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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1897)
TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; FRIDAY , OOTOB.1SR 1. 1807 , Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE n. hOSUWATl.lt , Editor. MOHNINO. Dulljr HfO ( Without Sunday ) , One Tear $ M Dally He * nml Sunday , On Year W Hlx Month ! JJ ? Three Month * < J J * Humlny lleo. One Year ' co ( Jfltuniny lice , One Year 1 W Ucrkly Dee , One Year M OKKlCKSt Omaha : The nee llulldlng. . . . . . . m South Omaha : Sinner IMk , Cor. N and Hth St . Council Ilium : 10 1'earl Htrett. Cnlcnico Olllec : 317 Chimber of Commerce. Now York : lloonu 1J , II and 15 , Tribune llldg. VViulilnRtun : Ml Fourteenth Street. COnilKSl'ONDKNCR. All communications relating to news and eillto- rlal matter should be nddrcFted : To the Editor. JJUS1NU8H uTTiilS. All business letters and ronilttanceii should be ftdilremtl to The IJec PulillnlilnH Company , Omaha , Drntti , checks , express and postolllce money orders to bo made pa > oblc to the order ' " CIT ! ! > l"niJEB PUHUSIIINO COMPANY. BTATUMI'NT OlCtllCUf.ATION. . BtBto of Nebrniika , Doiiglafi County , e . ! Qporgc II. Tzschuck , necrctnry of The Ilco rub- Itehlng comiiany , belns Ouly nwurn , rayii that th nctual number of full nnii complete copies or ine Ually , Morning , ivenlnK : nml Binulny Prlnjed flurtng tlie month of AURU t , 1WT , WB us follows ! 1 19,4V ) 17 , . 19,671 t 19,49 15 . 19,404 3 19,43 ! 4 19,370 20 . . " * . ! . 30 1)30 ) C 19,410 " n" . 19.620 7 1BCS3 2J . . 19.GZS 8 19,4(0 9 , li > ,513 . . M . . 19,161 10 19,424 " ' M" 19.C7J . 11 19.849 ' ' SI 19563 . 12 19,929 ' " 2' . 19rOS 13 19.CU " 14 11S5f > 30. . . ! . . . . . 19,463 jli . 19.44J 15. . 19,100 IS 19.GG5 Total , unBolil roplcs a'iiZi' Jucss returnoil and Total net mil Net dally atul Bubscrlbcd In my Bworn to before HIP Vlteictico tills 2d Ony of facplenilier. U 9JIMIj rublic. ( Seal. ) Notary TIII2 III3B ON THAINS. All rnllronil Iic * * t4l " > "ro Hllllllllfll rrltll lillOIIKU IICCK to nci-oniiiioilnl c i-vt-ry IIIIB- iitH tn r nil i IUM-4.H | . < * r. tlIOH ll V- ' " ' " > ' . If - IiiK The lice. Ket 11 lice on train from tlie lip-on nBn t I the Mot , BtntliiB the trnln ami rnllronil < o 41. Olronlntloi. llcc' Thc ' ' l ) < -jiiii * < " ' lice In for Male o n all trains. INSIST OX HAV1.VO THC rcrliaI2d ] IIowcll can l > o Indiicctl to clisiiiKC his mind and rumiiln chairman of the dcinocmlic county committee. 1C you want to tali > a lessuu in A. B. O. reform plcnsu stop up to the bar at Flunk .1. Knspar's bucr dispensary. Nebraska should be creditably repre sented at the Nashville exposition on Nebtaska day , a. week from Friday. And the cry is "Still they come. " The Nortlnve-stem Fire Umlerwilteis have decided to hold tlieh' next annual meet- lug In Omaha. Governor I'ln ieo doubtless took his sudden nnd bt-ctet departure just to find out on his return how much he would be missed in Ills absence. * * The principle of 1C to 1 has a aln been vindicated. Sixteen policemen lisnu boon summailly dibdmified to keep one cs-chlcC of police in a fat job. Ex-Deputy Comphollur Wottllng is to- have a two week > s' vacation iu Novem ber , but it remains to be * een whether lie can be induced to hpiMid his vacation In Omaha. A national convention of cripples is a little out of tlie otdinary and an organ ization of its members into a national association can haidly hope to attain a healthy gum Hi. Governor Pattlson pertinently reminds congress that the government could not have done woi > e and might have done better by ordetlng the Union 1'acillc to foreclosure , as lie recommended ten yeais ago. All the monthly lalhoad reports dis close uniform increases Ineainlngs com- paiod with the btiino period of last year , but the popocrats inslht tliat tlie hub- Btnntliil basis"of profanity Is further away than ever. Dc.splte his notorious unlitness to serve on any police force , Slgwart continues on the police payroll as a leward for political services icmluied the Ilowell- Herdmnn machine during the t-prlng uiunlcipal campaign. The divorce of the Union 1'aelllc rail road and the Westetn Union telegraph haa been postponed to December 151 , which prncMciilly means n reconciliation will bo effected before the decree of separation is cmeu-d. Dr , Fiost has the leputatlon for being rtho most successful yellow fever eradl- cater whose lemedles have yet been tested. Unfortunately , however , unlike other physicians , ho can not bo depended - ponded on to answer a call promptly on notice. Sioux City IIIIH defeated the proposed Brant of live new street lailroad fiuu- chlses which were loaded with the usual promises of Improvements , ox tensions nnd competition. Sioux City's experi ence with Its elevated railroad has not been In vain. Thp second teltearsal of the A. U. O. re form concert troupe has been adveitlsed for the north end. Thu troubadors arc expected to sing new varlalipns on an old melody as follows : , Old dog Tray , always hungry , , Meat could not dilvo him away. Massachusetts ilt'iiioeiats have de clared tl > at they want no political fellow ship with those who do not support the Chicago platform. The piospects ate that they will bo accommodated , but at the cast of u considerable political fel lowship for their opponents. And now Peru Is said to bo discussIng - Ing the discarding of the silver Mttndard and establishing Its coinage system 011 thoxgold basis. The countries that are enjoying the beauties of free ullver evi dently da not appreciate the advantages of which Bryan so delights to tolL SOMK TWA'O.S 17MT"JI 3r The lornl Urynnlto organ prints a list of things tlmt "Just happened" nnd n8kfl whether they arc to be attributed to mere accidents or whether they do nol Indicate the untrustworthlncfts of the republican party. Thu enumeration , however , seems to omit some of the mosl notowoithy things tlmt up to this lime have Imd no other explanation than that they "Just happened , " In 1S9IJ , when Hank Wrecker Mother wnn a rcglstcied guest nt the Douglas county jail nnd occupied commodious quarters set apart for prisoners of means , the Uryanlto organ of rofotm was the medium through which the slick swindler ought sympathy , nld nnd com fort. This , of course , was one of the things that "just happened , " because birds of a feather naturally Hock to gether. During the campaign of 1S9I the local llrynnlte organ ptetondcd to br > supportIng - Ing Silas A. Ilolcomb ns Its candidate for governor , but for ten days before the election It turned over two columns of cdltoilal space to the manageis of the opposing candidate to bo used for the abuse of Ilolcomb. Although the con sideration for this sellout was a paltry ? 75 a day , the only light shed on It by the boodle oigan has been tliat It "just happened. " Up to the summer of tSO. the local Hrynnltc organ had been a atieiiuous opponent to 10 to I free silver coinage , which It had denounced as a lobbory nnd repudiation. It had pioposed n plan for the coinage ot the American ptoduct at the maikct tatlo nnd assorted that no other ratio could be honest. The .sale of ? 1U,0)0 ( ) of worthless stock nt par to the silver bulllonalres' syndicate com pletely changed its convictions and it at once enlisted In the cause of suffering humanity to save the downtrodden people ple from the money power. Tills was merely another of those things that "Just happened. " In .Tune , IS ! ) . " , a ? 100,000 shortage -\\tts disclosed In the city liensuiy , ami the city tteasmer admitted himself to be a defaulter. While the local llrynnlte or gan had during the previous municipal campaign attempted to manuf.ictme political capital by covert rellcetions on Holln's Integilty , It piomptly came out on the day after he had confessed his guilt , proclaiming In huge lettoi.s that Mr. llolln was honest and denying that the taxpayers would lose a C'Mit. The coincidence of the dibcovety of a mem orandum Klip In the city cash drawer representing stolen money loaned by Itolln to the owner of the llryanite organ and the haste of that sheet to come to llolln's defense \\as one of tho.se thing' ! that "just happened. " From the time of the e.xposme of the Hartley enihesc/lemeiiN to his conviction and incarceration in Jail the P.ryanite or gan exerted every effort to shield and excuse him and to cover up the jury bribery anil contipt methods tesorled tote to save the defaulter. Dining the tilal the editor and owner wuie In almost daily confeteiiee with Ilattley , and even after his Imprisonment visited the jail to consult with him. The fact that the owner of the llryanite organ had enioyed loans of money piocured thiougli Bart- ley's favor by way of a bank in which illegal deposits of state money had been made may have had no boating on UK- intimate iclntions between the emlie/sjler and the Uiyanite oig.in , but it war , neveitheless among those things that "just happened. " If the republican patty is to be ar raigned for defalcations that would never have occuired had the populist govetnor done his sworn duty , the ques tion is , Should not thoughtful men hold the leinociatle party responsible for tlie Iliynnlte oigan standing in with all the boodlers , embezzlers and public thieves , irrespective of party , w ho have despoiled and plundered the taxp.iyeis of Ne braska ? MUST HUl'HlhSU MAGIIIXt ! ( J.I.UIiMAtt. When the slot machine oidinnnce was passed inembeis of the council who voted for It claimed that they did not understand Its import and were not aware of the fact that Iho oidinnnce con- ttuvencd the statutes against gambling. Now that tluse councilmen do Know that they had -toted to license gambling and thelt attention has been called to the enormity of the evil , they can offer no valid excuse for lefusing to repeal the ordinance. Inasmuch as Mayor Moores has sent n .special message to the council lecom- mendlng the prompt lepeal of tlie slot machine oidiimnee the lesponslbilily for the continuance of automatic gambling will be sinned by the council with the police commission , Tiiete can be no e.s- cape fioni thu conclusion that the patties interested In the slot machines arc ex erting an Improper influence upon police commission and council. If these au thorities fail to do their duty within reasonable lime citizens who de-'lie to see the laws enforced and u > sj > octod will bo compelled to Invoke the powois of the courlb to suppress slot machine gam bling. ( hV .1 HOLn 7I.LS/.S. The new coinage law of Japan , adopted enily In the piesent year , goes into effect today and tliat umphc on lei s tlie list of gold standaiil countries. Under this act the free coinage of silver Is sus pended and silver coins of ono yen are ; o be gtadually exchanged for gold coins. The coinage ititlo under this law Is fixed at ; J2 ,4 to 1 , which was about the rela tive nmikot value of silver and gold at the tlmo the bill was passed , but there has been a change In the commercial latlo since and It is now about . ' 15 to 1. This , If Itrilmll continue , may necessitate n chitngo In the Japanese coinage act , since gold being undervalued theie will not go Into the country. Thc government of Japan , however , will IInil a way to o\ercomo this dlllleulty , for the financial stand It has taken will of com so bo maintained , even though the cost of transition fjom the silver to the gold basis should bo consldeittbly more than had been counted on when It was de termined to make it. That action was taken after the most careful deliberation nnd as the result of conviction ( hat the gold basis was a necessity to the com mercial welfare of the empire. Careful Investigation demonstrated the fact that Japan could not trade advantageously with gold standard countries whllo she maintained the sliver standard nnd therefore she fell Into line with the great commercial nations of the world. TllK Sl'.UftSH N The resignation of the Spanish cab inet camcs no surprise , having been ex pected at any time since the assassina tion of Canovas , but It commands Inter est ns Involving the possibility of n rad ical change In the political affalis of Spain. Will It be succeeded by another conservative ministry , or will the liberals bo summoned to power ? The prevalent Impiesston appeals to be that Sagastn , the liberal leader and formoily prime minister , will bo called upon by tlie queen regent to form a cabinet and that In- will accept the task. Hut reports of ptobable liberal accession to power ac companied ptovlotis crises nnd It has been ptctly well shown that the queen regent Is not nt all favorable to a liberal cabinet. Possibly the pressure of politi cal conditions and of public sentiment may induce her to now turn to Saga.sta and the liberals , but there can be no doubt that she will do so , If at all , with great reluctance. Her faith and her hope for the young king are In tlie con servatives. That patty , however , ban little claim to the popular confidence. Us management of affairs In the Spanish colonies has not simply been n fnlluie ; it lias been dlsastious. The party has undoubtedly lost strength Hlnee Ihe death of. Its greatest leader , Canovas , and It Is highly probable that n majority of tlie Spanish people would welcome a change fiom Its rule. Whether n llbeial mlnlstiy would greatly Imptove the situation Is a ques tion ; certainly it could not make It wor.se. It would undertake , undoubt edly , the pacification of Ctib.i by offeilng the people there more liberal political conditions , but It would.also be pledged to maintain the war If tlie conditions should not be accepted and In view of the deflated determination of tlie Cubans to accept nothing short of Inde pendence theio Is little leason to doubt that a llbeial goveinmeiit would have to deal with the same state of things that have contionted the eon-oivatlves. Poihnps a forcetil ! argument in tavor ot n liberal ministry may be tound In the pioluble effect on American sentiment. It Is to lie presumed that with S.igasta as pi line minister of Spain , giving as-ur ance of a sinceie pm pose to give the Cubans better goveinmeiit , there would be less disposition In this country to In Ing pressure to bear on Spain. It would M'ry likely silence for n time tin jingo element here , rnrther develop ments in the situation will be awaited with vety gient Intelest. VMJ'KLKCTIUKS. . Ilepubllcan victory In this ycai's elee tions , in the states whole republican vie tory is aeasonabl.v to be expected , will mean the strengthening of linanclal con fidence and the piomotion of pie > pjiity. When times are growing bettor and all classes of piodticers and business men tin , ' participating in the iinpio\ement , theie Is inevitably more or less apathy ! In regatd to political affairs. Ma"ny voters feel that inasmuch as the condi tions to prospeilly are Invorable it is not nci'os-.ary lint they .should concein themselves with politics , while others fool tliat they cannot .spare the time from their glowing business demniuU to inleietst themsehes in political nffalrs. Thus gie.it numbsMs of citizens , chiefly those whose industry and enterpiise contiUnite to the general welf.no , be come derelict In political duty and afford opportunity to the piofe.ssional politi cians , the spoils sockets and tlie dema gogues to achieve place and pown * . There are seveial very Important state elections to be held next month , the 10- sult of which will weigh heavily for or igainst tlie cause of hone.st money and good government. While there does not now appear to bo any reason to doubt that the more impnrtnnt of these elec tions will be eartied by the supportcis ) f lepubllcan principles , tlie fact must 10 loeognlyod that the toicos opposed to these piinciples nto active nnd are em ploying the same appeals to class pieju- dlco which they used moro or loss ef fectively in last .voai's campaign. This is being done in Ohio , Iowa and el.-o- wheie , with how much effect cannot now lie determined , but it will not do 'or those wheeled against tlio doctrines of the Chicago plattoim to assume that theio is no fin tlier danger fiom such up > oals , or that the fotces which snppoited .hat platform are no longer formidable. We confidently believe that they aie weaker than a year ago , but they aio still showing considerable strength nnd the suppoi tors of honest money can nowhere - where afford to be overconfident or to lelax political eftort. An endorsement of republican prlnl-I- des this year In those states which exeit the gi on test influence upon national poll- tics would have a poweiful effect ad verse to the free silver cause , which would be felt in Iho congtesslonal OPC- ! .lons of next jear very greatly to the advantage of the Round money cause. In the meanwhile it would steady nnd strengthen financial confidence. Un- loublodly the silver Issue will lie p-ira mount In the congressional contests of 1SSS ) , but there will bo less to fear from it If it shall suffer n decisive defeat in the moie important stales where It Is to tlio fete this year. On the other hand the success of the free silver party In any of thcso slates , or what would be almost the same thing , Its defeat by a narrow majority , would piodueo a inoie or less unsettled -.ellng which could not fall to have the effect of at least lotnrd- Ing the retiitn of piosperlty. The Industrial and business situation Is the most ptosperous In five yeais Financial confidence Is stionger than nt any previous time since ISSIU , Itepub- llcan victories this year which will attest the satisfaction of the people with the triumph of republican principles In 180(1 ( and their determination to maintain the cause of sound money will do a very gteat deal for the restoration nnd ex pansion of piospetlly. According to nn eminent authority , Im pure milk Is responsible for the extin guishment of thousands of Innocent In fant lives each year. A 5rusado upon defective cows Is therefore In order. Though llimtirlias declared that It If the gold sjgifl | ird that kills , It seem ; tlmt where the gold standard kills It * hundreds bad milk kills Its thousands , llrynn should change his battlccry. l-'rce - and unadulterated milk without waiting fof-tlp | ) aid or consent of any cow on earth yliould be his motto nnd the war shjTiild be iclentlessly waged " * until the last"cousplrator against the purity of the' lilcteal fluid Isfotced from the field bef oVo'/ho ' / triumph of the white beverage. The declsfim-t > f n Judge of the United States circuit i-ourt for the district of Indiana that deputy United States mar shals have no civil service tenure of of fice , but must vacate with the expira tion of the tin in of their principal. Is likely to be regarded with nppielienslon by several deputy marshals In west inn dislilcts who have boon hanging on uvi'i the change In mlmlntsliatlon under the Idea that they had good behavior jobs. Omaha Is < mtltled to a material reduc tion In Hie Insmanco rates. Some con cessions have already been made In spe cial cases add favored patrons have been booked for reasonable premiums , but what is really demanded is n gen- mill lowering of lales lu which all owners of Insured pioperly will shate necotdtng to the risk assumed by the companies , The Navy department expects to ask congiess for live new ducks , which me said to be necossaty tor the nceommodti lion of I'liclo Sam's war vessels , As none of them aie located at either Chicago , St. l.ouls or Omaha , wo lear prnhle schooneis will Inno to put up for repairs at the wagon makeis In the future as In the past. A Muli- 1 fin * Other OUU-x. "Milwaukee Sintlnol , It Is not cheap asphalt but economical asphalt that Oniaba seeks to got. This is exactly \\hat other cities should make It tlielr object to secure > Inrri-itxlnu * tinSiii | ] y. Ixjulixlllo Courier lourn.il It ! s salil that n Missouri man whoso brains were knocked out Is recording. Ami jet the elherltra si'om to think that they are limited to a Nebraska mun for their presidential candidate In 1900. V ilniiKriiiit Nation. Illill.TlKlpnlls .Kill Ml ll 1 he report that Spain Is prepirliiR to send a fleet to Cuba to threaten the United States Is not alarming. Spain has a few war ves sels ami might shell some of our cities should they get bulllcleiitly near , but Spain Is bankrupt , ami It Is a wornout nation of day before -.tstciday. It could not bor row $1,000,000 for the purpose ot making \\ar upon thib country.1 Ml til mill SuolliliiK- . K ui 1'ranelsco Clnonlclo When thp 9orre pondence between the United States and Spain reaches the pub lic It will ptnbaby | be seen thu this govern ment has merely 'runowcd the Olnej offer of filendly mcdlitlon and that If It Ins ouchcd upon a moro positive polity It 1ft * done so In the vague-it and most emollient terirs Certainly no bullying hai been ccn attempted. Nothing of the hort would be justified , /-i ' * * - A no tin- " To n < n 1 rn o y. " NcjvjYoiK .Sun . A Cleveland dispatch sajs that the wages of 400 emplojes of William Tel of Youngstown - town , were ralscjl 10 j > er cpnt yesterda > . AdcoFdlnfe $ ti > ijrHpn. Horace LcdYilitaB1 Chap man , the dcmoJratlc canJltlito for gov- cinor of Ohio , there are "millions of Idle" men about and "wages In almost every branch of industry have been i educed from 10 to 25 per cent. " Why , then , has tills man Ted raised wages when there are mil lions of the idle' Clearly he Is a member of a. republican conspiracy to discomfit the Bloomy Horace Leoiildas. lift rr > ill ill (2rp < * < > i' . I'ti'liilelplila ' I're s. The ignominious pesce forced on Greece natumlly hails many Greeks to prefer death in actual waifaio to life under the ensla\cd conditions of the convention of the povvcis. Wihat gratification the European govern ments cn take in their work it Is Impos sible to see , while of all England's position is the most despicable Self-interest Is en throned nnd It needs no Morley to suggest by Innuendo tliat the principles of Machlav- clli are revered 3S the highest statecraft by the diplomats of Europe today. Wiittprnnn ViMitiiri" * tin Opinion. I iulsvllle CourieiJournal. . Mr , IJryan Is tiot a democrat He never was a democrat He is at this moment leadIng - Ing a fuilon of populists , republicans and sllvcritcfj In his own state of Nebraska. L'ke ' the wasp , he was bigger when he was hatched than I'O will ever be again , , He had his chrnco last year and lost It. He has no chance whatever foi 1900. What Intelligent , sensible man , free , when the time is ilpe , to pick and choose as ho pleases would be willing three yeais ahead of time to tic himself to the ambitions of this dis credited politician ? As a presidential quan tity Mr. Drvan is as dead as his own issue of IC-to-l-oi-bust which , in turn , Is as dead as the Institution of Aft lean slnveiy. Troulilo 13iinilli Without Viiiirxiillon. IMilladcIpltla Hecortl The people of the United Slates nro now in the enjoyment of oveiy advantage which the annexation of Hawaii could confer upon them , without any of its burdens. Trndu between the two countries has long been fiec ; and annexation could not add an } thing to this advantage. I3ut from the moment of the pcsseasion of those Islands they would become a heavy burden upon the American people for the government of their stiangely mixed populations , for Heels and foitlflca- tlons under pretense o ! strategical neces sity. for rivers and harbors , and for costly public buildings. Thc fuilher removed from public scrutiny the greater would bo the extravagance , waste and corruption of these expenditures , H Is the Kcent of this enor mous spoil alone which has Induced the little oligarchy In Honolulu to turn over the Islands and their populations to this govern ment. , Till ! COUH'l'S A\J 'I'll 13 1M30I'M : . .SlKilll < * niici' of Si'vi-ral Iti'cciil Do- 1I- I'l'niu-rH fr'iiiu tin * lli'iiuh. HI Iritis Olobc-Uemocrut. Several decisions iavo been rendered re cently which Bhflvr the falsity of the charge made by reckless persons that the courts are against the people and in favor of the "plutocracy " A fovv days ago Judge r * - ti-r of the Unltpd States court for the dis trict of Kansas decided that the Kansas City Llvo Stock1 exchange was a combina tion In restraint' of 'Interstate commerce and a violation of tltat UiXv. and that It also Is a trust and comes itn .conflict with the anti trust act of 1S90. A case has been brought against the SouUi Omaha Uvo Stock ex change by the United States , which will doubtless Involve the same points or many of thorn that vvero touched In the Kansas City suit , ami the decision Is likely to bo the same. A fovv inontha ago the supreme court decided that railroad pooling was also In conflict with the anti-trust law , and this sort of combination lias been rendered Il legal , A state court , too , has just come to the defense of popular rights , ivvhlch were sup posed to bo assailed , In another direction. A Judge of a Wisconsin court , who was a candidate for re-olettlon , v\as criticised se verely by a local paper for some of his actions on the bench. The judge had the editor of the paper brought up for con tempt , adjudged him guilty and sentenced him to thirty days' Imprisonment. Tlio edi tor appealed to the supreme court of the state , and that tribunal decided that the Judge exceeded his ponern and he was pro- hlbltod from further proceedings In the case. "It must be a grievous and mighty nocfMltr which will Justify so nrbltrAry a procPcdlnR whereby ft candidate ( or omco becomes the aoctmer , Judge nml Jury , nml may within a few hours summarily punish hla critic by Imprisonment , " said the supreme premo court. The result of such doc trine U that all unfavorable criticism of n sitting judge's tttst official conduct can be at oneo stopped by the Jndgo himself , or It not stopped can bo punished by Imprison ment. If there cnn bo any moro effectual way to gag the press nnd subvert freedom of speech wr do not know where to find It. " These decisions show that popular right * * are endangered neither by the encroachments of trusts or combinations nor by the arbitrary action of men who Interpret or admlQlster laws The decisions of the federal courts have given < i scope to the anti-trust law which very fovv persons Imagined It had when enacted. Some combinations calling themselves boards of trade or chambers ol commerce , though , of course not all of them , may bo hit by Judge roster's decision If It Is sustained by the supreme court. Uoycotts and black lists have been assillcd by the rourts , too , In several Instances. In the Wisconsin cnso n power which was claimed by a Judge for all courts has been sot aside by the higher court , and no such exercise of authority Is likely to bo attempted In that state again by a judge In the near future. Popular rights are defended and not menaced by tlu > courts Reasonable persons are wtlsflod on this point The "govern ment by Injunction" pretense , under cover of which the courts are Indlscrlmmlnati-lv assailed , will , when examined , also be found to bo a wise exorcise of power. AN vut'M ) VMM : or < ! tun. Tro.-lMil4 * , li'iili'lllH'iil DccllliOH nl ( In * Vi-llo-H Mrlal. \\'OH ilngton Stnr The Treamry department Is kept rather busy these dajs iodising offers of gold that are made to It fiom various nuiirters. Hero Is another sign of the prosperity that has como Upon the land The nhumlinco of gold In the heasury means that there Is a pletitv ut that oit of money In the centers of International exchange When there Is a lack of gold in these places the treasury Is talded and the gold Hews out Thc dc- mauu for gold comes from foreign traders and is raubod by the fact that the balance of trade Is In favor of foreign countries. The bnliroo of trade belongs to the country that sells more goods than It bti > s Such Is now the case with the United States Its goods are flowing Into Europe and other consuming srctlona ot the world at a rate that has com pletely teversed the tiado conditions thai prevailed for three > ears and upward This Is an era ot selling rather than bujlng In this country , so far as the rest of the world Is concerned. Hence the abundance , of gold hero , for It has poured In to bilanco the Intel national exchanges , which have been In our favor for some months Tlio selling nation Is the prosperous nation Internally the maiket Is on the rise Internationally the advantage Is all v.lth this country , and that advantage affects every Industry in the country , and the fanners along with all other clabses. TIII3 CVllPVIUN lM3IIH Vi-.lt V. ( ilobc-Democrat : Nebraska should ictuin to tl'e republican fold It belongs there historically. In point of prosperity and on the strength of general Intelligence. lulfalt ! > UYPICBS Nebraska republicans have filed a protest with the secretary of state against the useot the mine "Silver lU'publlcans" to debigrato the bolters from the part > The piottst is well grounded. No Hllvcrlto has anj right to the name of re publican Minneapolis Journal. Drjan is not pleased with the fact that the gold democrats in Ne braska have put a ticket in the field Ho lias btcn boasting of his ability to carry Nc- bMbka this fall b > a big majorltv , but this irovement of the gold democrat's Is s > ure to command a good vote and spoil his plans Nebraska will probably go lepubllcan this fall. Calamity howling doesn't "go" there as , it used to Initial apolls Journal : The republicans of Nebraska have filed a protCht with the sec- relary of state against the so-called silver republicans being pel milled to have a place on the state ticket on the ground that the new election law prohibits any new paity [ loin taking any ptrt of an old parly's name The silver wpublicans , as they call them selves , are the original paity , rel > Ing upon Iec'aratlon3 in state lepubllcan platforms In laver of the free coinage of silver. AM ) The gcneial tendency ot politicians in Now York is to lay Low. Ono of Yale's foot ball team varies his training by preaching In a subuiban town every Sunday. The subuib of Westport , the original Kan sas City , having conti acted more debts than it could pay , .cheerfully voted to unload and unlto with Kansas City. A Now York syndicate with money to jtirn las contracted to purchase the gas vvoiks at iHuffalo and Detroit. The former will be floated with $11,000,000 capital and the latter with $14.000,000. It was "Pat" Folcy wlien he worked at Ills tiade as a oarpeiiter. It Is Slgnor Toll ; iovv that he Is on a vls.lt to his old liomi1 in Hartford , Conn , with a record as "tho world-renowned basso" back of him. President is bald to bo moro ntimato with Alger , McKenna and Long nan with any members of his cabinet I'hebc three men are oftenest at the White louse and almost always linger after cabinet m ° etlngs to talk with the president. 'Ihoso unfortunate piehuntcr.s who are unable to see General Prosperity can e\- ract some consolation from the fact that California has a latgo suiplus crop of mines , on which their orders will be lonored. Thomas W Durton , a Wisconsin farmer , who was a federal scout In the civil war , once lay within twenfy feet of General Hob- ort I ) Leo and tried for five minutes to make up his mind to shoot the great soldier. The Iced scored too much like murder however , and the geneial's life was spared , llurton. low trcabiires a letter in which Leo thanks ilm. Silver mining In 'Montana ' Is not as un- irofltable as tlio polltlciana Imagine The Anaconda company , with mines at llutto oml reduction woiks at Anaconda , did a busl- IOBS of $17,2C7,77C last year , of which sum 10,000,000 was icallzed from silver , the ro- nalmler from copper and gold. The profits of the company weio consldeiably over 20 per cent on Its capital. The destruction of the famous palisades of the "Hhlno of Amoilca , " as the Hudson liver has been fitly named , goes on with undlmlnlshed zeal. Last Saturday la liugp blast of dynamlto demolished the historic "Washington Head , " about a mlle above KOI t Lre. Public spirit that permits such destruction must be at a low ebb , The attorney general of Now York has con. Etrued the convict labor law HO that all supplies for the state militia , Including uni forms , clothing arms and other efjulp- ment , will bo made by tbo InmatcH of slate prisons Now trouble begins , Militia tailois are already Kicking voclferouwly and some of the swell regiments threaten to woo death rather than prison made goods Mat or IlRirlson of Chicago has notified over /ealous memt rs of the pollco foico that When they arrest a person and char- actcilze ihlm as a thief , a "vag" or an associate of thieves they must provo the charge. Falling to do so , the offender will bo dismissed from the force. The proposed refoim Indicates a departure from the prevalent notion that citizens have no rights a policeman Is bound to respect. Kngland has just discovered tlmt sweet corn Is a delicious vegetable ami that corn stalks make good fodder for cattle The London Standard lays down correct prlnclp'os In recommending it : "Thero Is no help for jou ; you must take it ui > with your fingers anil blto the corn from the cob ; to attempt to cut It off with a knife spoils It It Is an American dlch , am ) Americans know what Is good. We have much to thank thorn for in that way " The only thing tbat the king of Slam and his sulto find disagreeable In their travels thtough Europe is the necessity of early rising , which is Imposed by the programs arranged for their entertainment. Getting up early Is not a Siamese custom , At the court In Bangkok , especially , life is almost nocturnal Even in their European Journey- ings the king and the princes , except after some specially fatiguing day rot sightseeing , work , talk , smoke and drink tea till an early hour In the morning. Generally they do not go to bed till 3 o'clock. Their dislike to getting up at 9 la therefore explicable. HEADING QffirUE BRITISH Russia's ' Fine llnnd is Apparent in the Eastern Troubles. CZAR READY TO ASSIST AFGHANISTAN > < * Kntlntliin I'm ill ti irwith Other t'niititrlc * to Slop niiisllih AKK * e - "liiii In Africa nml ( ho rnt-lllr from St. IVter 1'AUIS. Sept. 30. A dispatch to the I'olltlmjo Colonial from St. Petersburg savs the Afghan mlsnioii to Russia has returned homo , bearing the promise of Russian sup port in the event of Great Hrltaln cnroach- nig upon tlio nmcer's territory. Continu ing , tlio dlapatrh says that negotiations be tween Hussla atul Abyssinia continue with the object of establishing n league to oppose the llrltish advance In Africa , nnJ It U ailded that Hussla Is about to reach an under standing with the Unlteil States with the view of arresting the extension of the llrltish empire in the 1'aclflc. rimi'siMiiJonTi'ivij A i.ovv. \Vlll MnUr nil UlTnrt < < > 'I'ujOIT ' ( lu > .tniiiiiicnf ( 'Inlni. LONDON , Sept 30 The Times this morn ing publishes a long letter on the financial situation In China. Among other things tlio wtlter eajs the fiesh fall In alhcr has wiped out tlio margin for h > pothecatlon which remained out of customs revenues Continuing , the letter sa > s : "China Is raising a new loan In order to pay the balance ot the Japanese Indemnity before 1S98. as thereby the treasuiy profits to the extent of 2.7GO.OOO yen can bo bcoured nsldo from the Japanese evacuation of Wol-Hal-Wel. China Is negotiating not only with Kngllsh and Herman banks , but with the United States consul general , who represents u powerful American syndicate Including J. i'lerpont Morgan nnd several minor financiers , plavlng oft emi against the other. The fact that the Hooley syndicate Higned a prellmlnaiy eontraet need not betaken taken ns conclusho that theio is any In tention to ralso 16,000,000 jen In thai quarter. As , i matter of fact , at the date ol writing , Shong is still receiving overttnce from the Americans nnd has been leculvlng inom cvei since the signing of the prelim inary contiact. " r.VI ) CVMlMKiN AC VIJ.sT' MO1IMAMIS. Chiefs Will IIo Hunt 11 } KliitMl for the Trouble Tlit-y Vm | | | . . SIMLA , Sept. 30 The campaign against the Mohmands has been Miicessfully con , eluded and nothing now iciualns but to col lect the fines The upper Mohmands ha\u boon severely punished and the lower Moh mands , cowed by the success of the Urltlsh troops , are accepting the terms of thu Hi It- Ish commanders Haiders arc looting In the vicinity of Hnngu Insurgent tribesmen attacked Saclda jesterdav , but weic enslly icpulsed All the English women ha\e been icmovcd to places of safety In the Kurium valley Nothing ( it Hit lull Wnlt. LONDON , Sept. 30. Senator Wolcott has arrhcd here from Paris. In answer to a question on the subject the monetary com missioner said ho was merely waiting for the answer of the Uritlsh government , which he hoped would bo favorable to the prop ositions ot the commission. l'\-Vlco Pres ident Adlal 12. Stevenson , who Is also a member of the commission , is expected In Lon dull on Monday next. ( I'lii-rnl * | III 'N Co m tinIlni'K. . SOUTHAMPTON , Sept. 30 The steamer St. Louis , which leaves this port on Satur day next for New York , will take among Us passengers Oencr.il Nelson A Miles and Mis. Miles , Ilannis Taylor , former United States minister nt Madrid , Mrs. Lei xnd ! > tanfoid and Mr. and Mrs. Cliailcs T. Ycrkcs of Chi cago. DOI'M Xot l'ii > tn Criticise litiMriir. HCRLIN , Sept. 30. Criminal piocecdlngs have been commenced against the Frankfurt Zeltung , on the charge of lese majcstc for criticising 'the ' alleged erratic couibo of Bm- peior William. MM. 13 IN IS .NOT A OM II > XTK. Su > tic lliifN Not Desire tu Co to < ln > United S < nt > N S.Minle. COLUMDUS , O. , Sept. 30 John U McLean , his neatest frlendb declare , is not a candidate for the United States senate Mr. McLean has Just had a scciet conference with the state committee and his ft lends baj ho t > poke as follow b : "I am not a candidate for the United States senate. I am merely a good democrat and wish to see the democratic btate and legisla tive tickets successful. In the o\ent that the legislature Is dcmociatlc I hope In see some good democrat elected to represent the state in the United States senate I liulleve Gen eral A. J Wat nor is a good man foi this place. For that matter , there are half a dozen other men In the state who are as well Knonn nnJ as able ns Ocneril Warner I would bo glad to see any of them elected " CINCINNATI , Sept. 30 A special from Columbus , O , says General A J. Warner of Marietta , In an Interview published here today , formally announces his candidacy ( or the United States henato at the hands of thu Ohio legislature to be elected this fall , IIo pledges his whole tlmo and continuous effort fiom this time forth for the election of a democratic legislature to this end Alien O Meyers says1 "Warner told mo last night that If the state democratic ticket were biicccbsful this fall ho would bo ni can didate for the senate. " Meyers Is manager for the lltcratuie bureau. ijii > ioATi ; A coiiiii : * niiii.iuvr * . SriTMnry AVIlNiin Will ! > ell\er 1111 Ail- ilrcNN nt a Colored .School. TUSKncni : . Ala. , Sept SO lion James Wllfion , secretary of agriculture , will deliver an address here November 17 , at the formal opening of a new building of the Tuskegeo Normal and Industrial Institute , to bo de voted to training in agriculture , horticulture , dallying , etc This Is the nr.-it building In the ncgio schools to bo devoted to such purposes and It means much , as 85 per edit of the nc- gioes In the gulf states depend upon agricul ture In Rome foim for their Ihlng. The mov ing spirit In the Institute IB Hooker T Wash ington , who fouided It , and the now structure If , the result of the foresight and guncioslty of Morris K Jcsup of New York , lr J L M. Cuiry of the Slater fund board of trustees cind others roini\Tio > or .M3\v iTi7\M > .snv. Itiiinor Hint Ciilf HUH Iliol.en Into I Ins , , | | ml ll.ixln. PHOBNIX , Ariz. , Sept. 30. A dispatch from Tucson says that passengers who came In on the belated California train state the caiifeo of the delay was Hoods In the Ballon Imsln. It was the rumored belief that the waters of the Gulf of California had broken over the sand bar which separates the gulf from the basin. If this should provo to bo true , southern California will have the largest Inland &oi on the continent , In some places moro than 200 feet deep , and Arizona people would como up through the gulf to a point opposite Yuina to a port of the Inland sea. In the meantime many milts of the Southern I'aclllc would bo Hub- merged. HeetM ( < r tvt III Nrtv Mrxli'o , SANTA FB. N. M. . Sept. 30. Superin tendent II. 8. Day of the Santa Fo Water company haa received from the Agricultural college at .Las Crucio the first analysis of sugar beet's produced In the Santa Ko volley - loy , showing IG'/i per cent saccharine mat ter. Ho finds by actual weights and measurements that fifteen tons of sugar beets per aero can bo produced liero with Intense fertilization , while the overage yield , la ten tons per aero. Extensive experiments In beet culture are alto being made In Espanola vallejr. Miitio\fl n t.Hrwo Hull for Amer ican 1'rniliiclN , ChUnw 1'ost The significant features of the trade Im provement for the last week arc the markiul d\.inccs In the Iron , steel and wool lt > . dustrles. Indeed , the Increased activity In the Iron and steel market may bo said to have reached the proportions ot a genuine boom. Some branches of the Industry AM clearly no longer able to keep up with the orders , while others arv very fully employed for some months ahead. The nctuil sales ot southern pig at lllrmlngham aggregate 10- 000 tons , whllo thorn has also" been heavy bujlng In Itewmor pig. The fact that the manufacturers of structural iron work nro far behind orders and that the tin plate mills are hindered br failure to get sheet bars dolhcn-d fast enough Indicate great Increase In building actMty. The reported'sales of wool arc moro than double thcnc ot the nioit prosperous > eaM. The actl\o demand niturally enhance ! priors nnd many manufnctuicrs who ha\o large stock on hand will wait for a lower market. With such Industrial barometers as these exhibiting n rising tendency It Is lm- posilble to extract anything of a pessimistic nature from the Industrlal lltiation. The only Octet rent "Influenco In the ad vanced operations In merfih&ndlslng Is tha yellow fe\er quarantine , which iffo tsonly the wholesale business In thd region cm- baiced by the Oulf slates. Chicago con tinues to bo the center of Improvement In this line , the aggregate silos for the week being larger thin for many years The merchandise exports from New York III three weeks of September have been 1R.3 per cent o\er list J ear's and Imports 13,7 per cent less If this ratio Is kept up for the entile inonUi It would result In net ex ports of JM.000,000 In merchandise AVhcat gained a fraction for the week. whllo Atlantic exports for three weeks have been 12.I1S1S1 bushels , against 0.1J1.743 for the same period last 5 ear With gold Im ports setting In from Hngland and Prance. to piv ttade balances In our favor and the phenomenal Incicaso of C0.fi per cent In Innk clearings In elghtseen elites , It U not possible to see an > thing but the most enroll ! aging conditions In the trailo out look. It Is even predicted that the August tindo balance of $12,000.000 In our favor will bo exceeded In September. iMUvrnu nun vines. Chicago Hccord : "What on air of well- bred rcpo o jouni ; Now rich has. " "Yes , but ho was niturnllj lay to begin w 1th. " Indi'impolls Journal Pl'mal Kind ft lend , could jou tw\ra a penny for a poor man ? Kind Friend I think If sou will wait a minute 1 ma > bo able to Eft a copper for jou. Chlrago Post"I will admit tint In soma wnjs a tandem Is all right , " she said , "but when It comes to couil-dilp 1 should think it would be mlghtly aggivnallng to ha\o a man talking to jour Inck hair. " Cleveland Louder * "I saw jou looking at a folding bed jpstctday. Uo jou think of mov ing Into n flat ? " "No Mv tlch uncle , who hrs undo mo hll principal heir , Is coming tolslt Uu " Somenlllo Journal : No debating poddy has ever jet dared to tickle the ciuc'tlonl "Which Is the best miKe of blcjclo ? " Other wise It would be In cession jet. Washington Star * "It nils m < > with envy , " remarked the man who wants an appoint ment , "to see that school boy trudging to hla studies " "You long for the pastimes of jouth ? " "No 1 don't care for thorn Hut I'd Ilka to be able to rwa a chil setvlco examination as well as he could " Washington Star : "When a mm tr'cs to , 'ass foil whut ho ain't , " sild Uncle 12bon , "he's jos' like a { > us"on dat gits Inter some body el&c'i ; clGthcs Dey may be mighty liamlsomo , but Hain't likely bo kin make 'em nt. " Atchlson Globe * According to the advinoo sheets of fashion , a wonnn's hit will n"t " 10 on straight this winter unlo's It Is crooked. Cincinnati nnnulrer * "You knrw " Mid the steady Inafer "that I have never bi-trived anjthlng vou told me" "Hxarlly"aid the editor "Well. I want to know hnw vou emild publish a portrait of Ilio girl who snubbed the rilnce on the iamo div tint tlm n'de ' d'a- ' ( ) .itch came You know \ory well that the dispatch didn't come until about tui minutes before the piper was clostcl " "O " fald the editor , "the lad\ sent us the picture thre weeks In advance. " THAT APFAIll IN Till : KMYIIRIl. ripvelnnil 1'liln lcnli > i Mad Millah on a sunimeiV ? day , To the Khjbor took his way , And when J Hull ctmc ildlni ; bj * IIo up and smote him In the eve Of all had words of tongue or pen The baddrat were tliuso that John Bild thctv- oc'i 0111:11. Will T II ilc In Tlmtx UernM When come October days , The gray solemnity of autumn lends Iho sadness of a tale that t-adly ends ; The do\p'H call In thu softer for the tone Tliat hints of old regrets and hearts alone ; Tincricket's dinning rises like the gong That Koundn from some retreating fairy throng ; Across tlio bills there hangs an n7iiro haze , As Homo vast v\eb in prehlslotlc days , As though the world , too , heaves a sob anij sighWhen When CODIJ October dajs. When come October days , The mils drop to the splashing pools vvhcro trout Napoleons of their sphercg the minnows lout ; The wagons in the orchards go and como , Where chlldrrn'H vohes mellow to a hum ; Thu Ik'iliH of nun nml .s'l.'ulow lie IIKu stales Upon the road tbat Luwlo on tlirou h the vales ; The leaves fall hiding deeper from our view Tlio forms , ind faces of tlie ones wo knew ; And wo ri'llett wr'ia nearer In the tlmo When hearth Khali feel no tlillln as of tlia rimeWhen When como October days. MMV ON KxiunrnoN AT THU IDth nnd Il.u'tioy btieutw , from 10 u , in , until 10 p m , Tlio JOHNSON COU.UCTIO.N of HKill CLASS IUI < OP1JAJ PAINTJNOS frniu tlio ansols of tlm most jcl innslurH of the pii'hunl dny eon 'In'iird ! , , l/iiKbuupc'x , Mailnu Vlunw , 1 lowuu , 1'iults , otu , ADA1ITTANCH 2na Sunday , September 2f tli , E ? - . from 2 to 6 p. in , JT I LJntlor tlio nusIcos | ) of tlio Western Art Assoolution. A. fovv of the nrliBts i | ) i n < utod A lamburlnl , Flurencc , U l.lnaldl , Flormcej I'rof I. bttrlfunl I'lurnui , Aupj'l ' , 1'lurincc ; [ J Oalll , I'lurtnt-fl , 13 'Jorrlnl , 1'lorence , 1' , Ma * . < anl rlurcncc , I'rof O 1'IIU. Munich , I'rof , I' . Urtllcb , Munich , I'rof Curl Jill/ , Munich , U , II Kotclienreltrr Munich , K Mitel , Munich ; irnai Mulkr , Muni h , M.-irliuio llarb.nun , Home ) i J ( Juiato llnii.t , A htnl , Hume , K , furll , Homo. I * I. ml. < m I' nine , 1'iof Scaffal , Jtoiiin ; Alfred hlevcnx I ail * . V'uii frliutcn , I'jMU ; U in ] ! ( , llicour. I'urls Viuur Ollbert I'.itlJi , O J uti. n In 1'nrls , 1'aul hdhnuc , 1'arla , den llaquettt : , r.irl , I ! Hlcliur 1'nrli. A I 'lot , I'uiU , 1-ulsl I olr , I'arb. Charles I.onflcllp , 1'urlit f.iiJBl Vim , J'.rK , I * 1'crr-u t , ! rt , J. a 1 1 > t I'arl , Otlu ile 'lliorcn 1'ciln , 1 < Ju | > y I'Hrln ; A HlB- borw , I'arU : A OUbrrt , I'urln , Jean llnrnuud , 1'arli , 1' . Urelltron , i'arl , l.eroy I , irln , and many others lee numerouv tu lutiulou in an ad * vrtl < tmcnt.