami' ' ( flsorderly resorts ? If Slgwart's roeord .ftas commended him'to the reform pi ll ' . boaitl as the kind of man to hold a Voppmislhlo position In the pollen department , why did the board ask for his resignation ? Why , when tlio resignation was refused , did the board order charges preferred against him ? Is not Slgwart's restoration to the force conclusive evidence of the most disgrace ful bargain ami sale of public olllce that has ever been thrust upon the people of Omaha ? The responsibility of the city for the dangerous condition of the Sixteenth street viaduct cannot be shifted upon a conference of railroad engineers. If any disaster should occur by reason of a viaduct catastrophe tlio city would be held in damages to those who were In jured. The railroads n .y be depended on to procrastinate anil spar for time a.s long as the city toleiates such a course. Tin- only way to bring the matter to a Torn * ; Is lo tear the viaduct down and then trial with the railroads. The tallroads of Nebraska now threaten to attack the constitutionality of the law creating the State Board of Transporta tion , with a. view to having it declared null and void. Inasmuch as ( lie present state board has been kept in existence through the successful efforts of the rail- .roads to head off constitutional amend ments creating an elective railway com mission an attack on Its constitutionality from tlmt source forms a remarkable reversal of railroad policy. Tlie latest decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission is a recommenda tion that the .railroads grant the prayer of the petitioner for lower railroad rates. When the Interstate commission has to make Its findings In the shape of a recom mendation It is high time to change the law so as to give the commission power to enforce its decrees. Such change Is one of the demands of the state platform adopted by Nebraska republicans. When chief , of Police Sigwart prosti tuted the police to the use of the Howcll campaign managers last spring lie was given an assurance by the gamblers' gang that it would see that he was re tained on the force ; No wonder the gang boasts that it owns the reform police board and points t < i tlio fulllllmont of the agreement with Sigwart In proof of the assertion. ' ' Pretended rtoiioiny which gives their Incompetent chief of police and chief ; of detectives each a substitute paid at the expense of the rank and tile of tlio police force .is not the kind of economy that will ijigrntlntuiJoyernor 'Holeomb"s ' form 'poiicc ' board with either the police men or the public. One consolidated convention would have been much easier to handle and have saved all the Intermediary work of conference. K tinItcnl Ti Atlanta Journal. If wheat keeps climbing the western farm- era will have sixteen ilollars this year where they hail one last. FnxloiilNtH Krt'ts to Try It. liohton Journal. If any political party wants to go into the campaign this year with a calamity platform there la no law against it , but the election returnu will be Interesting and luminoua. Three More CrofiM ( o Hulse. Chicago Inter Ocean. A Kryan organ pompously observes : "The G. 0. r. can't live- four years on ono wheat crop. " It won't try. It expects to raise three more during the four years , and then one every year for a score of years to come , and pay for all in money worth 100 cints on the dollar. The republican party Is not out on a wildcat picnic. 'I'u UI UK- Care of Hm-lf. ' Globe-Demociat. Nobody Is paying the slightest attention to the treasury gold reserve these days , because everybody knows it caa take care of Itself. It Is , indeed , doing Just this. The withdrawals of gold for exportation ran tlio ic.scrvc down to $110,000,000 , but since the exportation stopped , the fund is increasing , and now it Is above $1-14,000,000. When the gold Importation sets in a few weeks hence the reserve Is likely to go up to the highest figures touched since rcnumptlcn began. HHifl StrniKth ' " Culm. I Kansas City Star. It Is some time since such news has .been received from Cuba as is contained In the an nouncement of the march of the negro leader , Handeras , from ono end of the island to the other with U',000 men. This march reveals an army and with it a commander , Qulntln Eanderas , a worthy successor of Antonio Maceo. The proclamation of Banderas speaks of his march as a triumph and of many accessions to his rankn by desertions from the Spanish regiment of I'lzarro , Strength will attract strength. With armies in the place of sn.uads. and battles instead of skirmishes thu cause of Cuban Independence Is won. llotv Dill Ilrjnil Gt-t that l'iiH f CiilciBo' Journal. It Is Incumbent upon .Mr. Hryan to otand forth and explain llow ho succeeded In get ting a paes out of the Southern Pacific Hall- road company. JHUJo ) hold up the company at thu muzzle of , a'n.lxrfiliootor ? Did he use H Jimmy ? Old he rcciort to government by In junction and gel--hated court to stop the moving of the company's trains until they gave up ? How did QIC do It ? To got a pass out of the Southern I'aclflo Railroad com pany Is a more notable feat than to get a nomination for the pjrsldcncy out of a demo cratic convention ? That .Mr. 'Bryan baa achieved this feat Is Just one more erlduuce that ho Is not as other men. 'l'h < - Ooinlnn ( irriit Crop , Nu\v . In Home , N. Y , . tlje fanner * have been holding a beet gugar 'convention. It woe at tended by some 1)00 ) farmers , They listened to speeches and papers oa the possibilities of beet sugar culturilUUeneit so well that a majority of them baa agreed to raise sugar beets to bo consumed In a factory to be built in Home , In the niming of sugar beeto American farmers inky find a new opening. People who have given attention to the sub ject aver that beets In proper ooll will yield between $20 and $30 an aero , and this promise IH sufficient Inducement for the ordinary farmer. It may be remembered that Chair man Dlngley , when tlio eugar schedule of the Dlngley bill was attacked , said that the surest way to destroy the Sugar trust was to establish a beet ( sugar factory 'In every con gressional district. There la no reason why this should not be done. The raining of sugar beets will bring a fairer return to the average farmer than the raising of ceroalH or tbo fattening of ordinary olock. The convention at Rome U only a straw showing which way thu wlud Is about to blow. AFTKRrilE NICARAGUA CANAL Jnpan Would Llko to Take n Knntl lu tlio Entorpriso. DEU.1ES TO DIG THE BIG DITCH SccrHly .Vi-ttollntltiK : with Ilir ( irrntcr Ili'linlitlo of LV n I nil Aiin-rl Mi MiiMiHM-tril of n III for Joint Control. NEW YOHK , Sept. I. A special to the Herald from Washington snya : Japan , not content with Interference with President Mr- Klnlcy's Hawaiian annexation policy , now has designs upon the Nicaragua ! ) canal. Ac cording to aciul-oniclal advices Just received hero from Nicaragua , the Japanese govern ment Is secretly negotiating with the Diet of the Greater Republic of Central America , which recently mot la Salvador , for the construction of thu Nlcaragunn c.inal , Inde pendent and lu derUncc of the Interests nud Influence of the United States or other na tions. This action of Japan , taken In connection with Its recent attitude In regard to Hawaiian annexation , Is of the greatest nig- nlllcance , showing , as It docs , to the au thorities that there is no limit to the am bition of the nation , and Its aggressive policy may yet get It In trouble with the United States. That the administration will resent any Interfeicnco with the Nlcnraguati canal project , .19 It did In the case nf the Hawaiian annexation treaty , goes without saying. It Japan can encompass It , ncconl- Ing to the Nicaraguan advices received here , It would llku to obtain the abrogation of all treaty rights possessed by the United States In relation to inleroeennlc transit and the forfeiture of the American canal connection from NIcarttKiia and1 to Immediately make a treaty with the Diet of the Greater He- public of Central America , giving It con trol of the great ruuto through Nicaragua. In the negotiations Costo Hlca has not been consulted , It being well known that It would not assent to a violation of a treaty right. .U has been suspected In some quarters that Ungland , which has always been anxious to acquire at least a joint control of the canal , might bo woiklng In collusion with Japan In the "dickering" with the Diet now understood to bo in progress , but nothing has yet come to the surface to in dicate that It has encouraged Japan in the move. U Is said that the agent of the Nlcar-aguan catnl here has laid the facts bcforu Mr. Hitchcock , the president of the company In Now York , with the suggestion that the State department bo apprised of the secret negotia tions that arc now tieltig carried on between Japan and the Diet. Senor Selaya , the president of Nicaragua , It Is understood , has admitted to close personal friends that Japan Is negotiating with the Diet , but In each case ho advised the strictest secrecy. NICARAGUA'S DIPLOMATIC 'MOVE. ' A private letter just received In this city from Nicaragua says : "Among Americans In Central America the belief Is general that the Greater Republic of Central America , which la represented in Its diplomatic affairs by a Diet comuojcl of three members ( one each from Nicaragua , Salvador and Hon duras ) , was organized principally In order that Nicaragua might absolve itself from In dividual icsponsli/l.lty as a nation and thereby abrogate its interoceanlc transit treaty with the United States. The so-called greater republic , resenting the failure of the United States to recognize the greater republic ( on receiving Senor Rodriguez as minister ) , and It falling to accredit a United States minis ter to tlio greater republic , Is likely to try and make a treaty with Japan , granting it concessions for the construction of the canal. The United States minister here believes that when this news reaches \Vashlngtou the State department will send a note to Japan asking if it Is seeking to Interfere with our treaty rights In the premises. The Americans in Nicaragua believe the United States will Insist that its Interoceanlc treat ies with Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Honduras and Colombia are yet in force , although the Diet claims that Nicaragua and Honduras are no longer separate and Individual na tions and are therefore responsible. " Although the State department officials will not admit tlmt any Information has yet corns through olllclal channels to confirm private advices on this subject , there are reasons for believing that the authorities have been watching Japan's movement In Central America with more or less suspicion for eome time past. THK OMI-TIMKUS. Massachusetts can reckon up thirty-fly * centenarians , of whom thirty are women. They saying that the good die young doesn't seam to apply to Massachusetts. "Judgo" Elijah A. Parsons , who died at Towanda , Penn. , a few days ago , was one of the oldest editors in that state , having been actively engaged in newspaper work about sixty years. Ho was long the editor of tbo Bradford Argus. Lazar Greengard , who lives In St. Louis , la the oldest Hebrew in America. On Novem ber 19 next he will celebrate his 105th birth day. Ho was born at AVerbclau , Husrlo , and lived there , until , at the ago of 93 , ho vfoa driven out by persecution. Alexander Kozina , senior legal adviser of the city of Budapest , died In that city last week , 72 years old. Ho was the founder of the municipal laws of Hungary , and became a member of Parliament In 18CS. Ho was ono of the most devoted followers of Franz Doak. On his return from Germany two years ago Kozma was stricken with paralysis , from which ha never recovered. Ono of ths family of the "fighting Bells" of Augusta county , Virginia , has died at the homestead of Long Glade at the age of SO. He was Alexander R. Bell , ono of five brothers who together had nineteen sons that fought in Captain Cushlng's company of the Fifth Virginia regiment. Stonewall brigade , and were nearly all killed In battle or died of wounds. ( A. R. Bell had been for nearly elxty years an elder In the Presbyterian chivch. William Bache , who died the other day In Bristol Penn. . was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin Ho was SB years old , and was the pioneer newspaper publisher in Bucks county , having founded The Bristol tel Gazutto in 1849. In 1854 ho began ( no publication of a know-nothing paper called Thn Bucks County American. He was the author of a number of historical works. Ho served In the War of the Rebellion' , and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Simon Pokngon , the laot chelf of the Poka- gen band of the Pottawattomlrs , la Hearing tlio end of Jila long life at Ills retreat In Lee , Mich , Pokagon I. , father of lilmon , at ono time- owned tlio site on which Chicago cage now stands. He sold thu land to the government for 10 cents an acre. The old . chief , who Is a finely educated man , Is at t the head of a band of ! > 00 men who did not go to the reservation west of the MUslKolppl with tha other memberu of his tribe. They had become converts to tbo Christian relig ion and asked permission to remain within the borders of civilization , A great-granddaughter of General Israel Putnam , JIw. "Mary " Waldo Webber , cele brated the 90th anniversary of her birth on Sunday , ugiist 15 , at tbo home of her son , 13. F. Webber , In Wrat Somervllle , Conn. , and Is the nearest of kin now living to the Illustrious general , Her father was John Augustus Gleasou and her mother ICII- zabeth Waldo , daughter of Samuel nnd Molly Waldo , the latter the daughter of General Putnam. Until very recently Mrs , Webber haa lived In Bedford , In which town Israel Putnam , a cousin of tbo general , settled , and at the celebration there a year ago oho was the central figure. On Tues-Uy last , at Bennlngton , Vt. , Mrs. Sophy Wolbrtdgo Wlanle celebrated her 100th birthday In the presence of 400 guests , Mrs , Winnie Is well prcnerved , She lives In a house built In 1780. Mm. Wlnnlo la not tbo oldest living person bom In Vermont. That Is Mr * . Kmlly Hyde Grlnnell of Colchester , Vt. , who Is now over 101 , enjoys the best of health and can see to thread a needle without glasses , Older than either la IIr . Honora Mct'arty , who Ilvra within four mlka of Bennlngton , at South Shaftesbury. Mrs. MeCarty 1s 105 , and yet In good weather often walks to church at llennlngton. That town has a ' record of 2GO pcruono who lived beyond tbo | ago of 0. j 1N ( Iir.ASIMJ ItKU'Uin * OK IMUiSTItV. ] Cnlninllr Thrnrlen Ormiillvtirit lir Hti-rn 1'nftn , SI , Ismta dKibMk-nKiiTfit. AmnnR fnmllUr Afscrilons Is ono thnt thn poor nro growing poorer , U Is heard most frequently In times of business deprc.-wlon. When the- real data of tbo CASH arc Uken In hand It Is found thnt the poor ro not growing pootnr , but decidedly the reverie. No better evldcnro ' , nvftlUhlp tlinn tlmt contained In the last flvo national censuneii , nor U any ono better qualified to search out thvlr meaning than Carroll 11. Wright , United States commissioner of labor sta tistics. In an article on the coiupsr.itlvc condition of the poor In this country Mr. Wright clearly demonstrates that their earning capacity nnd their comforts Imve grimily Increased within fifty yeais. His de duction from the olllclal ccntns figures Is that "tho rich are growlim richer , many moro people than formerly are growing ilch , and the poor nre growing belter off. " The calamity demagogues will scorn the most of this statement , but It rests on the best existing mathematical proof , nnd " 111 ! > < accepted by nil except those who ptcfer the gure.suork of a wild talker tn the dispassion ate tallies of the census olllce. It Is not alone the fact that nveragp wages have Increased since. 1S30 tlmt Is lgnlflrtiit. Skilled labor , or labor In Its higher branches , has also Increased. In 1S70 there were 12- 603,923 persona , or 32 13 per cent of our population , engaged In gainful occupations. The number In 1S9D lirlFen to 22.735.C'll , or 3C.fi ! per cent. The skilled workers In 1S70 constituted G.S9 per cent of the whole com munity. 7.IS per i-iMit la 1SSO and S.75 per cent In 1S90. Though Hie productions of our farms In 1800 were greater by far than In 1S70. fewer farm laborers were required lo cultivate them. Agricultural laborers in 1S70 formed ll.Tfi per cent of the whole popula tion and la 1S90 only 13 44 per cent. Im proved farm machinery brought nbout thin chango. Taking the average of raoh person rag.igi'd In manufacturing nnd mechanical pursuits , men , women and child ! en , there was an Increase in wngis between ISoO and 1SUO of over SO per cent , nnd n dollar pur chased much moro at the later date. Whenever the ( stereotyped complaint Is heard that "the poor arc growing poorer' It Is In order to demand the proof. A gener ality Is no answer. Tin1 mo. t careful analy sis of the census reports whows that the workers of this country command larger anil not smaller rewards and that aveicsi- wagrs have nearly doubled since 1S50 , with prices of commodities moving downward. It would not bo easy to art-rut the gradual rlrfo in wages , for it lu manifest throughout the world , though not to the sami' extent an In the United States. No right-minded poison w-tahiM to see It arrested. But It la strange that the facts In thu case nro BO often dKs- torti-d by these who call thcmscl\ labor loaders. Not one of them over goes to the census reports for his arguments , though thnt l the hlghent authority na a rellex of the Industrie ! ) of the people. TIIK CAMI'.YIIJ.V \nilltASlCA. . A T ' * l iif tinlloliiilvr SlreiiKtli of Til rot * Pur Urn , Milwaukee Si-iillncl. The election Is to to made a tral of the relative strength of the Miroe parties repub lican , national democrat , ' and silver demo crats. Each of these panics has a particu lar object. Thu republican. ! feel confident of demonstrating that tluy have regained the upper hand nnd nro anxious lo establish the fact. Because Nebraska Is the homo state p.f W. J. Bryan , the presidential candi date of the silver party , they regard It as of particular importance to obtain a decisive victory. The silver democrats for the same reason proposs to get out all the vote * they can. while the national democrats entertain the hopeof showing a largo Increase of strength that will bring them forward as the leaders of the democracy again. This test campaign In N.braska is expected to bo of utility in Indicating the present political sentiment of the peopleof Ne- brabka. According to republican authority , the free silver party Is badly demoralized. The republican campaign will be conducted on the theory that the free silver delusion is a thing of the past. The free silver Isouo will bo ignored or ridiculed. Mr. Bryan and his ifollowcrs are expected to do their utmost to maintain their position In splto of the discouraging effect that the prosperity with which Nebraska Is blessed this year la likely to have on their cause. The national democrats are entering the campaign for the purpose of persuading some of the deserters to the free silver folly to return to their former allegiance. Speak ers of national reputation have been secured by all three parties , nnd the result. It Is expected , will determine the status of the silver ( iiicstlon ns a political Issue. The republicans and national democrats of Ne braska and of other states as well believe that the grave Is yawning for the recep tion of this issue and expect to begin the process * of burying It with this fall's cam paign. TIM' : T1IU.MII-PHIXT T1IKOUY. \ Practical Tent of "I'liild'nlieiul Wll- NOII'N" Sure 'I'liliiK. WiLHtilnBton Star , A short time ago an aged librarian of Philadelphia was found murdered tn his place of business. He had been killed , evi dently , by some person familiar with his methods , who had done his work so well that ho left few traces behind. On the knob of n drawer In the establishment , however , was found the Imprint of a bloody thumb , nnd now the police nulhorltlcs , hav ing exhausted every other clew , nre work ing on this , thereby giving a frrsh illustra tion of the theory upon which "Mark Twain" wrought in his novel , "Pudd'nhead Wilson. " There Is now In custody a colored man who served as porter In the library , but there is slight evidence against him. nnd that is purely circumstantial. It Is hoped that the bloody thumb mark and other Imprints that are coming to light may t-olvo the mystery. This notion that there la an unchanging individuality about the papillary ridges of the finger tips Is by no means new. There are two branches to this theory. It must bo accepted for the thumb-print system to be of scrvlcu that there Is no change In the design oa the digit during the lifetime of the Individual , otherwise there would be no value In de termining the personal peculiarities. Then It must be established that there Is but one Infinitesimal fraction of a chance that ono person's Imprint can bo duplicated by an other person. To prove this latter theory researches have been conducted by scien tists and others , and It would appear to be reasonably sure that the elements of doubt .TJ to this point lies been eliminated. Of course , the best fact of coincidence be tween the bloody thumb print of any person would be merely circumstantial evidence connecting the person with the crime. But If there Is such an agreement , while othei circumstances tend to show opportunity , mo tive and other elements In the homicide , the thumb's testimony becomes very strong In the light of the disclosures of science. Yet the thumb print must remain a corroborative test rather than a direct clew to Identity , I'MIISO.V.VI..M > OTIIKIt\VI.SIC. Wheat Is hustling along with Its cross of gold without the aid or consent nf any politician. Some envious paragrnphers am ungracious enough to Intimate that the Franco-Russian alliance Is Faure-fctched. Mr. Odorofsky Is foreman of the mnoko house of a Chicago aauragc factory. No other name would smell half ao sweet In that fragrant position. The harmony of the powerfi In persuading Turkey to retire from Thefnaly la of the brand that pervadts the conventions of free coinage democrats. The Afrldla , Orakzals , Balooehls and Gliazla have made common cauao against'tho Brltl h In India. Strange as It may appear , Abdul Azl.i Is not a factor In tha difficulty. That Hoboken genlua who threatens to In vade the Klondike wflii an Inflated balloon U generating more gas than the fall season warranla. Still , Hoboktn has gas to burn. Pawnee Chief Pipe la suing for a divorce In an Oklahoma court. The cause nf the ( wtraiiKeniPMt Is not given , but U Is sur mised the ( | iiaw hit the pipe occasionally , Thn MUplcslppI Valley Lmnbenncn'n as sociation huu marked up the price of lum ber of all grades. Another marking up U promised later on when the memberu catch their second wind. The bogus Sehlattcr , better known as "Rattlesnake Bill , " who Is heeling himself In Chicago at the expense of thu gullible , doc * not take pay for hl services. He npurns money. But bis manager takes care to inform the sucUera to throw a few of allrrr an th > plulform The JlnjOfl of the coin IK sweet muslo tor tha cam of the bogiu The first foA for thn Chinese Rt rn rll- ronil UAH broken MAT village culled Stnnllr.apnltnvtkAVn. Imagine the hrnkf- man wrapping his voc.il orgnna nbout Hut name and shouting "Twenty minute * for refreshment * . " John Stnllar , the Nebraska farmer -who raln d this fonson ptiough whent lo clear off the debt ot hln eighty-acre farm , In ro- celvlng a vnst nmoutit of free advrrtlMliff In the pHpcra of the country. Stollnr' * suc cess servos to Illustrate the productiveness of Nebraska roll when Intelligently culti vated . A grandson of cx-Kmprrss Kngcnle , lh * on uf Prince I.ouls BonapArtp , in pupil flt the military academy nf St fyr , France. Ho goifl by the tinnip of Wallle Kelly , hi * mother having been the daughter of a Um- don tailor nf that name. It IH snltt Hut tno prince nnd Miss Kelly wen * secretly m.irr od , but no proof of the marriage cxlst.i The F.x-empre * > s placed the boy at school nnd often visits him there. New York Olty eh.ingeil chiefs of pollcs last week. Chli'f C'onlin retired on a llfo tieimlon of $ .1,000 a ye.ir , and Inspivtor , i < 4m McCullagh'a promotr-d ti > the va.itr'y. . lie IK nbnul 52 > ear old and hits lircn an the foivo continuously for t\xi < iiiy * rvcii yv.ir. * ) . Ills ni'xt f annum net wn the break ing up of the notorious Whyo gang of Hilevi'i and tough" , while ho wns nerving as n cap tain. The n.iMry of chief IB Jfi.OKO ijiiir Mi5trate ; ( ! Sliuius of \ iYoik I'lty Is the w orti fui of mashers. Ciiarle * Kelt * , , a v.i-11- ilitvooil voting man. on be.ng brought in fore him for ncc-ostlng women on the s't-ect , pleaded that hr was Orueik when tl.e off HMO WIH committed. "Oi-unk or tulier. a mnn that aeensle decent women on HIP cimot is a loafer , " said Ihe magistrate. "l''M > r > 00 of you mnihrivs that comes hefnrc mo w < ll regret It. You nre sentenced to the inland for sltunii i ha. " An average of fifty loiters a ilav n re ceived by 1'rosMent MeKinloy a.Mi.i'c for money. More Is n samplu fiuiu n li'-oigii negro : "Mr , McKlnley 1 voted tor y.ni lu do rain , from sunup to sundown. 1 kou-TUil do rlieumalls'iH In my left li'g. I'll hit s d no run to my head en give me rattltu" of do brain. I never did git no ollico , ui I be u laid up s > long dat my wife dune lef me i n gout oft wld a turpentine nigger. Could you plonse , suh , sen' mo some gnu'i-rlest an * a order to pny Jil houxerent ? I wish you would , suh. If you pliaso , suh. " The Sweden of this rntintry hnvc sent a handsome m"iuorlal gift to King Os. . ar of Norway nml Sweden , In honor of the tw < i- ty-llfth annlveit > ary of his acrtKnlon. to 'ho ' throne , to be celebrated next month T' o memorial consists of an artistic nllet > ri. , il diHlgn containing two female ilguiix Su , representing Sweden , nud Nora. Npiw.iy- holdlng aloft a golden crown. The mi puir"il was shipped last Monday , and at th HUUIO tlmti a Bum of money was M-nl lo Kn I n- cnr's Sanatorium. An address accompanied the gifts. IOWA PIIKS.S Dnbunue Times : White Is still np aklng , but who has hoard ( lie voice of Hoi. 8 ultimo ho "busted" the democratic platform on tha I'Jlh nt Marshalllown ? Davenport Republican : Senator Gear says the tcmthlleans will carry Iowa by iJ.OOO ma jority. But that h no exciMe for any i io thinking hH vote won't count. Every repub lican vote oiigr.t to be cost. Let's make It an even 100,000. Cedar Ranlds Republican : One your ago men on every street corner In the 1'nlled States were arguing the silver iiuestlon. Kx- elted group * ! could be seen here nnd there gesticulating nnd shouting. Where ure thcuo .ii'piiMiiM now ? Most of them are attend ing to business , taking advantage of the Im- uioved conditions that have eome to us-iilnco confidence WOH retoied by the defeat of tlmsu who were crying out for a delxised currency. Slnux City Journal : Fred White Is actually on the slump In Iowa. Hn spoke In llurllng- ton the other night and talked nbout money , etc. Ho said , according to the Burlington Gazette report , that he had no apologies to make for the financial plank In the demo cratic platform , thnt he stands upon. It with both feet and hatj been standing on It for twenty years. That explains It. Wo knew somebody had been holding it down till tin- years since the cilmo of ' 73. Factor In ( lie Price of Wheat. Chicago Tribune. All reports go to confirm the early rumora of a ohort wheat crop In Argentina. Instead of having wheat for export from Its last crop , It Is now reported that this , the largest wheat producing country in South America , will scarcely have more thar.i enough for domestic consumption , while , In view ofthe bad .quality of the crop , It may be necessary to import for seed. The Intelligence Is likely to prove a most important factor * in Hiistalu- Ing the advance In price In this country. I.I.MOS TO A l.AIiil. ! Puck : He If people said Just what they thought. It would do a lot of barm , wouldn't It ? She Well , It would reduce conversation about nine-tenths. Chicago Tribune : "Well , " observed tha oyster of the season , us he made his appear , ance. as iisuul , a little In advanc.B of the letter r. "this Is about the warmest recep tion I ever bud. Thanks ! Whew ! " Indianapolis Journal : She Whnt did you mean liy clrcilliillmr the report tlmt 1 llvn a hand-to-mouth existence ? llow iluro you ? lie Well , thnt was the way It Bcemeil to me. Whenever I call on you , you put Iti most of the time yawning. Chicago Tribune : Young Fish Mamma , hero's a nlco fat worm hanging from thu end of a siting. Shall I Old FlHh C'hllil , keep your mouth Hhut. Chicago Post : AH he folded the pootexs In. hl arms after .she had promised to be ! ili ; hi ! heard her murmur .softly ID heim-lf : "It Is u witHfuotlim to fed Hint I can go to press myself If my poems lan't. " Cleveland Leader : "Ah , doctor , glad in Hou you ! I 'VD lie-en anxious to hear about thnt operation you were telling mo of the other ilay. How illil It fonm out ? " "Oh , beautifully ! U wn ono of the bent bits of work 1 over did : Very micceHHful In every way. " "Anil thu ji.-illeiit how did ho Hlnnd It ? " "Well , he died. " Olnclnimtl Enquirer : "No , I wouldn't tnk- > that pieeii of antlqim furnltiiic at any price , " said the shopper. "II It Is In habited. " "And who knows , " Bald the driller , r.'lllnnr ' hh ) eye and rubbing1 Ills hands , "but whit tlio anci'iitor.s of them bugs eamu over In the Mnylluwer In this liuro very piece ot furniture. Indlfinapolls Journal : "They nay , " snld tlin Corn f I'll I'hlloB-iplior. "tlmt a man M known by Ihe company liu keeps , but Micro are a lot of fellows who , If they were re illy known by HIM company they keep , eoiiMn't keep It. I trust I have made my inuanliii ; clear'/ " Detroit Journal , "You jirrmlKoil that you'd let mo have .My way In everything , " cried xlie. "Of course , but I teak earn not to say I'd let you follow It , " paid liu. .v IT. Atlanta Constitution , Oh , Dixie Inn' sliu ain't forgotten , Seven cents en iilplt' ' fer cotton , I'lck uway , 1'lck iiwity , Pick uwny down Bouth lu Dixie ! He nee wheat rlw ter a silver dollar. KM cotton Mow ilnt lie'H up en foiled I'lclc nway , I'lck nwiiy , I'lck away down xouth In Dixie ! Kf cotton rlcn en rl Turn neven , Tuku dls worl' In do place er heaven. I'lck away , I'lck uway , I'lck away down woutli In Dixie ! JIKK UIIVM.VC THICK. Cleveland Ix mlfr. "I would Iwent the ribbon -went that she ties he- neMili l > er nhln " Ho Hiildwhile gazing at thu muld , DO In nocent , BO fair ; "How gladly I would be the how Bho twists the streamers In ; Whnt IjllNi to touch her diimnsk throat und coyly nestle there ! " Ah , fat hail willed It otherwise ! No rlhlran might he lie , To nestle them HK'ilr.st her neck , no mft nnd whlto und slim ; Hut ott xhu wound UIOHO Hreamers ! round her lingers , und wus flee , When an Inclined , to do the tame. awie : little trick with him !
