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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1897)
TIIM OMAHA DAILY lUSlJJt , . .TUESDAV , SJ-JPTlU - ruiUR II , 1897. THE OMAHA DAILY L M. IlOSnWATKIl. KJltor. I'UIIMSHi : ! ) KVKIIV M OP.Ni.NO. TKU.MH OK SUUaCHIl'TlON. 'Dally lire ( Without Sunday * . Ono tenr. . . t ? H IMIly HFC nn.l . UunJay. On * Vear . . . . . . t M Six Months . , . \ WW Three Month * . * W Run , lay lice. One Ye.ir . 3 W RMurd.iy Il-e , One Yenr . 1 W Weekly lice , One Tear . OKK1CK3 ! Omnha : The lice nullillng. Houth Omnhft : Singer Illk. , Car. N nnl JUh St Council Ulurrn : 10 1'enrl .Street , ChlcnRO Ofllco ; 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York : Uoomi 13. 14 nn-l 15. Trlbun * l 501 Tourteenth Street. Alt communication * relntlnic to nevvn nnd cdlto. rlnl matter nhouM to niMrtiM'li To the ISdltor. IIUStNRSH MCTTKUS. All Lunlncti letters nml remlUnncei thoulcl be fiililicsed to Tlie II * * I'uWlshlnn Company , Omirfin , Draft * , check * . expre ami i > ostollc ! money oru > r to be made payable to the wnler of the compnny , _ TillHKK I'UllUBlUNO COMPANY. 8TATKX1KNT OV CinCUI.ATlON. of N > hrn ka Douxlfl ! * County , . : ia II. TMrliurlccTctnry nf Ttio ttcc 1'nh- . compnny. lic-lni ? duly sworn , ny i that the nctuiil numliT ot full ami ci > int > lctP cnplm of The J ) lly Mornlnc , Hvpnlng nnd Similar Hro tirintcil OurlnR tlie month of Augutt , 18J7 , wail u follows : 1 19,1V ) 17 Mp i 19 , < I9 18 19J04 , J 19,4ri 19 1M"I ! 4 IJ.TO ? ) 1J.7IU s n.ito 21 c iti.rwz 21 ) 11,621 8 . 19,401 si. n.3s * B . 19,513 2.- , 19511 10 . ! ! > , < : ! M 19,861 11. . . , . 19ftl9 27 1D , 73 12 . 19,92:1 : ' ' ' " " ' ' ' ' " , si' . . . . ! . . ! ! . v .rm 34. . , , . 1.KM 50 19JM is . n.Roo 31 19,413 1C . 19CTi Total rctnrneJ nnd untoM copies . _ _ Total ti t nle . SJ'-J Net dally averntrc . , ' ? : G1S OKOHC1B 11 T/SflltlCK. Bworn to before me .nml tubscrlli > il In my riwjicc this 2J day of Scptemlx'r , 1597. ( Rp.il. ) No'tnry I'ublic. TIU3 UKK OX TH.\1\S. AH rnllrnnil in v 1 i } - nrc Miiillu | < l Tilth i-iiciilKll Hern ( n iKMMiiniitoilnl ! ' I'vcry linn- Hcufii-r > vlio ivniitK fi > rruil u ii < MVMinivr. IiiNlnt iii n luiv- Inwr Tliu H M' . If S'oii on ii not K t n Hop on n < nil n from tli > II - VM nK > n ( , itli'iiHU ri'i'T' Ihi- fuel , HtiMliiK Hie trnlii mill rnllrnnil l < > tlie Clri-iilutlon Dcpnrlini-iil of 'I'lulire. . Thu live In for niil < > on all INSIST ox IIAVIM : THU HUE. Not only should tlu > toli-Ki'Mpli poles so < lown , Init they should go down before llto end of tlio yi'ir. : A ycnr nK" we wore treated almost Onlly to wonilurfut ynrns of spuctnculitr conversions to free eoliuw. The con versions nou'tidn.vs nro till thu other wny. The only wny for the local weather man to redeem his reputation Is to give lisa summer resort brand of temperature for the week of the State fair and Ak Sar- I5cn. Put your name on the petitions that nre being cirenhited for the submission of county exposition bonds and follow that up by voting for the bond proposi tion at the polls. To the otllceseeUer who has been pa tiently waiting for a chance to get at Ihu president , President McKlnley's two or three days' visit to Washington will lu altogether too short. Strange how the independent members of the people's independent party fail to appreciate the beauties of mai-hlne-made. fusion that turns over to the democrats the privilege of naming the populist can didates. llepublican newspapers do not have to Btlr up populists to dissatisfaction with thu democratic ticket nominated by the fusion conventions. The ticketis stirring up populist dissatisfaction without out- Bide assistance. Douglas county republicans will have no diillculty In llndlng plenty of clean , competent tuul able men in their own ranks for every place on their local ticket without borrowing candidates from among the sllvorites. ' t-'or the first time in years the chair manship of the county republican com mittee has been given a country precinct niul the country precincts ought to show appreciation of the compliment by rolling up u greater republican majority than ever. An apology for squandering the tax payers' money on supi'inunu'rary police captains , sergeants , chiefs of detectives nml detectives who do not detect is the kind of an apology the people would like to have from the members of the reform police L'ominlsslini. -Tho conJrast belweeiv the enthusiasm of democratic state papers and the popu list state papers over the nomination of an ex-goltl democrat to head the state ticket of the fused silver parties Is so notleoable that even a blind man could not help perceiving It. The organ of thu gang that rnna the police commission has not yet undertaken to explain the faked-up police board records which , with the assistance of Dr. JekylM'eabody , It tried to palm off on the public ns the real records. This was a case of caught In the act. Ilepublleans are not rejoicing over short crops and famine in foreign lauds , but they nre rejoicing that by reason of bounteous crops the American farmer Is in position to render relief through his mirplim to Ihu unfortunate people whose lands have failed to yield a harvest. Nothing has happened since the last election to make republicans who sup ported Mclvlnley and thu St. Louis plat form believe Unit they made n mistake , nml no amount of juggling by popocratic organs will do It now after republican SHCCCNH has been followed by ro-es- tablltihed I'onlldencu and restored pros- < perlty. The secretary of state seems to be con cerned lest the blanket ballots under the new Nebraska ballot law may not bu uni formly printed by the various county otllccrs. The new ballot will bu so un wieldy that thu Question of uniform printing will not worry the voter half as lunch us thu question of avoiding uils- takea In marking and folding It The corporation ! ) will make a stubborn flRht to provcnt the cunJIJnte for JuilRc ot the re form forces from being elected to . seat upon the supreme bench. Aa long as they can hung up cases In the courts , and thus prac tically suspend enforcement of leslslallon passed In the Interest of the people , ns they have the railroad luaxlmum rate tew , they are reasonably secure. The people must elo t Judge Sullivan. Wlsner Chronicle. There arc none so blind as those who will not see. The corporations will tint make a light , either stubborn or yield- Ing. to prevent the candidate for Judge of the reform forces from being elected to n seat on the supreme bench. The corporations have no reason to oppose tin- election of Judge Sullivan , llepub- lies may be ungiateful , but corporations never forget n favor nor do they forgive nn unlllnchlug opponent. Thu corpora tions have always found Judge Sullivan their .staunch ftlend In the past , and they have no reason to anticipate any un friendly action from him should he be elevated to the supreme bench. AVheu Mr. Sullivan was a member of the legis lature ten years ago his vote could nlwny.s be depended on when It was needed to defeat candidates whom the railroads feared or disliked , to support bills which the railroads desired passed and lo oppose bills which they wanted sandbagged. On the district bench Judge Sullivan has never had any serious clash with the railroad attorneys. They all pcnlc highly of him and express unbounded satisfaction over ids nomination. If any corporation or corporation lawyer is hos tile to Judge Sullivan we have yet to hear from him. The man who as lawmaker helped to knock out the maximum freight rate bill of 1SST Is not likely to undergo conscientious scruples If he should as judge be asked to hang up a railroad maximum rate law. SPB.IKBK llKt'.n OiV Speaker Heed has written on returning prosperity In his characteristically able and convincing style. lie finds a strik ing resemblance between 1SUI5 and 1S)7 ! ) and the years 1STS and 187 ! ) . In 1S7S , says Mr. Hoed , "the air was resonant with denunciations of the wicked men who would not issue all the greenbacks which a suffering people demanded. " Down almost to the very day of the re sumption of spec ! > payments thu croaking of the groenbaekcrs was kept up , but as soon as resumption became an accom plished fact prosperity came to confound the advocates of paper Inllallon. Values improved , the industries became active , people who had long boon idle got work. The greenliaekers proclaimed that there could be no prosperity unless more paper currency was Issued by the government , but facts speedily confuted that theory. We nro having a similar experience now demonstrating the fallncles'of the silver- It os. Says Mr. Heed : "Prior to the pas sage of the tariff act we had scenes like those which preceded the first day of 1S7 ! > . The offerers of the patent remedy stood by and Jeered. They mocked at us when our fear came , lint when the due legislation had been had and there was no further change to bu looked forward to , when business had reached its sound basis and there was a reasonable chance to calculate the future , there came a repp , tition of the phenomena of 1870. " Pros perity for a nation Is to have nil its people ple at work and a protective tariff sup plies work by developing industries. Mr. Ueed sees all tlie symptoms of pros perity. Men are willing to lend money and sensible men nre willing to take it and risk It in new enterprises. Another encouraging symptom is "that the finan cial medicine men are now explaining In a low tone of vole * why what they said in such loud tones last year was not so. " Tills ls , the. prelude , says Mr. Heed , "to the utter silence which will fall upon them in due time , n silence which will be the signal that the world has settled one other llnanclal problem In the only way It can be settled and that Is , in the minds of the people. " Speaker Hoed takes an entirely cheerful view of conditions , ns every man must who can look at thn situation "Without prejudice. Better times are here and there is every reason to be lieve that they will continue to improve. SJM'K/t Q17K.STIOA' IN KXG AKD. The clamor of remonstrance raised In Kngland by the statement that the mana gers of the Bank of Knglaud contem plated holding one-llfth of the bank's re serve in silver shows how strong Is the sentiment there against any enlarged us , > of the white metal in the currency. The statement appears to have been made without authority , but none tlm less it lias served to call out vigorous expres sions unfriendly to tiny such proposition , o that if It lias ever been seriously thought of by the bank managers they will probably not further entertain it. Xor is it apparent Hint sliver would bo very materially benelltt'd IE ono-llfth of thu resorvivs of the Bank of England was lu silver. That would n mount to ? .fl.ri. ( 00 , . 000 or10,000,000 , a sum lee small to produce tiny effect on thu price of silver. If in connection with this the Indian mints were opened some benefit might result to silver , but there Is not the slightest reason to expect the opening of the mints In Hie nt'ar future. On the contrary It seems to be the policy of the Indian government to establish the gold standard there and It Is pretty safe to say that this will bu done , though perhaps not nt once. The ministry will in October respond to the proposals submitted by the American coiumi.ssloners and It can lx > conlldently predicted that the response will not be a favorable one , notwithstanding the san guine declaration of Senator Chandler as to what the British government proposes lo do for the cause of bimetallism. There are two or three member : * of the govern ment who are blmctalllsts nnd It Is prob ably due to thu Influence of these that the American and French proposals have re- celved any consideration , but they will hardly bu uhlo. to Induce such sLaudi be- lieveVs In the gold standard as thu mar quis of Salisbury and Sir Michael IIIcUs Beach , thu chancellor of the exchequer , to agree to any departure from the ex- luting financial system. It i idle , for obvious reasons , to expect Kngland to do anything for silver. There Is no direc tion In which her Interests would be beuullted by bimetallism. Sue would t gn'n ' nothing from It HnMiu-lally or com mercially. If Indeed she would not lo : < by It. Having found tin * gold standard In every way advantageous , having i achieved great prosperity with gold | I monometnlll.sni. It Is altogether unrea sonable to expect that Hnglnml will now make any change. At a time when sliver ! countries are going to a gold basis It i would be a strange move on the part of Kuglniid to discredit the llnatielal example - i ample she has set by aiding the cause of , bimetallism. | i Kvcn were the Pnlted States , Frmiee I nnd Germany to agree upon a plan of International bimetallism a highly im probable If not Impossible event It Is questionable whether Mnglatid would make any change In her monetary sys tem. It would be very gratifying If the British government should make some concession to silver that would be of sub stantial benefit , but we can see no rea son to expect any and so long ns Kug- land refuses to take any step to pro mote bimetallism there will be nothing done by Krance or fSermany. As .1 mat ter of fact we do not believe that the efforts of tlie American commissioners have altered the situation In the slightest degree. HfcVir.i ; , ix run miunr. The South Is realizing n return of pros perity. There is a marked revival of in dustrial activity in that wctlon and new eiiterpises are being projected. This Is a distinct result of the new tavllt law , under the operation of which there is every reason to expect n remarkable in dustrial development in the southern states. At present the cotton mills of the south work up over 1,000,000 bales of cotton a year , about double thu quantity they consumed In 3SK ! ) and more1 than half the quantity taken by northern mills. If progress in cotton manufactur ing In the south continues during the next live years at the rate of the last live it will overtake tlie production of cotton goods hi tlie north. Most of tlie mills in the- south have been established with northern capital and more will go there for Investment In this branch of Industry. The Indications are that this year's cot ton ctop will approximate 0,000,000 bales , a. considerable gain over .last year's crop. With the development of its resources and ( lie building up of Industries there will come a growth of sentiment in the south favorable to thu policy of protec tion. There Is now a very considerable element of the population there favorable to the policy and there can be no doubt that tlie number will be increased as the merits ot protection become more fully demonstrated. 1'llK SlXTKKXm STltKKT VIADUCT. The railroad engineers who have ex amined the Sixteenth street viaduct agree with the city engineer In pronounc ing tlie structure unsafe and dangerous. The duty of tlie city at once to close the viaduct to public tralfle Is therefore im perative. To allow it to remain in use would not merely render the city liable for damages for Injuries , but would con stitute criminal negligence on the part of the cityjillielals in authority in case of fatal accident , which may occur at any time. time.Willie Willie the railroad engineers have as yet made no recommendations , the duty of tlie city to have the viaduct replaced with a safe nml substantial structure cannot be evaded or shifted. The rail roads , which under the law are required to pay for viaducts over their tracks , nat urally want delay. Hv-en if they do not openly onnose pulling down the wooden bridge which has served as a temporary viaduct they may be relied on to pursue ii policy of obstruction so long as the council will tolerate it. The most effective step to bring the railroads to time Is to pull down tlie ram shackle bridge and open Sixteenth street to travel and trnlllc across the tracks. Such a course will soon convince the rail roads that they can well afford to comply with the law nml build a new viaduct rather than keep watchmen at the crossIng - Ing and assume tlie risk of accidents that might cost them hundreds of thou sands of dollars. In no other city in the United States have the railroads re ceived more generous treatment than they have In Omnha and In no city of like importance and population nave they contributed so little toward public im provements or subjected their patrons to such inconvenience and exposed the pub lic to such dangers. Tiie pretense of ( lie chairman oTvtlie legislative investigating committee that the work of that committee is purely non-partisan may fool those who want to be fooled , but it will deceive -no Intelli gent person who has not forgotten Its origin. The appropriation of $10,000 by tlie late fusion legislature to pay for a special smelling committee , when every thing in the plan of Inquiry could as easily be performed by the clerks already on the pay rolls in the various 4lej > art- mcnts and state Instltutlun.s , was on Its face an open attempt to use state money to furnish fat places for political favor ites and tlie manufacture of political thunder. To come In at this late day and deny the partisan character of the com mittee and the appropriation is too much like taking all the people for fools. From Europe comes the cabled Information mation that Krai ice hits been appealed to in thu Interest of the Catholic church to head off the proposed re-establishment off a Jewish kingdom In Palestine. Neither Kr.inco nor the French Catholics have any reason to be alarmed over a visionary project that has no prospect of materializing , and which , if'It did ina- teriall/e , would In all probability end in disastrous failure before- the llrst year had been completed. The clearings of tlie Omaha banks re- llect thu results of tlie merchants' ex cursions in actual dollars and cents and prove beyouil the. possibility of doubt that the excursions area good thing , not only for the local Jobbers , but also for their patrons , who are taking advantage of tempting prices on goods with reduced railroad faro thrown In. That Omaha hns not had any fatal bicycle accidents has not been because of precautions taken by the wheelmen - men or uuy precautionary measured en forced by the-.yJtyjnuthorltlos. In every other large city ordinance ? have been passed and wifrAf l requiting the list' of lamps by rlde.Vs.'Jfnr the protection , not only of Hie piijiljftjnit 's" ' ° r llll > rlilw. A number of strlmis bicycle nccidents In this city would have been avoided had such nn ordinance been In force. The [ bicycle Is hive y stay nnd tlie authorities should regardjt iw a permanent Institu tion. By pafc.--i.iig a bicycle ordinance now ample no 'lcOfWould be given wheel men of what rrulw they would have to I conform to n kt sj-ason nnd the cry of unnecessary Hardship headed off. The resumption of active church work after tlie Interruption of tlie summer season Hud * Omaha churches confronted with hopeful conditions. There Is no question that the churches were among the heavy sufferers by reason of the financial depression , but , having sur vived tlie storm , they are ready to prose cute their work more vigorously than ever. Churches are always counted among the substantial factors in a city's growth ami tlie good people of Omaha should not neglect the churches. A calamity campaign refuted by pros perity on all sides promises to prove too much for even tlie machine that worked the three-ringed fusion circus. Manipu lating convention delegates with patronage - age pie nnd manipulating voters nt the polls are two different tilings. Kvi > rl < > nui > In Wrecks. Qlol > - > lemocriit. Within a year Mr. Bryan has been throush tUreo wrecks , one In Kansas , ono In Florida , and ono that was generally distributed over the country. Nu-i > kii | Quit llx ton Advertiser. The hot weather Is good. It Is attended by Incidental Inconvenience. Just as all KOOI ! weather Is , just ns nil good things nru ; but , wo repeat , the hot weather Is good. Ileill HllKlM Of ( Iff Ill-licit. Milwaukee Journal. From 1SSI to 1S90 the average July dis bursement , the heaviest monthly payments In thrf year , wns $34.700.000 ; In 1S31-2. $37.000- 000 ; In 1S93-3 It was $33 000,000 ; In 1S9G , $42 , . 000,000 ; in 18)7 ! ) , $59.000,000. This shows the real basis ot the deficit. It Is the one which ought to receive the greatest share of at tention. Expense Is the trouble , not revenue. XolirnHknN l'ro | Tlty. MltincnpollH Tribune. The State Hoard of Agriculture of Ne braska estimates the value of the season's crop of grain In that state at $195,000,000. The population of Xobraska , according to the census of 1890 , Is 1,058,910. That means on that basis $184 , Increase In assets for each man. woman a id child In the state from agriculture alone. The populists cannot hope to control very long a community ns pros perous as that. ! , _ An AiiniMliipr AiliiilHnloii. Louisville ; Qurler-Joiirnal. "We are thankful to Providence , " re solve the llryanltoJ of Nebraska , "rather than to any man for the measure of pros perity with which ' our state has been blessed , and we attribute the rise in wheat to foreign scarblty rather than' suppose it to be the result of dear sugar or an In creased tariff on straw. " What ? To "for eign scarcity ? " But "what have we to do with abroad ? " ' And are you sure It Is not due , It hot to dear'sugar ' and taxed straw , to outraged silver ? Tlie LIIIIKU on < h < - Drejiiinid. Globe-Democrat. The most humorous Incident of the present state campaigns Is to be found In the plat form of the Iowa silver democracy. There Is * a planlt which reads : "Prosperity has not made Us appearance ; the mills and shops are closing down ; the army of the unemployed Is growing larger and the farmers of Iowa are marketing their products at lower prices than ever before. " The Iowa sllverltes made the grim mistake of adopting a plat form la June In support of which votes are to be asked In November , without reckoning on Intervening events. M AViimliiKN. Chicago Tribune. If the people who are trying to stop the Insane rush to the Klondike would recall the history of the race they might spare them selves much labor and worry. Humanity has over bean seeking madly the source of wealth since Adam began to wear tailor- made clothes , and will doubtless continue to do so until tholast , of the coming race of toothless and hairless men vanish from the earth. And the .further away the reputed treasure Is and the more danger and chances lie between the more eager are people to try for the goal. The gambling instinct Is planted deeply In human nature , nnd It never crops out moro strongly than , in the quest of treas ure. A Dvc-lNlvi ; Ciiliiin Victory. . 1'hllaclelplila. lleconl. By t'ho ' capture of the strategically Impor tant town of Victoria do las Tunas the Cu ban insurgents have achieved a really great success perhaps Cho greatest that can be Placed to their credit since the beginning of the 'Insurrection * Their victory will prob ably precipitate a political crisis at Madrid. The present ministry has so thoroughly Iden- tlfled itself with Captain General AVeyler that It cannot escape downfall under the hot criticism , sure to be evoked , of the miser able failure of the military campaign In Cuba a failure which this last victory of the Insurgents has made so clear that the most hide-bound of Spanish conservatives can no longer pretend to believe in the "paclflca. tlon" of the Island , hitherto alleged to have been attained. Conceriilni ; Political New York Sun. The Nebraska fuslonlsts , populist , demo crat and silver republican , have picked out tha rooster as the symbol of their party and ticket , and not a three-legged rooster , either. Thcro Is so much uufltncst In the world that porhapfl it la hardly worth while to aslt why the rooster was selected. It does not ap pear that the tripartite Nebraska party has or la likely to 'have ' any special reason for crowing. I'erliajis thq bird of dawnlng's In judicious habit o [ letting his volco loose nt unreasonable houn of the night , under the Impression that innrnhig has come , may have thrown some rtlscryfllt upon hU reputation as a professional a/jVibfyvper / and thereby recom mended and rn'iearid | him to Mr. Bryan , whoso own vaticinations In regard to 25- cent wheat havo'ooti ' been Indorsed by des tiny. * > ' , ' llovr KriMd-rii frVHiinmrf Ciiiiiiiiiiilm AnII < -lil IJi. Iniurance 1'ress. Two examiners front the Kansas Insurance department , bJVtnxin'redentlalH from -Mc.Vall , presented thcinijilv ) < at the afllcu of the Traders' Insurance , f mpany In Chicago lait week and announce tholr Intention to matte a thorough examination of the company's condition. The necessary papers were I'ur- ulilied them , and' after spending fifteen houn In thu "examination" they presented a bill for J100. which was paid. The fame game waa worked on the Milwaukee - waukeo Mechanics' by two of tbo same stripe , who desired to check oft the company's Hat of mortgagee. This was furnished thum , and they put In a day and a half on the Job udia bill for S600 , which was paid ! The United States Itevlew tells of a Judge Koote , who , representing Webb McNall , lately vlilted rhltadelnhla "to examine the Insur ance companies" of that city. He spent two hours In ono oltlce talking politics , and then , after looklne at the last printed annual state ment , handed him by the pruslJent. presented his bill , $1S7 , which was paid , and bo de parted for other pastures green. Thin little gain u Is a veritable Klondike for the McNall crowd , as It can be worked Huccesjfully on many other companies. In all probability , > . THU THAUKnV AT l.\TTI > II3ll. Mnnvni-rr of I iiiirincil Men ( 'omti'iiinoil li.v tinTrt - * . St. I.ouls Hepuhllc : In brief , the oacur rence may bo summed up ns ono of those reprehensible mistakes made occasionally by officers of the law , for which the MattitfR provide ample penalties ami which under n government of any other form than that of the United States would arouse public re sentment that would express Itself In a mrncr dangerous to the established order. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : The strik ers were In the public highway and had , apparently , committed no act Justifying nrmcd Interfcicnce. The deputies appear to hava test their hcaiU and to have fired upon the mass of strikers without due provo cation and without direction. It Is thus a case well calculated to make bad blood , to jirovoke angry discussion and * further In tensify that class feeling which Is an ugly fact of the tlmo. Chicago News : Twenty years ace the state of Pennsylvania indulged In snooting down Its citizens very much ftor the style of yesterday's slaughter at Utttlmcr. Then it was a hot-headed mllltU captain who gave the order to his company to flro ; this time It waa a weak-minded sheriff who led tlio murderotis aas.iult by a lot ot special deputy sheriffs. There Is certainly too much "gun business" among the different classes of the police powers. Minneapolis Times : The unfortunate fea ture of the occurrence for the sheriff and his deputies is that a number of the men were shot in the back , Indicating that the firing was continued after the strikers had begun lo Keck safety In flight. It would seem that 102 well armed olllccrs of the law might have turned back a body of 150 totally un- nrnieil strikers without such wholesale slaughter. But It Is as well to reserve posi tive criticism until the facts Khali bo further developed by the Investigation uow In pro gress. Chicago 1'ost : It Is but fair to admit , too , that the sheriff , If correctly reported , con tradicts himself in his o\\n account of the collision. But ho Is evidently a badly scared man and his Impressions nml recollections may be Eomewh.it confused. If It Is true that "tho strikers acted very viciously , " that they "kicked and trampled" upon the sheriff and endeavored to surround his en tire body ot deputies , then the case as sumes n totally different aspect. But the sheriff does not stick to this version of the encounter. St. Paul Pioneer Press : The only thing which differentiates the killing of these min ers from downright murder Is the fact that Martin and his deputies thought they were carrying out the orders of the Judge who IB- sued thu Injunction against the miners march ing on the publlo roads. Such a use of the power of the courts to restrain disorderly persons from the commission of criminal acts Is an unfortunate abuse of that power , which will be most strongly condemned by those who appreciate the vital Importance of up holding the legitimate exercise of that power by thu courts. Minneapolis Journal : The miners. strike has finally resulted In a horrible massacre. No other term seems to lit It. An ofllcer of the law , lacking In courage and judgment , has killed a score and wounded two score moro of men who do not appear to have been armed at all and who had not as yet been guilty of any violence , .whatever their Intentions may have been. A lot of them wore shot In the back , showing that theru was no necessity for their death or wound ing. It Is a terrible affair and shows what' a wretched system , or lack ot system , we have of composing these differences between labor and capital , Chicago Chronicle : The sheriff who or dered the homicide aEserts that his own life and the lives of his deputies were In danger , but It seems Incredible that men not only armed with Winchesters , but thrice armed In that they represented the whole power of the county , were In peril from a. disorganized and unarmed force , however numerous. Ap parently this marching cowd was moving upon a highway. What Its ultimate purpose was may be guessed , but was certainly not proven , and It does not He within the power of a sheriff or any other law otliccr to kill citizens upon the highway upon the mere prqsumptlon that If permitted to proceed they may commit a grievous felony. Chicago Times-Herald : Duo allowance must bo made for the fervor of the corre spondents. But oven after we have die- couuted the reports freely and taken Into account the Ignorant and lawless character ot the Huns composing the mob , we can find no legitimate excuse for the severity of the sheriff and his men. It must be remembered that not one deputy's name appears In the list ot killed or seriously wounded. How , then , can this sheriff pretend that Bufll- clent danger existed to warrant such de struction of human life as would bo defensi ble only lu time of war or of great public danger ? In flVO minutes flv times JIH mnnv poor creatures fell before the rifles of Mar tin's followers as were slain In the whole course of the nebs outbreak in the neighbor hood of Chicago. MIMTAUIJOI IX THE SCHOOLS. DOS Molncs Capital : A number of good Nebraska women are distressed because mili tary teaching1 has been Introduced Into the schoos. ! Hero in Iowa a few good women are unhappy over the prevalence of slile- sbows and outside amusements oftircd In connection with the great state fair. These Hawkeye sisters must remember that tlio farmers see enough in the line of agri cultural products , etc. , at homo , and It Is for the diversion of this largo class chiefly that the "attractions" are presented. More over , wo all like to bo amused as well as Instructed atthis great annual holiday. So long as the fun Is harmless , let It go on. New York Commercial Advertl'er : Those members of the Nebraska Woman's Chris tian Temperance union who Insist that broomsticks shall bo used as Implements of military drill in schools have certainly suc ceeded In getting their views discussed by the newspapers , whether they accomplish anything clso or not. These estimable women are so 71111011 In earnest that they are unable to see the humor In their proposition. Their opposition to what they call "militarism" In public schools would bo more effective If they had left the broomsticks out. But lack ot ability to appreciate humor Is one of the characteristics of almost all reformers. The plan of giving a certain amount of Instruc tion In military tactics to schoolboys Is one which Is fairly debatable. But It Is impos sible to talto the broomstick uchuino se riously. Chicago Chronicle : The Woman's Chris tian Temperance union of Nebraska has begun a crusade against the teaching of mili tary tactics In the public schools of that stato. Tbo women contend , with considerable Justice , that It Is not the ( unction of the publlo schools to teach warlike studies , and from an. ethical standpoint they hold that It would bu bettor to Inculcate peaceful Ideas , even to the teaching that arbitration should miperseilo war. In the high schools of Ne braska , as In Homo other states , the young mou and even the young women are formed Into cadet companies and put through dally drills In charge of a lieutenant detailed by the regular army. The boya are compelled to furnish uniforms at their own expense. The arms aru furnished by the boards of education , which generally secure stands of arms from thu government's cast-off supplies , It IB claimed that them military drills are Introduced for the purpose of discipline , but It Is a notorious fact that for a long while the girls were not admitted to tbo cxcrcluo until comment upon the discrimination coin- pulled the educators to Includu them also. Oura is not a military nation , and It Is to bo hoped that It will never become one. Thn discipline which comes with military training Is not needed by the musses oC our citizens. Thu physical uxerclse which la gained by means ot such training has not nearly co many advantagci ) as that afforded by other means of athletics. The claims set up for tlm Introduction of this training In thu publlo schools will not stand. The real reason for turning our schoolboys Into militiamen lies In the growing militarism of this country. Mlniirxota mill tlir K Mlnne4p > jU | Journal. Omaha In up and hustling for her big show next year. A picture of ono of the attractive buildings of the exposition Is given In an other column. This Is a fair sample and If thu management la as succeaafuV In filling the buildings with attractive displays as It has been In erecting handsome houses to put them In , the exposition ought to 'bo a great SUCCCWB. Minneapolis ought to have had that aliow , but the next best thing Is to make thu most ot It and let the visitor * see that while Nebraska may provide thu opportunity. Minnesota can mvke tlio best vhawlnt ; of resource * aud development. IO\VA AT TIIR KXIMI.IITtON. A Crcitllnlilc HOilltlt to HP Slnilf * lir tinMule. . Dnvrnporl Hfinibllrnn. Whflt Iowa will do < U the Trfln mlnslsalppl Exposition at Omaha Is n question of more than | > igng | Interest , In another col mini will be found the addresses Imucd b'y the Iowa commission. This l < * the first formal onnouncemcnt by the commission to flip ncnutc of the slate. It Is not lengthy , but If It serves the imrposo Intended , will arouse Interest and draw attention to the very Rood reasons why Iowa should be well represented ct the Transmisslssippl Exposition. The Iowa commission , according to the not which created It. must servo entirely without compensation. Hence It nutters not to the commission in any personal Interest whether the exhibit Is gre.it or small , but the members of the commission arc thoroughly In earnest In carrying out the Intentions of the net. More than this , each ono Is fully alive to the be no Ills that nro Hiiro to tcsult from the success of the Omaha exposition In Kener.il nnd especially * o should IOWA Uke ad vantage of the excellent opportunity offered to advance her Interests , lowa stands with out question at the very hed of all the transmlsslsslppt slates , In wealth. In agil- cultural productions , In fertility of soil and resources , and In latent resources sufficient ta render her partially developed nMtnifactur- IBK Interests second to but few states In the entire union , The small appropriation granted by the legislature will not bo sufficient to inako a creditable showing. The commission expects tlut this will be Increased , but oven If it should bo Increased to the largest figure heretofore mentioned It would still bo In- odeatialu to fullv represent lowa , unless the ticoDlo of the state should exorcise their wonted generosity and active Interest. The commission confidently expects that every citizen of Iowa will take an inte.-est In this matter "and with this assured the success of Iowa's showing at Omaha will also bo assured. The work of the commission has been di vided Into departments. One member of the commission Is serving as secretary entirely without compensation. The commission will nt all times bo gratified by suggestions and by offers of assistance. The secretary should bo addressed on all matters of a general nature , while the heads of departments hold themselves ready to confer In regard to their special department. The Republican Is de sirous that eastetm lowa , and particularly the Second district of lowa. shall bo properly represented at Omaha , whatever the re mainder of the state may do. Davenport Is easily the llrst city In commercial Im portance , nd this places the Second congres sional district In the lead of all the districts of the state. To take n secondary position would not he fitting. The undertaking may fiuem formidable , but Iowa must depend upon the states to the westward for a large part of her trade and consequent growth. The return for all the money and Individual effort devoted to the Omaha exposition will be many fold. ATTRACTS \VOII l.mVHH : ATTI3XTIO.Y. Advi-iit of J'roNiMM-Ky In \cl.i-nsl.a Ili-rnlilcil mi All ShlcH. ItoRhnilpr ( N' . Y. ) Uemivnil anil Clironlclp T.ie story of how prosperity Is smiling on Nebraska , with Its population of not much more than 1,000.000 , rends almost like a fanciful treasure-tale. Hut It Is really a nutter of solid fjcts and cold figures. A member of the Slate Hoard of Agriculture has been making an extended tour of ob servation , and a few days ago he returned to Omuha and made his report. The grain resources of Nebraska at the present time are thus given In detail : Old corn In farmers' hands. 100,000,000 bushels ; old corn In cribs , 50,000,000 bushels ; new corn safe from crop damage , 230,000.000 buth- cls ; late corn .that may be partly damaged , 75,000,000 bushels ; wheat , rye , oats , barley and flax , 75.000,000 bushels. Allowing a loss of 50,000,000 'bushels on nccoimt of Injury to late crops. GOO.000,000 bushels will be the total stock of all kinds of grain. It Is esti mated that 150,000.000 bushels will be fed on Nebraska farms and ground In Nebraska inllis for home consumption , leaving 1130.000- 000 bushels to bo sold In outside markets. The average price of this surplus is esti mated at 30 cents a ibusbol , or a total cash value of 1105.000,000. This is not the whole story. The grain consumed has a value for living purposes , and much of It that Is fed to animals will be returned In the form of money received from sales of live stock. Furthermore. , there Is 'left out of the calculation a vast acreage used for grazing and for the grow ing of 5,000,000 tons of hay. It Is also stated In the report tint "to ship tills amount of craln It will require 500,000 cars at 40,000 pounds to the car , using the larger size , and that the profit to the railroads at the rate of $20 per car will be $10,000,000. The nconle of Nebraska are not only doing very well for themselves , but are making their state an Important factor In the aggre gate of our national wealth. Upon this they are receiving the cordial congratulations of the whole country. It Is to bo presumed , also , tliat prosperity is conveying lessons as well as carrying pleasure to them. They are selling their goods for good money , nnd It Is fair to believe that hereafter they will pay diminished attention to boy-orator schemes for getting rich by cutting the value of American dollars In two. _ NAr * AMI OTIIKIIWISB. The state of I'ennsylvsnln has acquired un enviable prominence as n cemetery promoter. September's temperature renders pilgrim ages to the coal bin a Buperlluoua proceed ing. ing.For For the tlmo being the crime of ' 73 Is overshadowed by the crlmo of advancing prices In ' 97. The notorious antl-Semito Deputy Ahl- wardt , who visited this country last year , has opened a small cigar shop In lierlin. Part of. the value of the St. Louts achieve ment In breaking the Southampton record lies In the fact that she is au auxiliary cruiser. The man who rocks the boat Is like the fellow who didn't know the gun was loaded. Ilotli are entitled to a llfo Job in a feeble minded asylum. So much gold Is being discovered In vari ous parts of this country that the Klondike. adventurers necni to be running away from many good things. Three railroad wrecks having occurred be fore midnight during a full moon , railroad managers may safely dispense with their fears for a few weeks. Hov. Dr. Hancher of the Grand Avcnuo Methodist Episcopal church of Kansas City ha established not only a blcyclo check room In the basement of his church , but also a room whcro mothers may check tholr babies whllo they attend divine service. The celebration of the twenty-five years' rolgn of King Oscar of Sweden and Norway will begin In Stockholm on September 17 , ami will continue for flvo days , ending with a great Scandinavian song festival , In which a eholr of jnoru than l.OOU singers will take part. part.An An east end of Londoh clergyman , who sent out Invitations to a jubilee banquet among ( ho poor of his parish and received seventy acceptances , on announcing that ho would have no brer , lost fifty-three of his guests and was besides guyed by thu news papers. The report that an Innocent clergyman was taken in by Chicago sharps and rolloved of $1,600 should be liberally salted before taking. Kuw of thum travel with hwa than (5,000 In a slnglo roll. I'osalbly thu Inno cent violated the rule and divided his loll before seeing the sights. .Switzerland has recently lost two prominent authors. Dr. Jakob Iturckhardt , thn .famous art historian , died at Basle on August 9. Ho waa 79 years old. On the rumo day Jakob Uaechtold , the author of the Keller biography and the historian of various periods of litera ture , died In Zurich. The latter was only 49 years old. Tim now Chinese minister at Washington Is a Christian and a member of the ICpiscopal church. Wu Una rang was educated In London and called to the Kngllsh bar In 1877. Ho baa been made director of Chlntsa railroads , connected with the negotiations for peace with Japan , le al adviser to the vice roy. LI Hung Chang , and other things to his credit. In Connecticut ro fifty-six daughters of revolutionary soldiers , ranging In 'ago from 103 dawn to 68 yean. One of them. Mm. Kllsha I ) , Avcry , who was born July 16 , 1830 , Is the daughter of Solomon Lorlng. who. when nearly 14 years old , filtered the revolutionary army as old to Colonel Heat of .Ma aaclui otti . Mr . 'Averv waa born when her father wu past 70 and at the ace of 1C received a minor's pension. . < JOYIIIMI > i\oiinit. : Ton Mil oh Iliu ! OOVITIIIIUMI t , .No I P.noimli Hint In ( looil. lloMon Advtrtlsfr. Another of the wise-sounding maxims Hint nre In fact the mere claptrap of specious folly Is this : "Tho world Is governed lee much. ' In truth , the \\orld In not governed nearly enough. They who mouth the proverb do not mean what they nay nor say \vlnt they mean , rrolmbly msnv of thorn do not mean anything at nil , but merely repeat something that , boeausc It has n sotmrnus awing , saves them the trouble of thlnkMg. Those , however , who do menu anything by alleging that the world Is governed too much , really mean that there Is too much bad government In the world ; which asser tion Is as different as U Is undeniable. Whoever takes the trouble to examine Into thp more or less chaotic source of the idea sought to br > i-xpn-ssed In the maxim , ' The world Is governed too much , " will find tli.it It has Its source In n false theory eonceriitni : the proper function ot government That theory Is sometimes Mated In this form : "Government should not do for people what they can do for themselves. " It that means anything. It means anarchy , Thcro Is not one ot the things which govern ment does for people that people might not do , and have not done , for themselves. The extreme teachers of this theory assert that the solo proper function of government U the protection of llfo and property. There Is not on tbo globe a clvlllzcil country whoso gov ernment dors not undertake far more than that. It Is sulllcli'iit to mention the pu.it- otllco , as. ono among many examples. But people can protect their lives and property very effectually without any assistance from regular , organized and legally established government ; as the California l liters proved when their own vigilance committees did what the lawful government could not or would no' do. V.\MAlllK ! SK ! 5 Tlioii * 11 n tie liy Jlr.V nlw m'tli I'ro- linmii'i-il "llniliirlltlj'Vl.sc. . " New Yolli InilrivMiilrnt. In his presidential nddrcua bcforo the American Bur association nt Clevelnu'l ' , Mr. Jamas \Voolworth made certain vtluablo sugKO.stlous as to the w.iy of i-ducatlng cit izens to n sense of their rights and du.l.H In nn ngu wlii'ti the cITort Is making ; to break down all lile.is as to thu rights of persona nnd property. Om ; suKgestlon ho makes la that our Jury system should bt > so Improved ns to make the service Interesting to jurors. Jurors should bo chnscn only from those who earn a decent living for themselves nnd tholr families , others to be rigorously excluded ; nnd the service should be for several weeks and the average1 wages doubled. After such a service the juior will return to bis usual employment with a capacity to discern nml a disposition to render Justice , with morn manliness nnd eolf-rpspcct nnd with fie respect of those about him. Mr. AVoolworth also suggests that assessors of taxes should do their work 111 public ; the majority f them should be \\.iKO-e.irners ; they should compel every property holder to attend , irid In the presence of his neighbors give thu facts mversary to determine the vnluo of his property , lie should bo subjected to cross examination , nnd It would bo to the Interest of every man to secure the lowest valuation ot his own property and the highest of that ot others. Those who own property much or little who lake part ns assessors or as sessed , will hold their own rights by no re laxed grasp , mid will yield to others the rights they claim for themselves. Thus * suggestions nre riiilnently wise. T1IOI tillTS THAT T1CKI.1- : . Chicago Iteronl : "What Is this telegra phy without wire.- ? " "Well , \\lu-u 1 waa young they ealleil It 'making1 eyo.s at thu slrl . ' " I'nck : "Poor , motherless girl ! " lie ex- elalmeil. and turned sadly away. What ho wanteil was n motherleaw girl who should he In moderate circumstances ut least. Chicago Tribune : . "Let me son last Sat urday was .MKs May Tewer'a blrthiHy , was It not ? Mow dlil the day pawn oft ? " "It passed olC < | Uletly. It was her forti eth. " Cincinnati Kmiulrer : Flr.Ht Snubrette Tills Is the fifth season tmit Kettie Klttltes Ims trnvcleil with the same liusbainl. Second Soubrettp Oh. some women will ilo most anything * for notoriety. London Tidbits : An old lady waa tellitiR her prandc-hllilreii about s-oun : trouble In Scotland , In tlie course of which the ohlef of her clan wan l > cheadi > il. "It was line Krent thing of a brail , to bo sure , " .said the need old lady , "but It wan a sad loss to him. " Judge : New Woman Simply because a \vomnii mnrrlcs a man Is nu reason why the .should take hi.s mime. Old Bachelor That's so. The poor fellow ought to be allowed to keep something ho could call ins own. Clevelnnd Plain Dealer : Kansas Cousin What do you call tills cellar ? Miss Kniersonlu Goggles Tills Is our famous new Mibway. "Gosh ! I didn't know ye had nny such high winds here ! " Chlcngo Hecord : "After all , old uge Isn't tlit" worst thing on record. " "Why Isn't It ? " "After a man passen a certain period In life his children get discouraged and quit picking , him up on grammar. " TUB UUASON. Washington Slur. 'TIs very often wondered why We do not follow up the plan Commended so In days none by , And let the otllco seek the man. The trutb IB and It may aeetn rough , Hut truth Is often impolite That there are few men big cnougli For olllcort to know at alglit. A HVIillOMC IIO.MIC. My wife ami I are trying hard To live on healthful diet ; Wo read the food eliart by the yard , And run our kllcliim by It ; Wu've banished from our hills of turn All that Hiien gulde.t comle.mii ; True htryli'iie I. * nil our can1 , AH planned and taught by them , For breakfast , coffee Is tabooed , Hot cakes and I'KKH forbidden , Ami inillc , tilucu It Is oft Imbued With germs profuse , tboiiKh hidden ; 11 read IB unwholesome , HO la steak ; Suiiibluuive to our lot , Oiitmual and graham Kmns wo take , And drink boiled > ; vatur hot. For dinner , soup will never do , And oysters typhoid noiirbh ; HnU'iM ' , entree. * , anil lee * , too , Are mere dyapeptlc llourlrtli ; 1'otittoeH ( by this last advletO Aru iioinonous , we're told ; We eat rare meat , chopped fine , with rlca , And drlnlc boiled water , cold , For Hupper some professors teach Tl best to go without It , Jiut since dlHcretlon's left to each , \Vc take our choice altoul It ; On chicken , wnflleH , tea and cnlie. \Ve urn forbid to feed ; Hut uluten wafers , cocoa ( weak ) , And prunes , aru all wu need. It grieves us much our friends to view Ho reeklesH In their diet ; Our wholesome menu wu pursue And bejf of them to try It ; lint r.ppntlte's ungodly way Their nature so until nil I a , W cannot get a client to hi ay Within our healthful Itoyul makes the food pure , tt'tolesomo arid delicious. Absolutely Pure ROyAL IAKIM KPW CO. , MCW TOOK , wS | 23 j1C" ! * ' " -VsKr JwSwiBiPi