Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 28, 1897, Page 4, Image 4
THE ( ni AIT A DAILY KISISt TUKHDAY. SEPTEMBER 28 , 1307 , TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE , C. ItOSnWATUIt , EJttor. KVCIIY MOHSINO. iriiiM8 of suuscnfprioN. Dallx Her ( Without Bumlny ) , Ont Year J6 C Dally Hee nnd Sunday , One Year 00 Klx Month Three Month 2 OU Bumlay Him , One Year : oo Halurday lice. One Yenr i to \V kljr H e. One Year . OITICKS : Omnlm : The Ilec Uulldlrm fcouth Ormhft ! Slnser Illk , Cor. N nnd SUh Pis. Council Illiifrs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Olllc317 ( "Immbcr of Commerce. New orl < llooms 13 , 14 and 15. Trlliun * ula . Wmhlneton : 1.01 Pourtcenth Street. Alt communications lolatltiR to news n < l edito rial matter thould be nddrcssed 1o the Mltor. nuuiNKHH wsnuus. All bwlnrts letters iind remittances should be inldrensed to The llec PubllnlilnR Company , Omnlm. DrnftH. checks , exjirfss and poslnltlce money onlir * to be made jujable to the order of the company , COMlANY. STATT.MIINT or Btatc ot Nebraska , Dotmlns County , ss : . decree II Tzuchuck , aecrdary of The Dec Pub. Ikihlnit company , bi-lnn duly worn , nays that t he nctiial number of full mic. cutnilele | copies of TUB Dnllr , MonilnR , livening and .Sunday H prlnlea . during the montli of Auguit , U97 , vra > n follows. 1 * . . . . * . . . . in . < v ) 17 .1 1J573 in jn 2 15.449 19 49 < 3 19,435 19.571 4 19.370 ! so'iao G 19,410 22S1 19f.2S ' ' ' ' ' " ' " ' . ! . . ! .I' . . . . . . 19,400 S1 ' ' ' ! i9'D4t 9 19.513 I ! ! . ! . ! ! 10 19.42 * JO 19.361 11 11,819 27 * 19C73 12 19.929 jS ; 1956J 13 m.m 29 19.COS 14 10.116 30 19.403 15 1'I.FOO 5l ! 19 445 . Lens returned nnd un ol < 1 copies 9S2i Total net pnlei Net dall ) nvcrnKC : ; , , ; . ciioncin : n TZSCHUCK. Hworn to bcfote me and suh ciIbi-d In my presence thin 2d day of September , 1597. N I . * r.II * . ( Pen ! ) Notary 1'ublle. TIIII iinn ON THAINS. All rnllroiul III * M | OJ nrc Hiipiillcil 11 Itli fiimiKli Hoc" t lu'i-oininoilnti * v\rry pii"- KCIIKIT ln > TUMI In to roiul n lm\- nuMNiuiiifi- . liinlst upon inK TinHoe. . If 3 " uniniot KCt n Hce on n trnlii from llic iirTti * iiKont , pIciiMe report llufiiet , HtntliiK Hie train mill milt-mill ( ( > tinClrciilntloii lU-iinrlmiMit lit The lice. Tlie lice In for mile on nil train * . INSIST on vvivn TIM : nnn. The State fair boiutl shnnlil icvlbc Its Tliu uip-e lull season is closing anil sympathy for the forloiu b.ise ball rooter Is not untimely. "We are waiting Tor Senator Mtihon of Illinois to set another tlatc for the nchluvt'ineiit of Cuban The list of 1SD8 national anil state con ventions for Omaha continues to grow , but It Is by no means yet completed. The consolidation of the largest paper mills of the country Into an 01 sanitation on trust lines is the latest development In the dlieotion of Indiistiltil fusion. "The demoeiatlc patty of Doughs county has , tlumiKli Its aiithoii/.ed rcpro seiitatlves" begins lln'C.ill lor this week's convention. Wlileli dfinoi'iatie paity ? The Idea that the Ak Sui-Iun ! festivi ties die\v people away fiom Mie fair is pruposteious. Instead of dotiaetlnj ; f loin the fair they at Uncled people to it. In another two weeks there will not be a man in Omalia who can Imndlc a saw mid drive a nail to a sullielent ex tent to call himself a carpenter who will teek woik in vain. South Omaha last week did the business In feeders In the histoty of the stock yards. Karmets who have money to invest In cattle for feeding put poses ure baldly on the load to the poor house. The Ucrdnwn machine is sadly per plexed over the question who is to re ceive its > support for sheiifC In view of the fact that each of three candidates holds lts > solemn but ifniedeemable pledge. ' Senator Hanna and Oovoinor Uiithni'H nro campaigning in Ohio together , but the popociatlc canaiils about a serious conflict between the senator and the governor will continue to be circulated for Urn consumption of the credulous. The Slate fair Is a state-supported in stitution and the public which contributes to It not only In pationagc but also in tuxes Ks entitled to lie taken into the confidence of the managers at least to the extent of a prompt accounting of all its Nobody has to hire halls tills year to accommodate Idle men who gather on the streets to talk politics. The dally street corner caucus si'eins to have been pushed out of existence by the return of ptosperlty under the administration of McKlnley. The ploKpoi-kets , burglais and crooks who pursued their vocations In Omaha eo successfully duilng fair week ought to club together and present every man on thu famous detective foice with a diamond ritudded star as a slight token of appreciation of favois received. Problem How can the national demo crats be refused a place for their ticket on the olliclal ballot and the silver repub licans 1m accorded representation with out piecipltatlng the chaige of fraudu lent manipulation ? Send answers to the trl-headed fusion state committee In caic of the state house. > Kastein mull for western bankers and merchants Is still held up for hours In Chicago just to accommodate Chicago newspapers with a pull. There Is no good reason why this mall should not be forwarded promptly icgaidlcss of the special facilities afforded the newspapins for Invading western territory. The now handbook for Nebraska pop ulists lulls a great deal about the won derful leforms and economies Instituted Blnco the advent of a populist governor , but it carefully avoids all mention of anything that would indicate thu gov ernor's co-respoiiblblllty for the misman agement and defalcations lu state ouices directly under Lls control. r.im The report of the gate receipts of the State fair present * liguros thnt stagger credulity. The total miinbrr of paid ad mission * i < > loprosontrd ai 15.070 and the total free admissions at K- ! " , ' ! . making an nggicgate of fiS.010 people \\lio wore registered as pacing thiough Ihc gates. Thp.se llctires ai e most decidedly a t vai I- nnrc with the statements given out dur ing fall1 week nnd fall short by nrnnj thousands when placed aualnst the re turns of piiss"ngers can led by lallroads and motor linos. The State fair management ci edits the lallroads with selling ir > , ( i5l coupon tickets , which , deducted from the aggregate , would leave only , ' ) ( ) ,01'7 admissions paid at the gates during the entire week. The street railway company reports catrylngIT.l.So passengers one way to the fair grounds , which , added to the rail road coupons , make a total of ( "J.&tl. Deducting from this the total free admis sions , or IH.'JT. ! , leaves -ID.riliS , while the supeilnteiidcnl of gates reports only ir > , - 078. This computation , ho\\e\er , does not take Into account the thousands of people who weie carried by the ralhoads without coupon tickets and the other thousands who went to the giounds in carriages , cany-alls , wagons , on bicycles and on foot. , It was given out on Thursday that the paid adiuKshms at the gates on Tuesday and Wednesday leached fully 00,000. The lowest estimate of the attendance on Tlnnsday was .10,000. Taking no ac count of the admissions for Monday and Kilday , the total attendance for the week could not possibly have been less than 80,000. Deducting 11,000 free tick ets fiom that estimate and we have 00- 000 paid admissions Instead of the -15- U7S which the lair manageis have re- poi ted. The discicpancy between the facts and llguies given out Is einphasl/.ed by com parison with previous years. The le- poits made by the boaid show that the gate iccelpts have been decieasing fiom year to i ear for the last three years. The leports of the stieot lallway company show that It has can led more passengers each succeeding year. In 1S ! ) , " > thestieet railway carried . ' ! 0 , : > l > 0 people to the grounds ; In ism } , . ) r , K0 ! ; and In 181)7 ) 11,180. The same increase maj be noted as to the lalhoads , who aie ctedited with ledeemlng L,17U moie coupon tick ets in US < )7 ) than in 1SUI5. When It Is Imrne in mind that the fair tills year was held under most favoiable conditions as to weather , while last year's fair was cilppled by storms , the lepiesentatlon that the attendance in 1S)7 ! ) was less by S.fiOO than in ISDli Is natuially disci edited and tends to create thu suspicion that something isiong somewheie. ' usi hias Conjcctuu's In regaid to what may happen in the event of certain proposals being presented by the United States to .Spain are cntiiely useless , even if they be not mlschie\on.s , and It Is i.ithersm- prislng that anj thing ol the sort should proceed , as N alleged , fuim olliclais of the state department. Accoiding to a Washington dispatch these olliclais re gard the. possibility of a rupture between the United States and Spain as veiy re mote. Why should they discuss such a matter at all or express any opinion about it ? It is a subject of the gicatcst importance and delicacy and it is mani festly the highest duty of olliclais of the dcpaitmenl of htate to obseive absolute letlcenco In regaid to it. Utteiances fiom tills souice may very easily prove tioublesome and embat rassing , and therefore the pioper policy is that of silence. Thcie are other state ments and surmises , atti United teState State department olliclais. which , If they aie not inisiopieseiited , they should be called to account for. The tendency of such e.xpiessions Is harmful if credence is given them as coming from those who are assumed to bo familiar with the policy of the government in international affahs. The American people are confidently relying upon the wisdom and conseiva tism of the. administration to deal with the Cuban question lightly and justly. They are willing to wait for develop incuts ami they are taking little stock In the variety of rumors and conjectuies that emanate from Washington. \YlfI \ , 3t.lKK AAOrilKIl KFI'OHT. Senator Klklns of West Virginia , who Is one of the most earnest advocates of a pollivv for the piotectlon of Aineiican shipping and outspoken In his oppo-i- tion to the bonding pi liege accorded the I'acilic raihoad does not Canadian , pro pose to allow the question of a discrim inating duty to be dropped because of the opinion of Attorney Oeneral Me- Ktiiinii respecting the application of sec tion 22 of the tariff law. lie has an nounced his Intention to Intioducc a bill at the next session of congiess providing for a discriminating duty , In accordance with thu declaration of the republican national platform , against foielgn .ship ping. The platfoim favors the restoration of the early Aineiican policy of dis ci Imlnatlng duties for thu upbuilding of our merchant marine and the protection of our shipping In the foielgn carrying trade. In refcience to this Mr , McIIinley said In his letter of acceptance : "The policy of discriminating duties in favor of our shipping which prevailed In the eai ly years of our hlstoiy should ho aga n pioinptly adopted by congress and vigor ously supported until our prestige and supiemaey on the seas are fillip attained. We should no longer contribute directly or indliectly to the maintenance of the colossal marine of foreign countries , but piovlde an etiielent and complete niailne of our own. " Undoubtedly any measure which shall be biought forward in con giess looking to the building up of the merchant mailne by discriminating du ties will have tlie .support of the admin istration and with this Influence behind It ccitalnly the chances of the adoption of stteh legislation would be very good , If tlie senate should become republican. Hveii as that body now stands politically It is quite possible that a majority could be found for discriminating duties , but theie Is no assurance of this. There is unquestionably a very general sentiment In the country favorable to eaily legislation In the interest of a mer- uurlue. TUOJO who have Intellktiit attention to the subj t c n ciir In the opinion rxpr.\s-.e 1 bj 1'r. .shl nt MI Klulrj , that we .should no loin-v < m ti Unite in the maintenance of the c "local marine of foreign countries. No one wh i jil'pieclates the fact that \\e ate doing this to the extent of from lyi.MUHKi.iM'O to V-'oo.cno.oni ) annually can doubt the e.\- pedlfiie } of put'ing n slop to this heavy drain , largely taken out of the pockets of American piodticeis to einlch foreign ship owneis. Ittit It Is not this aloit that is to be considered. An A met lean met chant nun hie Is leipilreil in the Inter est of the extension of American coin- meice. It Is also desirable as an anxll- larj to the na\y , as the Hiltlsh HUM chant mailne Is to the navy of ticat ! Hrlt- aln. aln.Is Is the imposition of disci militating du ties the best policy for the attainment of the desired end ? Tills question should lecelve the most seilous consideration. It Is unquestionable that It updated well In our carlj history , but It Is to be re membered that the conditions now aie very diffeicnt from what they weie then. Theie are tieaty obligations at present which did not exist when the Hist congress enacted disci Imlnatlng du ties against foreign ships , it is al.su nee- essaiy to consider whether a restoration of that policy would not Invite letallatlun that might be more or less damaging to our coinineiclal interests. The Impoi lance of this question of building up it merchant inailnu cannot well be overestimated and it ought to iccelvo the earnest attention of tlie pres ent cougrc.ss. , It Is stated that the lU-ltlsh am bassador to the United States , on his re turn to Washington , will lay before Scc- retaiy Sherman important suggestions for incorpoiatlon in tlie new tieaty of arbitration which Is being prepared. It appears that the ambassador , Sir .lulian rauncefote , i.s exceedingly anxious to negotiate tills treaty , being desirous of founding out ills diplomatic career with the consummation of arbitration be tween the two English speaking nations of the woild. It is a highly commendable ambition. It is understood that the administra tion also very strongly desires the con summation of a treaty of arbltiation , so that o far as the question of nego tiating a treaty is coiiceined that would seem to be settled , especially in view of the tact that the Itiitish ambassador Is prepaid ! to make important concessions in order to olniato tlie objections in the senate to the treaty negotiated by the last admlnlstiation. Hut the negotia tion of a tieaty being assmed , what are the chances of its latllication ? No one can say with any degiee of certainty , but it is piolmblc that a new tieaty would encounter les- , opposition than the Olney-Pauncefote convention did. It is an unquestionable tact that some of the votes cast against that treaty weie pioinptcd by peisonal feeling against Mr. Cleveland and hits secietary of state and it is moie than likely that these \otes would be given for the i.ititlcation of a tieat.v negotiated by tlie present administration. Assuming that it would receive the support of all the lepubllcans of tlie senate , the chances of its being latilied would be veiy good. That such a consummation would be highly gr.itilylng to the Intelligent and conservative sentiment of this countiy theie can be no doubt , nor is there any doubt that It would be equally giatifying to the best lUitish sentiment. The dis position manifested by the British gov- etnment in this matter ought to convince all Ameileans of the eainest desire of that government and people to maintain and strengthen friendly relations with the United States , the hritating scolding and criticism at times of English newspapeis to the contraiy notwith standing. Mr. .T. IJ. Kitchen , who likes to see his name In print , tells Secretary Gage that he is elth r a knave or a fool for assert ing that under fiee coinage the bullion value and tlie coinage value arc and must be identical , but the determining factor in evciy coin Is the bullion value. Of course , a gieat financier like Mr. Kitchen can biush this statement aside as the utterance of a knave or a fool , but rational people will agiee witli Secretary - rotary Gage , because hi.s assertion has been proved true by expeiience. Tlie fact that an American standaid siher dollar was worth $1.03 in gold t\\cnly- Ilvo yeais ago shows conclusively that the bullion value is the chief factor in determining the coin value. The law made the silver dollar 100 cents , but when the metal in tlie dollar was worth ; ! cents more the value of the dollar went up with It. If bullion value had no i il lation to the coin value , 101 ! cents worth of silver bullion when coined would have deciuased in value. U cents. In the light of tlie facts it would seem that Seciutary Gage Is neither a knave nor a fool. Europe Is tlneatened with another in vasion of the dteaded Inlluenxa. As tlie last visitation entailed most set Ions ef fects , no wonder the warning Is iccelved with some alarm. The expeilonco gained by medical men a few years ago In the treatment of Influenza ought to enable them to check the severity of the disease if not keep It out entirely. Should it become epidemic In Euiope , we should take every piecautlon to prevent It * Importation to this side of thu At lantic. < I-'ree silver and spoils Is a good enough Morgan to play for fusion In Nebraska , where without the populists the demo crats have not tlie ghost of a show for success , but free sliver Is thrown over board in New York , where It means the lepulslon of lcinocrntic votes that are more attractive than populist suppoi ) . The democratic popllcy of winking thu populists for suckers Is to be piitsued only w here there are enough populists to make it an object. Hepubllcan candidates for the school boatil will be nominated by a separate city convention chosen at separate pri maries. This may bo an expensive pro ceeding , but If it gives us a ticket com posed of repiemulative republicans who do not seek election to the school boaid simply for tlie patronage and spoils , it will bo north whatever It may co3t. TIH. t-sinN PU-IPII. ( "fl T s'nl , . of the llo.ul , \ | > nro\nl li > Tn o \iliiVjiMtMlriillnnn. \ \ inrpiCity Star The Informulun co.ucs from Washington tlmt President MdKI'nk > lias Ri\c Ills ap proval to the iiUtifor selling the Ro\crn- mont's Interest , bi ( he Union 1'aclllc rall- io.\d. Acconllng I * these plans the R0\ern- mcnt Is to rtci.iu , , .1 little more than 50 ( .outs on the dollar fur its claims o\er and .ilicne the aniuuiilcnil > In the Ii.uuls of tliu secretary ofho' titasurj In the toriu of MnUiiK fuml ii.yifieiita to pro * Me for can celling the tlcut. Including tills sinking fund in the cakula'lon , thu government gets dJ cents onUtiulollar. . The approval of thU plan by President McKlnlcy glvis It the Indorsement of two atlmitilstiatious , for It MAS agreed to by the govcinnient ( illlclnls before Mr. Cleve land retired front olllce. With such strong Indorsement it would appear that the plan ought to be carried out without any factious opposition. Certainly the people can depend on its being aa good a bar gain as could bu inuuu tor itieni , since It lias been approved by a democratic president ami a republican president. The executive branrh ot the government lias been forced to bring the matter to a urn- elusion by the failure of congress to pro vide any plans for taking care of the government's Inttrests In the road. There are Just two things to be done : The gov ernment can either foreclose its mortgage and by paying off prior liens take posses sion of the road , or It can sell Its Interests to capitalists who are willing to put up monty to make the company solvent aud to operate the road. A good many people think the situation affords an excellent opportunity for the government to make an experiment In the business of running a railroad. That , of course , would Involve the expendlturo of u good many million dollars to pay the prlot liens or. the road That Is < i matter whlcli should have- been provided for by congress , but since the national lawmakers have failed to agree on any such measure It can hardly bo expected that the president shall as- sumu the responsibility of launching ns un- ceitaln nn experiment os the operation of a railroad by the government. There seems to bo nothing left to do butte to sell the government's ' interests and thus get rid of the matter. Iloth Mr. Cleveland ( when he was president ) and Mr. McKlnlpy ha\o satlstled themselves that the best bargain which the government can make Isle lo accept the proposition of the Fitzgerald reorganization committee to buy the govern ment's Interest for $28,000,000 , and there lane of the 1 I no rraLon to doubt the soundness Judgment of the president and the evprcsl- dent and the attoiney generals of two ad ministrations. They have gonu Into the merits of the cato thoroughly , and with a care augmented by their responsibility to the people. There Is more reason , ithcrefore , for the public to depend on their judgment than to accept the > lew of men either In or out of congress who are opposing the plan , and who want the government to foreclose , Invest many moie millions In the scheme ami omLark In the business of running > railroad. Timely WnrnlnK In KiiriucrM. liostoii Olobe The Nebraska Millers' association has done wisely in warning fho farmers of that state not to put all their trust in wheat next > ear. Something likea cra/q for putting land to whea * seems to prevail In faomc bectloiii ot the state. It Is certain that the wheat acre age of Nebraska' ' will be 40 per cent larger In 189S than for the present > ear , and under the spell of "dollar ivvhoat" many farmers are renting additional land on which to raise a crop the coming soason. In calling the attention of farmers to the fact that existing c-ornlltlons as to wheat are not likely to be duplicated In 1898 , as well as In recalling > to tkelr minds the value , season in and season out , of dlvorstlflen crops , the Nebraska millers have done their state good seivlce. It Is taking great chances to "risk all on wheat. ' The < > riiinn 'Way. 1 ProUilance Journil. ui i The government , the ireat banks at the financial centers the rallwajs , the steam ship lines , ambassadors , consuls , the tiado and technical schools all labor to gether for the development and protection of Germany's foreign commerce Ab at. example of the Intelligence and thorough ness of the efforts made in that direction may be "cited the sending out this jcar of a special economic expedition to China and Japan to study the wants and tastes of the people of those countries and In struct manufacturers at home how best to cany German competition into those markets That is a way of doing btisi- ncbs In comparison with which the methods cmplo > ed in most countries are exceedingly slow and old-fashioned ; and It Is not surpris ing that it has caused a marked expansion of German commerce. CoiKM-riiliifT Section i- . Indianapolis Journal. It Is said an effort will be undo to have the president direct the Treasury depart ment to collect discriminating duties under section 22 of the new itarlff act. notwith standing the opinion of the attorney general nullifying the section. It Is competent for 'the president to do this , and there is prece dent for It. An opinion of the attorney general , though presumably good law , is not binding until It has been alarmed by the courts. A head of department asking for such an opinion may follow It or not , as ho chooses , his action in cither case be ing subject to revision by the courts. The law Is on the statute books , and must bo enforced In some way , but the president may , If he sees nt , adopt a different con struction from that of the attorney gen eral. Hot Kiul of tlie Argument. Sioux City Journal. A populist paper over In Nebraska , a gen uine populist , not a popocrat , arises to the occasion In Its last number and supports Its eauso In an article In which the editor of a neighboring paper Is referred to ns "tho vcaly joung squirt who filters slush and twaddle through the columns" of the afore said neighboring paper , which la furtheo re ferred to as "Ibsued from a little back rat hole somewhere on Main street , " The re mainder of the argument Is In similar strain and doubtless It fairly icpiesents ttue pop- ullbt views In that part of the country. of HIP riill.ulplpltla. If President McKlnley has offered to Spain , through Minister Woodford , the good olllres of the United States In bring ing about a settlement of the Cuban diffi culties It slmplymoans that ho offers that government a uraf.eful and dignified moans of letting gq a dependency which It can no longer hold though It Is probable tint General Woollford did not put the I proposition In precisely that language. Spain Is not likely to accept the offer , but it. at least , shows our good will and pacific disposition In the'1 Mil" III dieHlKht Plncr. JliirfrlA' ' Impress Commissioner Jones of the bureau of In dian afTalis , who nptlong ago called the Sugar trust up with < t rotmd'turn in the matter of the bids for siiKauJfl. < iui ply the Indians , has now caught a blanket contractor furnishing goods that were below the specifications. Com missioner Jones appears to be the kind of a man that the lmU\n | \ ) > urcau has needed for a good many yeaiu. ( llaiiK'TH of riii > lii r Soldier. Mlnnear < elli 'limes. Three thousand militiamen have been on duty at Hazleton for thu purpaso of main taining order among the strikers. The only ; > er-on hurt was a nontenant who was fool- shl ) allowed to handle a loaded we'apou when an Instructor was not present. The 1'lau AVorkH Well. ' I Globe-Democrat Some of the fashionable tailors of London and I'arls A 111 open branch establishments In this country in order to ctcavo the duty on personal baggage worth more than $100. The republican tariff Is getting down to work. Tin' Tall WIIKH the Don. Philadelphia Ilecord. Americans constitute 3 ( > er cent of the population of Hawaii , which , It Is needier lo say. Is hybrid. Only a dog of very mixed -ireed would bo anxious to be wagged by such a comparatively small tall. PHOirnm rv I'oi.vrr.us. Minneapolis Journal The aggregate wheat exports the past week were f.,623 IM against 6.JS0.149 last week. 3tUO,000 the week a > ear ago , 3 tSl rt'U bushels the week In 1S)5 ! ) , 2Ci2uuO bushels the week In ISO I , and 3 190000 bushels the week In 1S03 The situation of the wheat marketf statistically , points to higher prlres The visible supply Increases are far from heavy and European requirements are uotisiully high. The btisl- nosi failures the pist week In this country numbered 237 , as compirod with 2SC last week , and 321 the week In 1ST3. Philadelphia TimesIt Is probable that the J2 ROO.OOO of gold alread > Imported Is but the first Installment of a mm It lugcr Im portatlon Our grain and other food prod ucts continue to go abroad , KunsU Is about to prohibit the exportation of wheat and the new harvHsts are months awi > . The bal ance of trade In our favor must of necessity continue to bo heavy for a good while yet , and with the present supply of returned se curities practically exhausted and a grad ually Increasing confidence In American In vestments future balances In our favor muit necessarily bo largely settled In gold. llnltlmore Sun One of the notable fei- tuics of the money of the ptcsetit nnd the one likely to seriously affect monetary con ditions In the near future Is the astonish ng Increase In the production of gold , as corn * pared with silver , In all the greit mining fields ot the world This Is not because ot any Increased demand for gold over former year * or of decreased demand for sliver , which Is always marketable- abroad , but be cause gold Is being discovered so much faster than silver , the proportion of gold to sliver in the world's coinage material Is constantly Increasing , and gold promises to bo still more plentiful in the future Chicago Post : Heports from nvory blanch ot trade show an activity which already taxes the pioductlvecapacity. . ttallroad earnings , compared with lant yc.ir , have grown at a pace that under normal condi tions would be suggestive of a boom. Ant ! bank clearances , week by week have shown a gain which \vould make the doubling ol last year's returns not nn Impossibility. In the city of New York alone the aggregate clearings for the week come vvllhin 15 poi cent of actually doubling these of the cor responding week In 1S96. Whllo a consld- 01 able proportion of this was duo to the activity In stocks , still It would bo unfair to credit the stock exchange with even a majority of the Increase. A SHAM KUPUIIMC. I The PiMier llrlilml ( he Annexation Mot'liirut In Hii\MiII. Philadelphia lle-cuiil. The announcement comes fiom Honolulu that the senate of Hawaii , whle-h was re cently called In extra session by President I > ole to ratify the treaty of annexation with the United States , has accomplished Its work accoidlng to tho.program. As eoon as congress shall meet In December an effort will bo made to push the treaty through the senate without ilela > . The lit tle oligarchy which exorcises a ptecarious rule over Hawaii is eager to make the ttans- fcr ot thu Island as speedily as possible lest some unfortseen hitch may take pUce In the arrangements. Yet the senate of the United States Is not likely to bo driven into j. ratification of this treaty without taking time to deliberate upon its consequences. There aie some scilous questions i elating to the future government of thc.so Islands , with their forbidding populations , which will have to be considered , and it will be much better to dispose of them before than after annexation. It duo weight shall be given to these questions It may not bo pos sible to secure a majority ot two-thirds of the senate for ratification. The assertion that "tho peeople of Hawaii" desire annexation to the United States is a transpare-ntly false pretense. In the first place , the people of Hawaii have never been -asked whether they desire to be annexed or not. In the next place , there are no "people" In Hawaii In the bcnso in which the term Is applied to the citizens of a free and Independent state. To speak of the "people" of the Hawaiian Islands in a political sense Is a mere ab- .surdlty. The Islands are under the con trol of a very small number of Individuals whoso financial and personal Interests natu rally Incline them to the United States , whence they have sprung. After the over throw of the monarchy , with the assistance of the American minister and a squad ot marines from an American man-of-war , this little oligarchy erected a sham republic which obcjs Its will. To call such a govern ment a republic Ls a mere abuse of lan guage. Venice under the despotic control of the Council of Ten much better deserved the name of a republic , for Venice had a people. It Is true that In outward form the sham republic of Hawaii has been very neatly mcdeled after the United States. It has Its House , Its Senate , its Executive and Its Judiciary , all nicely balanced after the most approved republican pattern , But , with the outward show of a republic. It has no tnlo of the people , no democracy nothing but an oligarchy , which Is the worst of all gov ernments , for under such a. government a fpvv are masters and the rest are slaves. The population of .Hawaii consls's ' of Asl tl < n , who naturally are not permitted to count In a "political state ; of natives , who are too Irdolent and feeble toex themselves about forms of government ; of Portuguese laborers , who are as little fitted for citizenship of a republic and finally of a few Intelligent persons of American and European origin , upon whom devolves the ruling of this motley horde Such Is the land , sunk In barbarism and Asiatic sloth , which some of our statcbmen seek to fasten to the American union ot fret , and enlightened states In oix > er to give plausibility to the transaction they prate of the wonderful fertility of 'Hawaii ' , of Us sugar and rice plantations , ot Its great strategical advantages In the future wars of this country with the real of the world , and of the beautiful simplicity ot Its republican form of government' ' Yet , with all that exaggeration ran urge In fa\or of these Is'ands of the Pacific , they do not possess one element of a clvlll/ed state ; and for this reason they are utterly unfit for any form of political connection with the United States Earth-hunger and jingoism arc the solo Influences which plead for their an nexation. TO piivsn CVV.VUA. Cirent IlrUnln'H AVIHiilrnvriil from the Soul Coiiferenee. St Paul Pioneer ProsB , "To please Canada , " It Is said. Great Drlt- aln has at the last moment decided to with draw from the conference Into which she had agreed to enter for the settlement of the seal queaHon Such withdrawal , the dispatch adds , is "In a'ccordanco with Great Britain's policy of cultivating the friendship of the colonies , even at the expense of offending other powers concerned " In other worde , a blind , stupid , narrow-minded desire on the part of a few Canadians to continue the un- icstrlcted slaughter of the seals Just as though ttiB'o fast disappearing animals were as little liable to extermination as are Can ada's annual snowdrifts Is permitted to out weigh In Great Ilrltaln's policy the Interest of the clvllUeil world , as represented by the United States contending for the preserva tion of the sells It Is permitted to overweigh - weigh , also , whatever desire Great Ilrltuln may have to preserve the friendship of the United States A nation of 7.1,000,000 of people ple Is snubbed In order to curry favor with a fraction only of a colonial ( wpulution of 5,000,000. After Great Urltaln has accepted our fi loudly Invitation to a conference In full knowledge of the fa-ct that Russia and Japan would also bo represented there , "to please Canada" ho backs out , because the partici pation of tbobo nations will , It Is feared , In sure the ascendency In the confcran"a of ldoa favoring the preservation of the reals hot It be so < Let the lirltlsh lion stay out with her Canadian cubs while Russia and Japan arrange with the United States for the protection of the seals The matter has been faltered with long enough , The rejec tion of the proposed conference atthis late day , and the notification received therewith of Great Drlloln's preferences , whatever In terpretation may be put upon the proceeding , cannot bo otherwise construe * ] than an Ju ti- fylng our government In Ignoring Great Brit ain and Canada In any further arrangements to bo made America , HtifisU and Jajian can make the During sea a "mare clausum" 'In fact , whatever the decision of the Paris tri bunal and Japan's accession to such a plan Isn't especially necessary , either Wo have pleaded and coaxed and waited on Great lliltain until all the retourco * of patience are exhausted. If the three powers most Imme diately concerned bball agree upon a. mode of settlement from cxterml ot the clvlllzci take the rcsi decision. INCH Knorniuiii I In the mat end Is not j < mlssloner Ev ; this jear will about $6,000.0' ' 2fi3SSO , and not "appallln statement nbc claims can ha It sroms Hi applications r > they are to conditions mi has reason to honest claims the amount I rood $5 000.00 addition to tl there h an number of m last nix niont applications i month nlone IS.bOO To w tlons mcrltorl Commission Increase to ! general Impn ministration pension policy 1 plication Thi t-y their clnii Istratlon , and opportunity ' supposition , b with a clear r pensatlon hai hostile ttcat whether In doi given to thu \i \ an cpon inn ful cases t l\i I strlckness. T reasonable ii' through vvlilcl have coiihtiani lief who In i feircd to earn i and forego tl The fact t tonlshliiR a re pmplnislrcb th Inatlon. A II questionably c a liberal pslk fing of the n Ins claims up must novel clllclals M VY JOIN Soul ' tloi LONDON , S < made this a ( patches , ot tin Ir.st , that the which will preserve the seals nation It will Imvo the support 1 world , and England will hardly lonslblllty of repudiating their J or * In .Nil m In-r of Ap- illcntloit * rilril. hlrngo Pint tor of pension legislation , the ut apparently , Pension Com- ins finds that the expenditures c'xecod the appropriations by DO. The approprlillon Is $ Ut- whllc the excess Is certainly ig , " as Mr. Evnna sas , his > ut the multiplicity of pending rdly bo icijarded as -assuring i at thorn are about 200000 old lending before HIP buroiu , and be acted upon as rapidly nt \y allow The commissioner think that many of tlu-so arc that ought to bo allowed , but nvolved In thorn will not ox- 0 This Is not an alanntng lie present appropriation , but extraordinary Increase In the jw applicants Whllo In the hs of the fiscal > oar 1S9C the numbered but 15,901) ) , Inonr In ISOC Juno they were- ever hat extent are thrsp appllca- ous and to what fraudulent' ' cr Evans ascribes the sttaime two circumstances. Klmt , the N5 lon that the Cleveland ad- was unfavorable lo a llbo ol cttised thousands to defer ap- i y thought they would lather ices under n irpubllcau ndmln- now they are Improving their rhere may be something In this ut In point of fact no veteran Ight to government aid or com- l any occasion to antldpun ment from Mr. Cleveland ibtful cases the bonoIHhould be government VT to the clnlnunt v&tlon , but It was onlj In doubt- t Mr. Cleveland leiiied tow aid he- second explanation is moie imclj. th.U the hard times i the country has pas'od inn * * ; il many to resort to pension re- lormal times would have pre- a living b ) personal exc-rtlon Mi clilm * upnn the roveinmont hat at this late day so as- ite of Inciuaso can be kept up o need of scrutiny and disci Itu- Iboral pulley tovvirrt thosp un- ntltlcd to pensions Is one thinn y In the sense of cirplrsa stuf- jlls for the 'alto of "politics" ton the government and these bo overlooked by pension unNrn TIT. r SUM SiiltjiM-t \i-Koliii- - \t T\ Kliullslmrj . cpt 27 An announcement was tornoon conlltmlng the dls- Assocated Ptcss of Saturdtj maiqtils of Salibhui ) has not wlthdiawn fiom the IJeiing sea conference but has simply objected to the presence of Russia and Japan Negotiations on the sub ject are proceeding. Croat Ilritaln Is wil ling to takn p.irt In the conference and is endeavoring to secure the acquiescence of Canada. The United States ambassador , Colonel John Hay , and the llrltlsh ambassador to the United States , Sir Julian Pauncefote , vis ited the foreign olllce this afternoon The hitch seems to bo duo to the failure of the marquis of Salisbury's agreement to "a meet ing of experts , " and In whleh Colonel Hay stated that Russian and Japanese representa tive's would be present at the conference. No exception being taken to this , Colonel Hay concluded that the matter was settled until Wednesday last , when un objection was leeched from the llrltlsh hide , it being pointed out that the marquis of Salis bury never contemplated taking part in a conference at which Itussla and Japan wcro repic&cnted , hav ing always contended , as bhowu in his ( lib- patch of May 0 , that thoj have no locus stanal. It is also pointed out that the mir- quid of Salisbuiy's letter ot July 29 dis tinctly sijs that Great Hiltain had agreed to a meeting of Hritish , Canadian and Amer ican expei ts The Japanese minister hero said : "That vvhllo no formal communications have passed between Japan and Tingland , I 1m e discussed the arrangements foi a confer ence with the foreign olllce ofllcHls " It is a curious fact that Colonel Hay's dis patch of July 29 Is omitted from I ho lieting sea blue book just Issued. TII\MCh POIl COMIOMSNCH. Ijiiilioror AVIllliini \ < ! c no Ifil o * ] ttk- ( ( Ipt of tin * Csiirs 'IVI riorum. ST. PETEHSIIURO , Sept. 27. Emperor William , in answer to the dispatch of the llubslan minister ot marine expressing condo lence with the family of the young duke of Mecklenbcrg-Schwerin , who was drowned by the capsizing of torpedo boat No , 20 , oft Cuxshavon , on Wedne&day afternoon , lias telegraphed , saying : "I am deeply touched at the expression of sympathy evinced bv the Russian fleet at the sinking of the torpedo boat. Tho. death of the worthy joung prince In a sad loss to mo and the Gorman navy , I look upon the expression of condolence upon the part of my comrades of the Uutislan navy of this melancholy oc casion as an act of kindly comradeship. ( Signed. ) WILLIAM. " GIjAI > bTOM2 I.NVITHS CD Vll'AHlhO.N. Ili-iiNoii fur AiUlNliii iKTiiorliiK ( hi * I'oiH'rrl of Uif PIMXMM , LONDON , Sept. 27 Replying to the ac cusation of Inconsistency made against him for condemning the so-called concert of the powers , Mr. GUdstono writes : "In 1 SO wo tried to make tliu concert act and wo failed and went on without It Wo thus procured enlarged territory for Montenogio and Tliv- saly for Greece. This Is exactly what I have desired for a mode of action In the cast In these two disgraceful years. Compare the rc- sulta. " Miordljio In rrrni'li Hnrvi-xtN. PARIS , Sept. 27. The ofllclal reports of the harvests of barley and oats for 1897 show that the former will yield 15,542,210 hectolitres , compared with IC.2U.431 In 1S9G , and that the latter will yield f)7,01G,990 , compare'd with 92,033,398 in 1S9G. Ilrlllxli to Occupy KiiNHiiln. ROME , Sept. 27 All arrangements for the cession of Kassala to Great Ilritaln have been completed and everything Is ready for the occupation of that town by British troops. niNcrlinlmillni ; l'rncli Dullcx. WASHINGTON , Sept. 27 , Albion W fourgec- , United States consul at Ilordeaux , uia made a report to the State department on section 22 of the tailft act which would jo a most valuable contribution to the Iteiaturo of the xubjoct had the decision ot ho attorney general not been rendered Ht > shows conrlualvely that the French govern- ncnt has for years practiced , without protest rom foreign nations , a system of dis ci Imlnatlou In the levying of Import taxes hat corresponds very closely with the means supposed to have been embodied In sec- ion 22. .Vnt III Need of Gold. "WASHINGTON , Sept 27 Abslstant Sec retary Vandcrllp toiay received a telegram rom a leading banker In Now York asking upon what terms the government would receive - ceivo a million dollars or more In gold at San Praiielsco , and upon receipt of tele graphic notice of Its deposit , Issue currency against it in Now York Thu assistant sec retary has replied In effect that the government - ment la not In need of gold and therefore will not bo able to make any concessions as to transportation and Insurance In the present Instance , Muitiifiii'torlt'H Illuming I'ull Time , WASHINGTON , Sept 27 First Assistant Postmaster General Heath , who returned to Washington today from a visit to his homo In Muncle , Ind. , reports an exceptional de gree of activity lu the Indiana gas belt , where there are many glass and Iron factories. Ho sajs half of thorn are running both day and night. Ho predicts an early cdranco ( n PIUS\u ( , AM ) oTinm\ISK. The Idiln.iprrg who stole n dilld at Albany , N. Y , were convicted of the crime last week and received the limit of law fourteen yeara In rtnto prison The moat ontorlalnliiK feature of this gay old world at the present moment Is the .Now York Sun re-aiHiiK the New Vork Tribune out of the republican party. "Ihp npvvcst X ray machine needs ono morn attachment to make U perfect U enables the operator to see elixir.tin ough n man , but not to tell what ho Is thinking ; about. 'Iho application of A rival telophon com pany for n franchise In Dubuqtto , la. , caused a tumble of telephone rates fiom $41 ! to $ .10 for bii'lness houses jnd from J30 to J.M for residences. If half the fuss that U being made about the seats that go to make women s cloaks were e-xptnded on the birds that were killed to ornament women's hats , much good might bo accomplished Evident ! ) the recorder of tincltj of At- hnta. Oa , has n kick coining At least ho han given not Ireof liU purpose to refuse limits as bonds for lines Imposed by his court Iho teiordur's ku-k Is reciprocal. Jules Vonie1. the vitoran story teller , ha bun married llfty-llvo sears He' and his charming old wife are among the most prosperous - porous nnd highly considered citizens ot Amiens The author of "Round the World In Eight ) las" Ins ah\a > s ll\enl the quiet est of lives. Colonel Isaac A\ery Whoclor , who died In Atlanta. Ga , a few das ago , was for a long tlmo editor In chief of the Vtlanta Consti tution. Although a devout Methodist and ot a peaceful disposition , ho had fought four duels with men who had cast aspcittlons on his motives Next ) oar the Emperor Viands los ph's Jubl'oo ' Is to bo rolcbratoil In Vlcinit by a gieat Austtlui exhibition The Industrial section Is to oonliast the piesriit st.ilo ot Austrli with tint existing lift ) 5cars , igo , mil to afford an Insight Into the genesis of various brandies of pioduetton. Go-as-ou-plcaso rallioads am not confined lo the south though imSst of the atoilea about thorn ro laid there. A train on the Itangor .V ; 1'lKc.iUquls rotd In Mnlno vv.ia stoppid on tlio nuiikei Hronk trestle not lo.ig since to permit n photugiapljor among the panspngp's to take a pleluio Senator 'Wellington of Mnrjliiul , who re cently retired. Involuntailly , from the man agement of the lopubllrnn party In tint state , Ins a touch of blond of Sir Iiole Roche In his m ko-up. In a firewoll address ho nukes this lonnrkablo statement 'Toi months imt I have listened to all the attack < that have been made upon mo with a di'Tf ear. " PV-MMJ Detroit Journal"She has a strong face. No nun , 1 venture to sa ) , would daio strlko her. " "Not with bale knuckles , at least" Chlcigo Reeord : "Todil , ) our wlfo has a volco Hko velvet. " ' Gracious' ' Don't talk so loud If bho should hoar th.it I would have to got her n lot ot gowns to match It. " Indianapolis Joulnal : "I supinse when ) ou proposed to bet she bald : 'This Is so sudden. ' ' "Not much She said : 'Well , I should think it was about time. ' " Household Words : "Call that a kind man , " s.ild an actor , speaking of an absent aiqiijiiitaneo " , i man who Is nvvaj fiom ! iU famll ) and never sends them a f.nthing ? Call that kindness ? " "Yob , uuiemlttlng kindness , " s > aid the other. Washington 'Star ' : "The theater hit crusade1 Inb added , t lot to the expense of ' managers "In what way ? " "Why , now that the scenery Is In plain bight of the audlcnco It Is necessary to have It of better qualit ) . " Detroit Proc Press. Hop-mlth ought to take his vvifo with him to the Klondike ' "Any s.po < lal reason ? ' "Yes ; I've noticed she always does ths srow sliove'llng at home " Puck. First Farmer "Them foreign o'opa ioem to bo awful short" Second Farmer Yes It seems Jest like a dispensation of Providence. " Judge- Twin Whlrfett U perfectly crazy about llshlng Trlplott He Is a icgular anglormankic. Chicago Tilbuno : Tlio policeman the scoiehcr "Hero1" ho exclaimed , "you bloody Hello , ) ou ride the same make I del You'd better pump up that front tire a lit tle. It's too soft. " Detroit Journal : The second floor front wa furious. "A woman who will serve hash with hair In It , " ho Insisted , "ought to bu hanged ! " "Isn't that rather a severe penaltj for moro tre-M-rossIng ? " faltered the hall bedroom , who could bo as mean us if he wore the parlor downstalis. Cincinnati Enquirer"Last night , " said Mr. Dooce , "I think I made a remark to the effect that I had one of the greatest heads In tlio ward " "Something of the eort , " sold his wife. "Well , this morning I feel fully prepared to say that I was right. " I'M THU hMMV It N ( ; AGO. Prorn Wlint to Knt Do you mind thnt Christmas , Phyllis , Long a o , When I ttnshul your lovely features In the' Know , And you pelted mo ho poundly , And berntoil mo HO roundly , Th.it my boyish spirit rose In grim di-n.irtce , don't you know. And I klsHoil von vvlillc you btruK'jIed In the snow ? Your fnco vvns rod ns hcirlet Then , my de.ii. And your IliHhlni ; ryed betrayed nn Angiv loir ; And we palled at the turning , While your f.ico vms deeply burning llurnlng- with Indignant blushes , Illllnc m * 'with ' hoi rid four That joii novei would forgive me. PhyllK dea- . IJnt I called to you far up the Winding l.mo , ' And you vv.iltoil till 1 reached your SMo .ur.Un , And your eyes wrow soft nnd tender AH I told ) ou , I re-member , Told you of it lnvt I Hvvoro to you could ncvor , never vvnne , And you hultul , mid I hclil you , In thn lane NOW ON EXHIIilTION AT THE PUBLIC U Bit Alt Y IDtli nnd Ilarnoy streets , from 10 u. rn until 10 p. m , Tliu JOHNSON COLLECTION of HHHI CLASS EUltOPEAN PAINTINGS from tlio cahols of the most tllstin uinh * ud nustiim nf tlir jiHSBtit iluy-comprising l'lijit'b ; , IvJiiclicapc' , Jlarlno Vlovrrf , PJowors , I'mlw , lite. ADMITTANCE 25c Siutduy , September 26th , f i0111 2 to 6 p. in. Under tlio auspices of the Western Art Absolution. A fovv of the urtistH rnpresontotl A Tiunburlnl , Plorenee , c Itlnuldl , Florencei Prof. IWettanl , Plnrencn ; A Xoppl Florcnu ! U Oalll. Klorenco , K Tnrrlnl. Ploience P Mail e.inl Florence. I'rof O ' 1'lllr. MunichProf. . P. Grllltrb , Munich , Pi of. Carl Ultz. Munich- II Kotihenieller. Munich , i : Mlicl , Munich ! llnut Muller , Munich , Mariano Ilarb nan Komsi J J ( larate lloinu ; A bcnl , Home , i" ' Korll HOHIB. I. lAiKkow. llcme , prof. Sc rful. Homo'i Alfred Htovenn ParU , Van fcohuten. I'jilll' n. llcllecour. ParU. Victor Ollbeit , I'jrts ; ( l | j.aii. nln. ParU , Paul Hdcriac , ParUj Oeo. IliiiueUe Pur . 13 Illchter. ParU : A. Plot 1'aiU- uirl I lr. Parti , rharlc. I > , nde | c 'partft , 3 Z.m , P.rl ; I * I'erriu t. p rl ; J. ailTbm PartJJ Otto illTlioren , Parti ; I. Japy , 1'arU- H ; Iff- J'SrtAAi0ibrt | - ' 'if' : Jean'lle'rnatia. ParU P. Orolleron , ParU. I.eroy. ParU anl many other * too nuqjtrom to luintlou In in VJ