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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1897)
Till' ' ] OMAHA DATLV FRIDAY 17 , 1R0 THE OMAHA JDAILY n. noanWATKii , iMitor. MOUNINO. TKHM8 OK BUIIftCIUI'TION. Dully lice ( Without Sumlny ) , One "V > nr ( t CO Dally Il nnd Sundny , One Year SCO Klx Months 401 Three Month * t VI Sunday lice , One Y r ZOO Hatunlny I lee , One Vcnr 1 SO Weekly Her , One Y ir CJ Oinnlm : The llec IlulMlnR. Kouth Omnlm : Hlnner Illk. , Cor , N nnd 24th 8t . Online ! ! Illurcn : 10 I'curl Street. Cnk-nKo Olllics 317 Chamber ot Commerce. Mc-v Yoik : Hoonis 13 , 14 nnil 15 , Tribune lllJic. AVnihlngtbni Ml Fourteenth Klrect. All communloatlonx relating to iien-H nnd cillto- rUl mnttcr shonlil Ijr niUlri-M 1 : To the Ktlltor. UL'HINIMH hKTTMIlS. Alt htmlnees letter * nml remittances nhouM lie nililri'dned to The llfo PtihllnhlDR Compnny , Uln.iliu. Draft * , check * , rxprct * nnd pontoltlct ; money onlc-is to te mntlc payatilR to tha utOer of the comiKiny. Till : IIKK I'Unr.lHHlNO COMPANY. HTATKMISNT Of RIUCUI.AT10N. Btate of Nelnnrkn , DoiiKliiH County , > * . : Ocorge II. TzKclmck , sccretnry ot The lice Pub- llnhlnR i-omputiy , Iji-lns duly iiworn , njyii that the iictunl number of full nml complete copies of Thn Dully. Morning , Kvonlnn utitl Hinnlny ll printed tlurlnn tlio month of Aucnit , 1M7 , wa as followsi 1 19.4M 17 l ! > .r.73 y , 13JIJ 18 19.4DI 3 IS.IItJ ! ! IS , " ! 4 19,370 tt 19.7G4 C 19,410 21 . 7 19.K3 22 19.S2S 8 ItMtt ) 21 19.33S 9 , . . . , , . , 1JI3 ! 13 ! 19.541 10 19,421 SO 18.301 11 19,849 27 19.673 12 19,929 19.5C3 1 } ISOSS 2il 19.COS 14 199f ! 30 19,4(3 ( 15 19.WO 31 1944J 1C 19.CC5 Totnl l.i-ss returned nml unsolil coplc. 9,821 Totnl net mien Cos , 170 Net ilnlly iivcrnRu 1'J.US ni-oiuii : : n. T/sciiuiric. Sworn In hcforo me nml KUln-crlbeil In my prcji-nce thla 2d tiny of Septi-mbcr , 1S97. N. lp. l'l-jll . ( Sent. ) Notary I'ubllc. THU IIKI3 ON THAIXS. All rnllroml ticMxlioyn nrc Miiiplleil ivHli rnoiiKli Ilccn In neriiinnioilnle every iwn- Hi-iiKi-r who iviiiiiM i reutl n iiiMroiiniiur. Inxlxt HIIIIII linv- liiK Tinllec. . If you . -iiiniot Ke ! > ! < " " 1 r In from the IIIMVH intent , iiloimo report ( In- fuel , Minting tintrivlii nnil mill-mill to tinfJIreiilntlnn Department of 'I'In- " < < - . The KIMIn for mile oil nil I nil us. INSIST OX 1IAVIX4S TIIH ' 1IUIS. Hello ! Hullo ! Connect this State Board of Transportation with Uie telephone company. With tlio coal strike settled we should also have a settling of the market prices < ] iioted on coal. The new National Association of Em- ibaliners intent have been expected to busy Itself with dead Issues. The sheriff of Ln/erno county may liavo made himself a character of inter national importance without realizing It. A flrst-class fireproof hotel In Omaha offers mi assured profit to the capitalist iwho will build It from the day ( Is doors are opened to the reception of gilests. It may bo stated as substantially set- 110(1 that the democratic state convention .that meets in Omaha next week will not ibis dominated by salary list appointees of the state house machine. People who need light on any subject should come to Omaha to attend the Ak- Kar-lien festivities next week. Omaha { will be the best illuminated city In the country during the street pageants. From the meager and almost insignifi cant stakes brought home by the last Imteli of returned Klondlkers the man ; w 1 in accidentally missed the train for ( Alaska may as wi'll congratulate himself. For months Tom Watson has been ask ing In vain whether Mr. Itrynn belonged ( to the democrats or tin * populists. The niiRWor Is at. last at hand. The World- Herald says lie is "our Sir. W. J. Bryan. " General Miles says he admlrcv ? the French soldiery. But he does not say ' .that he would exchange the serviceable regulars of the United States for any equal number of dress-paiado Kuropean military. If Governor Mount of Indiana Is as peed as his word In enforcing the law ngalnst the perpetrators of mob violence , lynching will not become very popular In that Htato so long as Governor Mount IB chief executive. Wo arc waiting for Dr. .Tckyll-1'ea- body to denounce as an Insult to the I > ollco board the audacious holdup of ten men In n saloon last Sunday , when every Buloon Is supposed to be kept closed and under police surveillance. The licensed slot marhlnos are regarded by the gambling fraternity as the enter ing wedge that Is to result In licensed open gambling. The way to head off open gambling Is to blot out the skin- liume gambling machines. Chairman Mntz ought to get the gov ernor's secretary to write another letter for him In answer to .lndgi > Doane's tihargo of bad faith and conspiracy to use the State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb for the payment of political debts Incurred by the state house machine. The World-Herald has published its book account with IIuntln > . ; ton'H Southern 1'aclllu railroad to explain the Bryan free-pass episode. But why does not the ( World-Herald publish Its book account with "our William J. Bryan ? " Is It be cause It would not look well in print ? Oreat crowds of people will come from South Omaha to the State fair and Ak- Har-Bcu parados. Most of them will travel on the street cars and the Six teenth street viaduct will bo taxed us never before. In Its present unsafe con- dltlon it will be a highly dangerous un > dortaltlng to carry this heavy tralllc over that tottering bridge. If the city author ities understand their duty they will have the Sixteenth street viaduct closed at once , without waiting 011 the dilatory tactics of the railroads , and order the work of tearing It ilowu to commence. irmvit n.iA7 > or MM/or/urn Thfl nomination of .ludRe Pnillvan for supreme - promo JuriRO by the three silver conventions at Lincoln give ! ) tlio Krontent satisfaction. Ho Is unequivocally opposed to ring rule nml docs not believe In turnltiK the Btato over to corporations. Although n nil- vnr democrat , ho linn the enthusiastic sup port of every populist In the state , because ho Is a man who will not how to the money power.Tckamah tUirtonlan ( pop. ) By such assertions as these the fusion- 1st press Is endeavoring to counteract the very marked dissatisfaction In pop ulist ranks with the forced nomination by their state convention of a democratic candidate who linn always opposed pop- ullsts and everything that savored of populism. Although Judge Sullivan was foisted upon them by the state house machine , With tin1 aid of Its patronage-plastered satellites , honest populists are assured that he Is opposed to ring rule. Although Mr. Sullivan's whole public career's hews him to have been the Intimate associate of corporation lawyers and railroad dem ocrats and always within call when needed by the railroads , men who Joined the populist party to fight railroad dom ination are told that he does not favor corporations. To the statement that the fusion nom inee for supreme Judge Is an original silver democrat and a man who Is at outs with the money power , the best answer comes from the gold-democratic papers that , while denouncing silver fiat- Ism and fulminating eternal warfare upon populism , proclaim a readiness to support Judge Sullivan as a gold demo crat In spite of his fusion endorsements. As nn example , the following from one of the most outspoken exponents of the extreme railroad wing of the Nebraska gold democracy Is In point : While the Democrat Is not Inclined to en dorse the mixture compounded by the thrce- ln-onc convention , It feels favorable to Judge Sullivan for the reason that he Is a. sound- money democrat , having always espoused the Rold standard and never accepted the 1C to 1 Idea. Ho dla support Mr. llryan last year upon the ground of regularity and not because - cause lie Indorsed the wild and erratic doc- trlno sent forth by lha Chicago convention. With Judge Sullivan and Judge Post to se lect from , wo would prefer Sullivan , even handicapped as ho Is by a populist nomina tion. Dentrlco Democrat ( gold-dem. ) The question Is , Which Is best fitted to give expert testimony on Judge Sulli van's brand of democracy the gold dem ocrats with railroad proclivities , with whom ho has always trained and to whom he owes his political prominence , or the populists , whom he has always an tagonized and who know nothing of him except that he was made their standard bearer against their will by the free pass brigade of the fusion machine. THAT SILVKIl IlKSKJIVK. It appears from a statement made by the governor of the Bank of Kngland that a proposal to hold one-fifth of the reserve of that institution In silver had been seriously considered , but the bank was prepared to adopt this policy only in the event of the French mint being opened to the free coinage of silver "and that the price at which sliver is procura ble and salable Is satisfactory. " There docs not seem to be in this any very substantial warrant for expecting that anything w. 1 bo done" for silver by the Bank of Kngland. There Is not tbo slightest probability that the French government will open its mint to free silver upon so slight aiv inducement as that offered. The stock of silver in France is fully $500,000,000 and there is no reason to suppose that country desires to Increase its supply of the white metal certainly It would not take the initia tive in doing so and thereby become a silver standard country , for the opening of tlie French mint would bo the signal for Hooding the country with the white metal from almost every part of the world. Silver would pour In from Ger many , which has a considerable quantity she would like to unload , from the United States and elsewhere. It is inconceiva ble that the French government would place Itself in such a position. As to the condition regarding the price of silver it is not quite clear , but at any rate is of minor Importance. The advocates of International bimetal lism will find little to encourage them In the annoucement of the governor of the Bank of Kngland. SILVRIIITK FA Secretary of the Treasury Gage lias taken the trouble to demolish a couple of the fallacies of the sllverltc-s which have had a gieat deal of Inlluence with the unthinking and others not specially qual ified to analyze and detect them. In his syndicate letter Mr. Bryan said that the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1 will fix a mint price for silver , Just as a mint price in now fixed for gold , and that the demand thus created by law will be sulliclent to utilize all the silver presented and thus the bullion value will be raised to the coinage value. The secretary of the treasury says , In the first place , that properly speaking there Is no mint price for either gold or stiver. When there Is brought to the mint a certain number of grains of un coined gold there Is given In return the same number of grains In coined gold , less enough to pay for the metal alloy used by the mint In coining. It would bo the same with silver. The person bringing uncoined sliver to the mint would receive the same amount In ounces and grains of coined silver , less the cost of the alloy. In the one case the man has his gold returned to him In gold dollars ; In the other ca.su ho has his silver returned to him In silver dollars. Obviously this exchange of a certain weight of coin for an equal weight of bullion of the same metal does not fix n mint price , so that Mr. Gage Is entirely correct In saying that properly speaking there is no mint price for either gold or silver. As the government gives a pound of gold coin for a pound of gold bullion nnd If there were free coinage of silver It would give a pound of silver coin for a pound of silver bullion , manifestly this process would not create a demand for one metal or the other. As Secretary Gage says , If there Is n demand for either gold or silver dollars It must lie outride of the mint , In the commercial world. "This commercial demand would rxpross Itself In the ratio or price at which things would be offered In ex change for the one ns compared with the other. " The secretary points out that the Idea that free coinage would raise the bullion value of silver to the coinage value Is utterly erroneous , because uiTtH'r free coinage the bullion value and the the coinage value are and must be Identical , but the determining value Is the bullion value. Mr. Gage admits that the legal tender quality would probably operate to raise the value of silver , but to what extent or how continuously nobody knows. Those are the views of n practical and experienced financier and their sound ness will bo conceded by all who nri ca pable of understanding them. They con- eluslvoly dispose of two of the fallacies of the silverltcs which have done as much nnd perhaps more than any others to make converts to that cause , because they have a plausibility that easily misleads. But a simple state ment of facts and of well-established principles , such as that made by Secre tary Gage , must make plain to tin' most ordinary understanding the utter fallacy of these contentions of the so-called hi- metalllsts. There Is really nothing of consequence. In the free silver dogma that remains to be demolished. man- A xn ; ; i > ix riiti > 'ii : KXCK. The announcement that Deputy City Comptroller 1/ouls Wettlliig has accepted a position with Armour's establishment at Kansas City , which will necessitate his immediate departure from this city , appears to be a very innocent transaction on Its face , but It covers a most high handed attempt to Interfere with the prosecution of the city's case against the Bolln bondsmen that calls for vigorous denunciation. The deputy city comptroller Is the man who has represented the city In checking up the accounts of Its defaulting treas urer. He was the principal witness on whoso testimony Bolln was convicted of oiube//lcment and he was expected to appear as financial expert on bphalf of the city in the Impending civil suit to recover on the bond given by the de faulting treasurer. The offer of a better position on condition of his Immediate removal from the city on the very eve ot the trial of the Bolln bond case would In Itself bo a very suspicious circum stance. Add to this the fact that the offer conies through a corporation with which the principal surety on the Bolln bond is known to be associated In the ownership of the South Omaha stock yards and the Inference is inevitable that the men who last spring persuaded a South Omaha assessor to leave his tax list half finished to accept a lucrative employment with the Standard Oil com pany in Now York are endeavoring to tamper with the evidence on which the city must rely in this case. From the very outset the conduct of the bondsmen on the Bolln bond has been anything but straightforward. Accorded by the city every facility to verify the books and assume the benefit of every doubt by which their responsibility for the treasury shortage might be reduced , these men have imposed upon the tax payers at every turn. Under pretense that a fair offer of settlement would be made , delay after delay was secured in the Institution of the suit and after the case was In court nothing omitted to " obstruct and postpone its hearing. In the interval the active factors in these dilatory movements have been putting away their property by collusive trans fers to trustees and bogus land com panies formed for the purpose. ' True tilt- taxpayers have looked on immovably during this audacious work. But when emboldened by this patience the Bolln bondsmen and their attorneys attempt to defeat the city's Just claim by corrupt methods , it is high time for the fearless newspaper to sound the alarm and an outraged citizenship to cry out its re sentment. Miff KIM ItKTUItfilAU TO WORK. The striking bituminous coal miners , having accepted the agreement with the operators entered into by their leaders , are rapidly returning to work In what Is known as the Pittsburg district and by the close of the week all to whom the agreement applies will be again cm- ployed. According to estimates the strike lias been a. very expensive one to the people of the district , the loss 10 the strikers being placed at two and a quarter million dollars , which Is probably not an extravagant e.stlmate. But while the struggle has been a costly one It has not been without some com pensations. The miners have secured butler pay , though less than they at first demanded , and they have obtained other concessions that will improve their con- dltlon. There seems to bo no doubt that the strike might have been settled much sooner but for the antagonistic interests of operators. It has been more a war between operators than a contest be tween the miners and the operators. It is a fact that a settlement was opposed by the operators of Illinois and Indiana , who were scheming to keep the Pennsyl vania miners idle until It became too late for the I'lttsburg opera tors to fill their contracts for lake cargoes destined to the northwest. The settlement of the contest will Insure the filling of all con tracts made by the 1'ittsburg operator * before the close of navigation on the lakes , a matter of no little Importance to northwestern coal consumers as to both the supply and the price of coal. The resumption of work at the mines will result in an unprecedented move ment of coal by rail and hike during the next two or three months , with good effects niton all kinds of business. The miners are to bo commended for having carried on the strike with com mendable prudence and discretion. Al though appeals were made to their pas sions nnd attempts wore made to Inllnme them to lawless action , there were few Instances of violence or of serious violations of the law. In this way they retained the sympathy of the public throughout the struggle. Judge Sullivan Is said to have made several well wounding Fourth of July orations which were carefully furnished at the time In manuscript copy to the local newspapers and may be expected to be trotted out now for campaign pur- posi/s. WhaMlnMfuslen nominee for supreme premo JudgeWifV have said nt pleasure picnics or t < wnrt mooting celebrations , however , on tlu < question of corporatism rule and tho-Ma'jjgors of plutocratic so ch'ty must be contrasted with what Mr. Kulllvan has''V1f'ti' ! for the corporation managers. Wh.au Mr. Sullivan was In the loglslatunv.HMnrallroads' always knew where to find him1/ / and they did not have to look In life"li'itlmonopoly / camp for him either. I"1' ' Nothing IllirstrKios the power of fright upon human njtfon so graphically as the descriptions of a yellow fever scare. The. suiplclon that a case of sickness In the fever belt may be the dread disease Is enough to make ordinarily sensible people ple completely lose their heads. The cry of yellow fever has depopulated whole villages and towns In a few hours , the lloelng multitude bring altogether reckless - less of consequences. In most Instances the exodus proves to be nothing but a scale , but the fright-affected people re cover almost as slowly from their epi demic as the fever victims from the dis ease. The appointment of a home pathle phy sician to take charge of the State Asylum for the Feeble Minded at Beatrice gives this school of medicine control of one of the state Institutions , nn object for which Its members have long been contending. While the antagonism between the two loading medical schools Is not so bitter as formerly , the rivalry goes steadily on. By securing the Beatrice Institution the homeopaths will have an opportunity to make good their claims to equally good results with the allopaths and make room for comparison of the two. With a united republican party Mary land would naturally give safe majori ties to the republican llcket. With a re publican division the stale will Incline toward the democratic column , In which It has had a place ever since the close of the war. There Is yet time for the Mary land republicans to get together and unite for a successful , concerted effort to elect their candidates , and the oppor tunity should not be neglected. l'ro tifrHy | Moving Forward. C'lilciiRo Inter Ocean. The demand for labor is Increasing , though It Is not yet equal to the supply , nor will It lie until the stocks of goods Imported In anticipation of the now tariff arc exhausted. Hut wo are moving forward , and Irresisti bly , because the- pleasure toward movement originates on the farms. i\iu : > r ( * of HriMiilHliiir.s. N'CnYork Tribune. The effect of theharvest , on the foreign trade of the cou.ntry Is shown In nn Increase ot $11,000,000 In. the ( otal exports for August , all of It furnished b- ( the two Items of breadstuffs - stuffs and provisions ! The month s Increase Is , In round nunibers , Duo-half ot the totai Increase of the currant year. I'riuii Fusion < < > CunfiiNloii. Is'ew Yorl- , Commercial Advertiser. Fusion among the sllvcrltes of Nebraska apparently falls to fuse. The middle-of-the- road populists > are , , dissatisfied with their Biiare of the "dicker/ / ' and unless .there Is a 'new division of. expected spoils they propose to place a third ticket In the field. Thcrf ( Is notb'og so dear to the average popocrat as strict' loyalty to "principles. " < ConriiKr of Tlii-lr Conviction * . Davenport Democrat. The national democrats or Nebraska have decided to held a state convention at Omaha on Tuesday of next week. The call provides for COO delegates. Hon. J. Sterling Morton , secrelary of agriculture during President Cleveland's administration , is one of the mov ing spirits In the righteous cause. Gold democrats are multiplying everywhere. Croalit-rH Slinlii- tin * Kiirmer. JiullMimpolls Journal. The demagogues who have dropped the farmer to lament with those who worlj for wages will be a long time In learning that labor and wage earners In general are earn- lr much more money than they were a year ago. This would be the case If In no Instance had there been an Improvement In the price of labor. It is the ease be cause thousands more are earning wages than a year ago. Coining Kru of 'I'lirlft. St. Ijoult Itrpubllr. It Is true that the farmer seldom Is a mlfer and that he spends freely when be ban the money. Dut ho Is not going to he such a free spender this year as he has been In the past. Adversity has taught him the valuable lesson of frugality. Ho Is going to buy spar ingly this year. Whllo this now spirit of economy and frugality on thu part of the farmers may disappoint the moro sanguine merchants for awhile. In the end the effect will be a betterment of all tbo business In terests of the country. It will lead to an era of thrift and accumulation of which we have stood In sore need over Blnce the Indus trial changes wrought by the civil war ren dered a readjustment of conditions and rela tions necessary. Kuril I Kri-o IK-llvcry. I'lillailelphlit lA'ilRor. As the Postofllco department Intends to make an experiment of rural free delivery this year on as extensive a scale as the limited appropriation for that purpose will permit , It could bo wished that some mean might bo found for carrying out the very excellent suggestion made by an exchange that free delivery and good roads should go together. It Is argued that thn better tlio roads the less the cost of delivering1 the mall , because the postman can get over HO much the moro ground and doIt so much the moro quickly and easily , Houghly es timated , n postman In a light wagon will cover twice , as much ground as one on foot , and lf-ho can use a blcyclo ho will cover three times as much , besides being put to no expense - ponso for the horse and Us maintenance. I'csslbly , the free -delivery system could bo made a kind of | irainlum , for good roads , by extending it only to those sections where the roads come up to n certain standard. If this could bi < dnn0 It would ho a grand help for the good > roads movement , ninco there Is no < | UeaUpV > < .H'at every community wants free mall 'jdjjljvery. .MK.VICA.V IlHS KOK WIIHAT. U | ' ! < ' Auollit'ilinuJijir ! llfiirt-llrcaUIni ; \firn fo.f lji CroiiUiTH , LtfAVjili Juurnnt. Misfortune ! nev f , cpme singly. Mr Uryan has barely had time to flounder through ar. explanation of th RmVultaneous rite of wheat and fall of silver-when another perplexing situation has arisen to annoy him. When the Ncbraskan ya . , making hla memorable campaign for cheap money Iwt fall , It will be remembered ( nal one of his stock arsu- .ments waa the intecrtlon that the low value of farm products was directly traceable to the gold standard , HaseJ upon this asser tion , ho drew the conclusion that the free coinage of sliver , liy largely Increasing the amount of money In , circulation , would ef fect a corresponding Increase In the price of whatever the farmer bid to sell. In proof of this contentloai hew.'r accustomed to point to Mexico , as tangible evidence of the value o ( cheap money to the producing classes. It may bo unkind of thu Mexicans to 'strllto ' a man when he Is down , but the facts appear to Indicate that they have dealt tha boy orator a body blow when he was hardly la condition to receive such a shock. In a dis patch from the City ot Mexico recently It Is said that wheat Is telling ! n some parts of the republic at prices equal to CO or CO cents In gold. American farmers who are receiving from 95 cents to ft a bushel for their wheat will probably nnd It dlfilcult to reconcile Ilryan's flimsy argument with the cold fact * . I MOM ! ATM-It' IMHttJCI.OSt UK. Thr ( iovi-riiniriilS < tiilni nnil ( lie I'ro- lioiicil I'lnnl Si-llli-uu-nt , Knn n Oily ,1 mrnnl. "It Is the ditty of every good citizen to hold up the hands of Senator Harris In his efforts to slop the sale ot the Union Pa cific railroad , by which the United States will ho swindled out of $ liO.OOO,000 { ! " Kan sas I'opocratlc paper. If the United States were being swindled out of anything by the sale of the Union I'aclllo under foreclosure It would certainly bo thti duty of every good citizen to hold up the hands of Senator Harris In his efforts to prevent It , but such Is not the case. It Is true that the United States will lese some money by the consummation of the proposed foreclosure sale , but not as much proportionately as has been lost by the bond holders or creditors of many other railroads that have recently gone through the bank ruptcy process , nnd nothing anywhere near thn sum named by the Kansas paper from which wo have quoted above. The populists who are holding up the hands of Senator Harris In his futile efforts to delay or provcnt the sale of the Union racldo tinder foreclosure are very stupid or very perverse. There Is but ono explanation to be given In the case of Senator Harris. He objects to the Bale upon the theory tl eventually the government may be led to secure possession of the Union t'aclfle and run It as a government railroad , thus putting Into effect one of the thvnrlos of the populist party. Hut populist -theories do nnt alter the fact that the ! ornn of the proposed sale are highly advantageous to the government nnd It would bo Impossible for Senator Har ris or anyone olsu to dovlso n better settle- .incnt . than the one no\\'Mn progress. A great many people hold an exaggerated idea of HIP amount the government has In vested In the Union Pacific. Tiio lion of theKovernrnort Is upon that portion ot the system extending from Cogncll Bluffs to Ogdcn ami from Kansas City to a short dis tance east of the west boundary of Kansas. The total amount advanced by thn United States to the Union Pacific railway company , Including both of these divisions was ? 33- 538,512. The total Interest on thoao ad vances , as shown by the final decrees ren dered In the foricloauresuits brought by the Un-ltod States against the Union Pacific , amounts to $57,19S-H7.i7 : , making a total In debtedness of the railway company to the government of $80,7.17,959.37. Of this amount the Union Pacific Railway company has paid to the United States , In the way of services , $ : o.G23SSO.SS. The railway company has also paid Into the treasury of the United States for a sinking fund various sums of money which have been Invested by the United States treasurer In securities , the value of which amounts to $18.000,000 or $20,000,000. Under the provisions of the foreclosure decrees , the United States Is to get the total amount of the proceeds arising from the sale ot the securities In the sinking fund. fund.The The Hens upon the road and Us equipment ahead of the mortgage to the United States amounts to about $40,000,000. Although the government mortgage Is only a second lieu upon tha property , the United States lud been guaranteed $45,754,000 for Its Interest In the mortgage Indebtedness of the road. This guaranteed bid Is to bo paid partially out of the proceeds of the sinking fund , which amounts , us above stated , to $1S,000- 000 or $20,000,000 , the first mortgage bond holders having waived their Hen upon the sinking fund and consented that the whole amount should be applied on the government Indebtedness. It thus appears that when the foreclosure sale has been consummated the United States will have received from the Union Pacific Hallway company not less than $06- 377,880.88 upon n total Indebtedness of some thing over $90,000,000. In other words , the government will have received not only the lull amount ot the principal Indebtedness of the railway company , but. In addition thereto , very nearly $33,000,000 to- apply on the ) Interest. In this connection It should bo remembered that the United States has not agreed to take $45,000,000 as full payment ot Its claim , but has simply exacted o guarantee that It will not receive a less sum upon the is-alo of the property. Tbo Mle Is to be open to the world. Any man or any association of men may attend the Bale and bid their price , and if thci sum-realized la greater than the guar antee the government -will receive the bene fit. If the property Is really worth more than the upset price fixed by the decree or court there will no doubt be plenty of capitalists on hand to avail themselves of the oppor- tunltv to buv a railroad cheap. It Is undoubtedly the scheme of Senator Harris to have the government come Into full possession of the Union Pacific end run It as a government railroad. Doforo this could be accomplished the government must pay off the first mortgage liens to the amount of about $10.000,000. Kven then It would own nothing but the route from Coun cil Blurts to Ogden and from Kansas City to the west line of Kansas. To acquire pos- sesjlon of the branch lines would require the expenditure of many millions more , and In the end the government would have Invested something like $175,000,000. Briefly summarized , the situation Is this : The Government originally Invested $33.500- 000. It has already received back $39,000,000 , or $ C.OOO.COO more than the original Invest ment. All the remainder of the sum claimed by the government U In the form of Interest tinon the original Investment. When the foreclosure sale la completed and the guar- antco fulfilled the account between the Union Pacific and the government will stand thus : Totnl debt , Including Interest $00,737p.9 Paid li > serlvce , cash , etc C,377SSO ( ! TJalancc due government $21,300,071) ) This Is the very worst that can happen to the government In disposing of its Interests in the Union Pacific railroad system. Con sidering that the government holds only a second Hen upon the property Involved , It would seem to form a remarkably advanta geous settlement and one more favorable Own has been afforded to second lien hold ers anywhere over our common country ulnce the enormous contraction In property values commenced. St. I.oula Republic : A hundred miners , with about $400,000 to th good , have Just been encountered on an outward-bound Yukon ken river vessel , "fleeing from starvation. " .Many hundreds moro , with far less money , .aio . m dly trying to reach the name desolate district from which these lucky fellows were fleslng. Philadelphia Record : Renewed warnings come from the Klondike region that there will 'bo grave peril of starvation should the migration In tint direction continue , and there can bo no question that the admonition is given In good faith , or thati the disregard of It which may bo looked for will be at tended with serious consequences. If the condensed foods with which the War Depart ment lately experimented could bo turned In Ihat direction there would doubtless bo a iirtat market for them ; but there Is little .that Is reassuring In the statement that hundreds of barrels of whisky are being shipped into the country. Now York Tribune : Since the Klondike discoveries thn outcrop of fool's gold all over the country Ins been found to bo unusually profuse , and the samples sent In to the mint for examination have greatly Increased in .number. The olllclals of that Institution say that of such samples only about one In a hundred contains true gold , and of that limited proportion only a Email number of the finds nrc worth mining. The stuff sent In Is generally about the value of the sweep- jngs of a macadamized road , consisting of Iron pyrites , mica , talc , sand with yellow particles In It , crystal-sprinkled rock and the Jllce , awakening eager hope In tbo bosoms of tholr discoverers which are nearly all doomed to disappointment. Chicago Chronicle : "Small by degrees and beautifully less" expresses the fashion In .which the Klondike output has dwindled from Is original heroic proportions. The first detachment of returning minors ac cording to their own accounts were weighted down with treasure. Tlio aurifer ous cargo had to bu carefully distributed throughout the steamer In order to prevent the vessel from tipping up or listing heavily to port. The second Instalment was not BO heavy or the enthusiastic correspondents had got tired of dealing In big figures. Suc ceeding arrivals bavo still further reduced the amount per capita , and the latest batch of returned argonauts report these amounts : A. Manger , $900 ; B. Turner. $500 ; J. F. Creldcr , $2.000 ; W. Urquhart. $900 ; J. I ) . Rogers , $2,000. Tlio sums represent the labor o ( eighteen months , and as the largest one could have been earned In a similar time by AD Industrious bricklayer or by o bonu ex pert in a murder trial It la probablu that tlio Alaskan fever will now begin to aubslde. iiivn\v or TIM : vt.om Tit.vnt ; . All MI1Ut ti n n Inn ; nnil ( Ii-nprnllj- - tmrl ( Inoil Doiniinil for 1'roiliiot. MINNKAl'OMS , Sept. 16.-- The Northwest ern Miller reports the flour output last week nt four renters as follows : Sept , Sept. Sept. 11 , 97. 12. [ . 11 , ! . libls. lilils. bids. Minneapolis . S .74.'i 2S7.HM 211,150 llcnil l ikes . S5 , ! 5 71,130 101,170 Slllwntikco . , . 42,335 30.COO 37,300 ' Totnl spring . . . . 40).S' ) MMM 3 ; ! > ,7IO St. Louis . 78,500 Ifl.lXW 79.SUO Aggregate . 4S3.3S3 4IS.590 1'rovlousweek . r.lj.SCS 419,490 424.SJ3 Minneapolis All the mills are running. The mills did the largest business last week In n long time. The sales of Minneapolis mills proper approximated 330,000 h.mols. Early In the week foreigners bought freely and Iho export business done In the first three days was larger , patent as well ns clear polling well. Very good prlct-H were often obtained. The domestic trade , whllo not yet taking llower in any large quantities , made a very good allowing last week. Im port shipments were S3.300 barrelc. ngalnst 70.200 tht week before , 75.500 In 1S9C and 93,100 In W . Feed , with Inrgo production , Is moro quint and prices easier. Superior Uulut'i All thn mills arc In opera- tlon. Homeatlc trade \\1\t not nt all brisk lant week. Fnlr sales for export were made by part of trm mills. Fed Is In active do- maud and nomu mills havu boon compelled to buy olni'whcro to till pressing onlois. Flour sttvks Saturday were 141,100 birruls , against 1M.OOO barrels a year .iio. Kxport shipment ! ) were 11,100 barrels against 0,000 the week before , 24,100 In IS.in and 36,200 In 1SU5. St. Louis and Southwest A largo and sat isfactory business was done last week. Foi- elgn buyers seemed anxious to get stuff and there was quite free selling nt thu highest prices reached thla season. Domestic trade wns talrly good as a whole. Drouth hav ing alTt'cti'd pasturage In the south , feed was In actlvu demand at advancing prices. Chicago The mills had a good domestic trade and vioro bothcicd to get Hour out us fast : is buyers wanted It. Scmo export busi ness was done , but the mills with domestic orders crowding them do not care to sell very much abroad. FcoJ was only In mod erate demand , but with heavy lecclpts closed cpslor In tone. Milwaukee Business was brisk last week and the millers are happy. Output this week estimated at 45,000 barrels. IlAWSOJf N ( T A IIKAIA'II HHSOKT. ConillHoiiH 111 Summer llnil from a SiiiiKai-y Point of VltMV. SAN FRANfMSCO , Sept. 1C. John Slbley Webb , attorney at Washington , I ) . C. , for the Alaska Commercial company , has made n visit to Dawson and Iho Klondike mining district for the sole purpose of Informing himself of the conditions of living there and In Alaska generally , In order that ho may speak and act iindcrstandlngly when matters affecting Alaska are discussed In congre&s a/nd / questions as to the feasibility of postal arrangements , schools , etc. , are being con sidered. "I have been all around the coast route , as It Is called , and up to Dawsnn , " bo said. "I have visited the mining camps of Bonanza creek and sotuo of thosu on 1SIdorado creek. Uawson Is low nnd Hat and even In the height ot summer the ground Is frozen bait ; i foot below the surface , and Ice is en countered beneath the muck. The develop ment of the creeks was followed by the wash ing down Into the Klondike river and thence Into the Yukon , above Dawson , of large quantities of lilth and refuse. Sweeping by the very doors of the Inhabitants of Dawson , It Is no wonder that there should bo sickness and death. In the little cemetery there kiy no less than twenty victims of typhoid fever and now the number has no doubt been Increased considerably. The drinking water at Daw m Is very bad. and this adds to the sickness. " ri3IlSO.\AI < A.VIJ OTIIIOHWISE. The precipitate appearance of Klondike breezes caught the multitude napping In summer dusters. Three Indianapolis boys , the oldest 8 years of age , have been arrested for Incendiarism. They set barns afire for the fun of seeing the engtaes como up. The giant of the St. I ouls police force Is John Gibson. Ho Is six a et six Inches In height , weighs 255 pounds and lifts 1,500 nnunds without grunting. That admirer of the Li timer sheriff who nominates him to succeed General Weylcr is an enemy In disguise. Thu Cubans have tools to shoot with and know how to use them. Reports from Chicago Indicate that the Ingredients of the bologna Is as deep a mys- Ir.-v as nvnr. It is feared that succulent handout will lose caste on free lunch coun ters. ters.A A New Jersey pianist , whoso favorite air was "I Want You , Mali Honey , " had his efforts rewarded at last. A swarm of boivj are now disputing with him for possession of his homo. John Drcnman of Sioux City sends his con dolences to a calamity scribe , who declined to meet General Prosperity , and suggested that he "fold the drapery of his ears about him" and sleep It oft. The jolly old patriarch of 73 or thereabouts Senator Stewart unintentionally compli ments Sneaker Reed In likening him to LI Hung Chanc. Chang is the most progressive statesman of tbo far ast. Kaiser Wllhclm keeps up mediaeval tradi tions. Ho has made General Count Caprlvl , his dismissed chancellor , a canon of Hran- denburg cathedral. Ills only duty will bo to draw pay , which I * $750 a year. It appears that General Lcngstrcet Is only 70 , Instead of 80 years , as reported , and on his wedding day he assured his friends that ho wasn't old at all. "In fact , " ho said , "you will never know what life Is until you reach my age. " i The Atlanta Constitution approaches peril ously close to the brink of treason by falling to echo tbo famine cry. Instead It Insists there has been no real advance In the prlcU of cereals , but that the gold dollar has de preciated In value. Next. The Alnslev Advance Agent of Reform warns the friends of man to bo on tbolr cuard acalnst the word confusion , lest some malicious gold bug organ quote it , put a ncrlod and a space after tbo first syllable and give the whole snap away. The design of the monument to the late Senator Zebulon n. Vance , ut Ashovlllo , N. C. , has been decided upon. It will bo a shaft about seventy-flvo feet high , tbo core of which will bo of brick and thu surface < > ,1 granite. It will stand In the public square In front ot the courthouse. Hard bv Oem Paul's presidential mansion at Pretoria , South Africa , Is the rhurch wheru Mr. Krucor Is wont to pray on Sundays. No member of the congregation Is more reg ular than ho. and at times he leads the eor- vlco himself , and will oven prrach when In the mood. He himself draws largo audiences , but when not actively engaged In the conduct nt tbo sorvlcn ho usually cits beneath the pul- nit. being , it la said , somewhat deaf at times. IOWA I'ilF.SS CO.MUK.VT. Sioux City Times : Iowa populists are meeting on thu State fair grounds to hold an experienced meeting. Iowa popocrats will not get together there , for they could nut with propriety engagu la their usual occu pation of exchanging hard luck stories. Burlington Hnwkeyu : Republicans cr i- not ileny that with a full control of the na tional administration hay fever Is qulto prev alent and a great many ppoplo are sneezing at them. No political party can meet every expectation , and there uru peoplu who will turn up their noses at the republicans. Sioux City Journal : The fusion campaign against Mr. Shaw , BO far as hu Is personally concerned , lias degenerated to a miserably search for any one who during ! his llfo may havu had a business mliundorHtandlng with him. So far It has been possible to find only one or two cases , and they were of such u petty nature as on their face to bo con temptible. Davenport Republican : Ono change In thu cede is being commented upon. It Is the amendment of the state lawu relative to criminal affairs , which provides that after any persott bin been convicted twlcii of lar ceny on the third conviction the court shall sentence to a term of seven years In the penitentiary. There U no distinction madu between petit anil grand iurceny , and bunco It is thought that tbvao crimes will bo ma terially lessened. I COST ( IK HUOWIMJ t'UHV , Ilf ii1l of nn KvlimiMUe Inquiry ! lluli ; < Stnti-n , l < nilj\ .Vurlcr-Jouriinl. . Mo.it poop IP Know that the Indian corn crop is the most Important product of our fArms. though it cuts no such flRiiro In Malls- 1 tics of trade as wheat and cotton , slnco iiot i moro than 10 per cent gees directly to mar ket. In 1S93 Biul 1S9G the crop run consl-l- erably above 2,000,000.000 bushels , no that oven nt the very low price nt which It waa > sold It ttprfscntcd nnst iimmmt of money. Indirectly It came to a great deal uwo , Tills year the yield will bo somowhtit re duced.but the lowest estimate of a rcll-ihlo authority Is thc.t a prodigious harvest ot t.750,000,000 buslfcls will bo gathered Irom our Drills. We 1'avo hi-fird a great deal of talk dur ing the past three years ot the farmer bclns compelled to sell this magnificent grain fcelow the cost of production , and ns statis ticians have never given It the attention bestowed upon more showy products m.my otherwise well-Informed proplo have ) u\d a notion that the more corn was ialse.1 t..o poorer Ihu farmer grow. Thin is nonauiiae , for maize docs no1 require nor receive tin- nUU'iitUm given l s * hardy crops , and even 'n yearn of gicatost abundance nnd liiwost prices thi-ro has been n margin of profit In tlir cultivation much moro considerable Hutu 'las ' bten generally .ilowed. 'That this Is no Is piovcd by an ex haustive Inquiry Into the cost ot production In eight of the prlnrlp.il corn growing su.i1 * made by 11V. . Snow ot the American - \ < rl- cultuilst. Mr. Snow takes ciops on w.iicli records of cost luvo been closely kept. The conclusions at which ho arrives -KJ cal culated to make certain people open their . Tha Important Item of labor lucludcs fho cost of preparing the land , r.iowlng , pUiuiug , tuHlvfttlug , gathuilUK nnd cribbing. The Inbor coat for thu different stales Is given aa follows : Total Cos ; 1'or Acres. Coat , Aero. Kentucky . HO $ M.9I to f.V. Ohio . 120 llrt. 7 .S'iS ' Indiana . 301 'J7H.S2 .Kit Illinois . 4S7 374.71 .TC'J lowsi . 2SI 1S0.2S Missouri . : o > ) 10.S.M .fib KIIIMIIH . ! 15l 107.S1 . Nebraskil . 713 3T.2.74 .175 Total 2,1 2 tt.liti.SS IO.G11 This Is the moat Interesting Item , perhaps , but there are others to bo taken Into con sideration , such ns taxation , wear and tear of tools and team maintenance. The last Items are largely mutters of personal esti mate. Thn L-onclusli-ns ns to cost , so far ns they could lie made a matter of record , were as follows for growing n crop on 2C3i ucres In ninety-six counties of these eight corn states : Cost of production. I Per iicri ! . i'vr bu. Taxation $0.i7S IteinovlllK stalks 031 .010 Plowing. har'iiK and lepl'ns .519 .on Seed corn < W1 . ( ' 1)2 Cultivation " > J'J .013 Gathering and orllibltiK l.liii .OL't ! Total from actual records. . 2.K07 .Olil Kst. team maintenance I'll . < r)7 ) list , depreciation machinery . "S > i .tO'J Oioss cost JO.Oi t l.i'HS value of fodder .011 Net cost . $2. 3 $0000 Thu avenge rate of yield on these ? cio.is was forty-throe bushels to tlio acre , which Is much ubovo the average. The yield In these same states for the 1S90 crop wast es timated by the Agriculturist at 33.1 bushels to the acre , on which basis the cost would lie 7.S cents n bushel. The tirtlcle concludes as follows : "That corn is grown at a cost per bushel so low as C cents .will prove u surprise to a great many people. It has been customary to assume - sumo that the cost of production was a little under 20 cents , but such estimates have erred In underrating the accomplishment of a day's labor and assuming the payment ot the highest wage ruto by thu day. This last fault has been the grevlous error , as nearly all hiring Is done by the month. The result ot this investigation , however , BO far as the exact record Is concerned , Is not open to question , and the allowance for the two estimated Items has been liberal In deed. " It will be observed , howovcr , that this cs- tlmato dors not Include rent or the Interest on money Invested In land and tools. How- such nn Important Item of cost c.-iuld bo left out by a statistician of the reputation of Mr. Snow wo do not understand. Probably it Is explained In the earlier articles of which Iho one under consideration Is the concliuil' n. Rent varies gre.itly , but this Item can lie readily calculated. Kvcn with a very liberal allowance for It Iho ci t par bushul wjuld bo Increased to only a tnllln ; ; extent , thus showing that corn Is not only our greati-st farm crop , but even at present prices is ninth moro profitable than has been generally sup posed. CO.MIOAI , CIIAC'KS. Harlem Life : Mrs. llloobumper How illd the detectives happen to .suspect him , dis- gulBud us lie wan In women's clothes ? Illoobtimper lie passed n milliner's store window without looking In. Chicago Tribune : "I see , " remarked the llvo stoi-li editor , "yon HSI the expression , 'corn shoots' In your column this moinlng. May 1 iisk what u corn "hoot Is ? " "A corn shoot , " replied the agricultural editor , "Is iibont the some thingu.i a crop report. " Indlanapolla Journal : "Yon newspaper follows are grout toadies , " said the cynleal visitor. "You ftill over one another trying to get stories about successful Klondlkers , but why ilun't you wrlto tip the fellows who have failed ? " "We haven't tbo "pace. " Ilrooklyn Life : The self-miulo man was speaking. Hn wild : "My father was a raiser of hogs. Them was a largo family of us" and then his voice was ilrowiuil by the applause. Cleveland Leader : She How nlc-ely you did that ! And would would yon en re to always repair my punctures ? He D.irMiiK , It would bo the greatest Joy of my life for mo to < lo so ; If you would promlno to darn my Hocksi In return. " So they rode along In search of a parson. Detroit Fren Press : "I ilo love , " said t n hostocs , "to make people of eontmilal lasti u ncqnnlnted with ono anotlicr. Allow mi1 10 Introduce 1'rof. Spptu-erlan , who has writ ten 10.WW words on a single postal card. Professor , this lt Mr. Hryan , who Inii wilt- ten a whole book on a silver dollar. " Chicago Tribune : "Isn't It Ivird work clerking In a department store ? " "It's a ilosr's life. 1 hope to get out of U before long. " "Wbat'll yon do then ? " "I'm going to start ono of my own. " CAUSK AND KFFICCT , Cli'vi-lanil I'lnln l > ilcr. I dreamed I was out on the rippling t < * n. In n minw-whlto yacht nlth the sails ( liirr ; free ; And I dreamed that u cloud came athwart the sun. And wu banlod In the canvas , ono by ono ; Jlut tb cloud niHhed up at a turrlblo rate , And tlio sky was thu hue of a schoolboy's slate , And thn Hfinall burst forth "Itli a shriek : so wild That 1 woke 'twas Iho squall of my Infant child ! A.MATKIIItl.SII. Detroit 1'rrc Press. I ast nlKht I Itls'eii her In thn lialij ( My promised wife ) Hho said : "Now tell inn truly lh ! . , Another girl illd you e'er UHH ! In all your llfo ? " I gazed down In lior plpndlng fare And told her "No. " Now why did nliu with pensive slgli And Fad look In her pott blue eyu Hay : " 1 thought wi't" Tht game * ho gave me , vou'll admit , Wn pretty Htlrf , And as I homeward wont mv wny And thought nn wlrU 1M huard her say , 1 wondered If