TITT ! OMAHA DAILY HTSlfl : SATURDAY. OCTOlWfiU 2 , 189T.
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HatunUy Uets , One Year < ' J ?
Weekly Jlce. One Year 6j
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Omaha : The Dec Hull ling. . . . . . _ ,
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Bouth Omaha ! Hlnger H1W . Cor. JJ nnd 21th St .
rotmcll lllurtii 10 I'c/irl Street.
Clilrato Olllcel 317 Chamber ot Commerce.
New York : nounta . 11 nml 15. Tribune Illd * .
WAiMnglon : 101 Fourteenth Street.
COUtlKSl'ONUUNCC.
All communication ! rcUtlng to new * and eiWo.
rial matter houM be nildrcsseil. To the Lilllor.
IIUSINUSH MTTIUS.
All btwliu-w letter ! nnd remlttntitwi jhould be
ncuirczic'l to The Hie TubllBhlnR Uitnl'iny ,
Omaha. Dratta. check * . expre . nn < l poiloll Ke
money order * , to be mode payable to the otuer
ot the , , ,
comnVn 1UHUsniNO
BTATIMINT : OF oincuf-vnox.
Btnto of Nel.rnfUa , MbuxtM County , ft. :
UcorKc II T/nchucli , secretary of 'llie lite Tub-
Huhlnc compHiiy , iM-Ing duly uuorn , says that the
ctunl number of full nnd complete copies of flic
Dally , Morning , nvcnlnc nnd buiuliij lice printed
durlns the ruontli of September , 1 7 , wns n fol
low ! !
Sworn to before me nnd cubsctllied In my pres
ence thin 1st dny of October. Ifc97.
( Seal ) N. 1' . ruiU Notary Tulillc.
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rnllriiiul < < tlio Clrculiitloii
J > jinriiiiMit of The Jlce. The
lice IN for mile 1111 all triilim.
INSIST OX HAVING THIS 111212.
Nebraska Is a Brc.it wheat state , but It
is a greater com Mate.
Governor Ilolconib 1ms not thrown a
bouquet at himself for several weeks.
McKlnley Is liauk In Washington , but
ho tlltl not steal a march on the nlacu
hunters.
The sale of the Union 1'aeiflc promises
to set the lecortl for Omaha bin-gain
countoia.
The populists of Douglas county are
getting ready to play their usual lole of
holding the bag.
No. gold democrat who refused to vote
for free silver candidates a year ago has
any reason to pursue a different course
this
Under the new Nebraska gamp law the
open season is upon us and the demo
cratic game rooster is a fair mink for
the political gunneis.
Comptroller Eckels once edited n daily
newspaper for a year. That explains in
part his foiceful way of putting facts
aud figures befoto the public.
As an annual bacrilice on the free sil
ver altar George Fted Williams will
soon cease to be a novelty even In the
eyes of ills Massachusetts friends.
While on the subject of coriectlons , the
local Bryanlto organ should correct its
statement that state warrants went
down" to So under the Hartley legime.
For a man who hays he does not want
olllco John It. McLean and Ills pocketbook -
book are working pretty haul to secure
that Ohio bcnatoihhlp for their owner.
President McKlnley has given the judi
cial position made vacant by the death
of Judge Kllgore to a Colorado man just
to show that he bears no grudge against
the Centennial wtatc.
It must not be forgotten that the mag
nificent agricultural exhibit at the Ne
braska State fair was only a sample of
what may be found In all the farming
communities in the state.
When It comes to n question of plagiar
ism , n St Louis paper printed that pun
about the piocrcdlngs of the irrigation
convention never being dry twelve hours
before Itryan sprang It on the assembled
Ivrlgationlbts.
Street railway improvements should
not stop with laying now tracks on re-
paved streets. Is It not time to replace
the wooden poles with ornamental lion
posts nnd discard the remnants of the
old bob-tall rolling block ?
Union Tactile stock quotations do not
seem to have been mateilally affect oil by
the final announcement of thu day set
for the foreclosure sale. The winding
up of the road has been carefully dis
counted on the stock exchange.
The Hoard of Education does not want
to forget that its resources ate limited
to Ihe proceeds of the tax levy and the
Income from lines and licenses. The
board is In no condition to Incur un
necessary expenditures for any purpose.
The exposition stock subscription lists
still present inexplicable blanks where
the names of a number of largo ptoperty
owneis and wealthy capitalists who ate
shining the benefits should be. It may
become necessary to make a few odious
compatlsons before the subscription lists
ate closed ,
That Sixteenth street viaduct is a
standing menace to life and property.
Should a costly accident occur before the
ramshacklu bridge Is'pulled down the
railroads will icallze their shortsighted-
nossjvwhen the nulls for damages begin
' '
to pllb Tip'1'"ml the juries find willful
iu the face of uuiulo wuruliJ .
HKI WIIUCITV TltbATIVt ) ,
Those who have insisted that the * reci
procity proU Ions of the new tariff law
cannot JJe of any value must be some
what siiri'ilcoil to IInd that there is a
disposition on the pnrt of foreign coun
tries to take advantage of them. The
French government Is negotiating to this
end , It la understood with most favor
able promise of success and now It Is
announced that the Ilrltlsh nmbas ador
to the United States , on his return heie ,
will take step * to negotiate reciprocity
treaties between tills country and lliltlsh
American colonies. , lt Is reported Hint
the governor general of Hrltlsh Guiana
has urged tlUMauthoilties at London to
effect reelpioclty airangenients with the
United States nnd the legislature of
that colony adopted a resolution favoring
such arrangement ? .
There are two provisions In our tariff
law ielating to this matter. One of these
authorises the president to negotiate
redpiocal commercial agreements em
bracing certain specified articles , upon
which the duties shall bo icdiiewl. the
act prescribing the latus to be levied.
Another section piovldes for the negotia
tion of reciprocity tieatles , subject to the
approval of the senate. Thus theic me
two ways open for effecting reciprocity
agieemonts , but treaties must be negoti
ated within two yeais after the passage
of the law. It Is bellowed that the reel
pioclty sections of the tariff law ate suf
ficiently comprehensive to enable a num
ber of countiles to avail themselves of
this means of establishing closer ttade
lelatlons with the United States and
what iias already been developed war
rants the confident belief that most of
such countries will do RO , The French
government has shown a fi loudly a well
as a judicious disposition In this mat
ter which Is highly gratifying and It Is
not too much to expect that its example
will have followers. As to the Uiltish
Amcilcan colonies they can do nothing
without the sanction of the Imperial gov
ernment nntl in view of the new colonial
policy it is ttnuaritilu as to what the im
perial government will be disposed to do.
.IN TA IMMOA" DP
It appear1 * that a simple and easy
method lias been found for evading the
Chinese exclusion act and that through
it a number of the sons of the Flowery
Kingdom have got Into California during
the last few months and moie ate com
ing. These Chinamen do not come di
rect from their native land and hence
the exclusion act does not apply to them ,
accoidlng to an opinion of the attorney
general pf the United States.
If such is the case the way Is open to
another Chinese Invasion and a vigor
ous and voclfeious demand may be ex
pected from California and other 1'aelfic
coast states for more sweeping legis
lation. It is true that the arrivals have
been only about -100 In five months ,
which doe.s not appear to be at all for
midable , but to the average California ! !
such a number of Chinamen Is quite
enough to mouse his worst fears for the
future welfare of his fellow citizens. Of
couise if there is any fraud or misrep
rcsentatlon In connection with the en
trance of these people if they come in
under false pretenses as to their charac
ter this should be remedied , but sis yet
theto does not appear to be any dangei
of California being overrun with Chinese
thiough evasion of the exclusion act
Still the mutter is quite likely to some
what stir np the people of that state and
It is pretty safe to predict that i'acillc
coast repiesentatlves will have remedial
legislation to pioposc eatly in the next
session of congiess.
FOItKltlA' IA ThIlFI'J
The talk about foreign Interfeiencc In
the event of the United States adopting
an advanced policy in reg.ml to Cuba is
idle talk. It is undoubtedly true that
some of the Kmopean governments , no
tably Oeimany and Austria , ate in sym
pathy with Spain in her efforts to sup
press the Cuban Insuircction. It Is most
natural that Austria should be , because
the queen regent of Spain Is of that coun
try , and of course Austilan sympathy
would have more or less influence upon
German sentiment Hut neither Aus
tria nor Germany , nor both of them
united , would venture any active in-
teiposlthm In the event of a rupture be
tween the United States and Spain. The
recent expiesslons of the German press
have doubtless led many to assume that
then ) is some ical danger of the Ger
man government coming to the assist
ance of Spain in a quarrel with this conn
try , but while the Geiman newspapers
may lie presumed to reflect popular and
to some extent even official feeling , noth
ing can 1)0 moro certain than that the
German government would under no cir
cumstances give moie than a moral sup
port to Spain In such a contingency and
It may be doubted whether it would go
even that far. There Is no question as
to an unfriendly feeling In Germany to-
waidthe United States , due chiefly to
commercial considerations , but this
would not lead that country to espouse
the cause of Spain against this republic.
As to Austria she Is In no position to
give any material assistance to Spain.
More or loss serious domestic Issues now
confront the empire i\nd it would In-
Im/nrdous to engage In any exteinal
contioversles or complications. A late
dispatch from the Austilan capital says
that sympatlvy there Is strongly with
Spain , but that there Is no disposition
on the part of the government to take
sides. There Is no doubt about the
credibility of this statement.
Where , then , could Spain look In
Kuropc for any assistance or entourage-
inent in a war with the United States'/
Ceitalnly not to the republic of France ,
which Is oven at this time seeking closer
commercial relations with thu United
States ; nor to Italy , which would turn-
a great deal to lo o by breaking ; friendly
lelatlonsith this country ; nor to Kng-
land , which might have to make a
greater sacrifice than ( ho Spanish king
dom and all Its possessions aru worth.
It Is needless to mention Utissla , because
the United States has no wanner filend
than that great empire , at this time the
most potent single force in the political
affairs of Kuiope. Theio Is reason to
believe that the Spanish government Is
fully nwnro of the fact that It could ex
pect no European supiwrt In the event
of u couUIct with the United Slates. That
A . . . -
It has % ery carefully Invc.stiftated llurj-
jienn sentiment ns to this can Imnlty b <
doubled.
This country his , therefore , nothing
to fear ftom foreign Interference In con
nection \\llh any policy It mny decide to
pursue In regard to Cuba. Spain would
be left by the other iwver.s of Kurope
to take care of herself. This Is the only
cotu'h'iion from the latest outgivings of
nil authoritative character. Hut the
United States must not be led thereby
to adopt a course which can not be fully
Justified or which will not commend it
self to the enlightened nnd Impartial
Judgment of the world. To overcome
Isolated and bankrupt and decrepit
Spain might not be a very hard task ,
but mich a triumph would be Inglorious
If achieved through any violation of In
ternational obligations or at any s-acil-
lice of thu long-established policy of this
government.
Among the politicians who have sought
notoriety and piefeiment by noisy war-
fa 10 upon Homanlsin none have been
moro conspicuous than Mel lledlleld. In
the crusade against the hated Hoinans
he was always In the fore-front. Kvery
Catholic was stigmatized by lledfield as
! i tialtor who had foresworn his al
legiance to the American flag and be
longed soul and body to a foielgn poten
tate who was plotting to overthrow the
American icpubllc and set up a papal
momuchy on the free soil of the United
States.
In Ilcdllekl's fervid Imagination every
convent and monastery was a prison
whose Inmates were held In Involuntary
servitude to that arch-enemy of man
kind , the pope. Ho saw In every priest
a dissolute libertine and In every female
devotee a victim of their lust. Kvery
lloman Catholic chinch In Omaha was
repiesented as an arsenal where mem-
beis of the chinch societies were se
cretly drilling In arms and prepaiing to
Issue forth in tlie dead of night to slaugh
ter those who tlUl not belong to the
faith. So Intense was Kedlleld's hos
tility to the Unmans that he proclaimed
himself in fear of momentary assassina
tion and fortified himself and his home
against the lirvlsible enemy.
A marvelous change seems to have
taken place recently In Uedlleld's atti
tude toward the Unmans. The self-
chosen mailyr of refoim may still hate
and detest the blasted Iilsh as much as
ever , but with an eye to the main chance
lie is courting their favor. As a candi
date for the fusion nomination for
county cleik he has prayerfully pios-
trated himself before the Itomnii altar
and intimates Ills willingness even to
kiss not only the pope's toe , but also
1'at Ford's capacious hand as the price
of an endorsement by the democratic
county convention. With their inborn
Instinct to forget and embrace the hand
that smites them , the Iiish-Amcrlcan
democrats are said to be ready to take
Ilodilcld to their bosoms and weep with
him over the woes which have bi ought
about his contrite repentance. And when
Itcdfiold's nomination by the free silver
republicans Is ratified by the demociats
the rebellion against Itomanism which
Iledfield has been fomenting will be de-
1 lined at an end and the prophesy of the
millennium , when the lamb and lion will
lie down In peace together , will be ful
filled. _ _
If state warrants went to a discount
because of Haitley's mismanagement of
the state's finances , how can the populist
governor escape sharing the responsibil
ity for it ? If putting an end to the
forming of state funds would have
l i ought them near par , the governor
could and should have done it long ago
by requiring the treasurer to make an
exhibit of the amount and whereabouts
of the public moneys in his custody.
liaitley could never have run o'utstand-
Ing warrants up to the $12,000,000 mark
without the governor's acquiescence. If
any credit attaches to helping Hartley de
press state warrants for the purpose of
enabling his successor to raise them
up , that is the kind of cicdit to which
the fusion state administration is en
titled.
Chairman Hansom of the free silver
state committee should lose no lime in
persuading the chairman of the populist
state committee to suppiess the populist
hand book in which Hansom Is repio-
seated as pocketing li-JKX ) of money stolen
by Ijiigcne Moore. This serious charge
was either embodied In the hand book
before Hanspni was picked out for chair
man of the silver republicans or It Is an
intentional insult to the great leader of
reform for levenue only.
Yelser refuses to ring off on his telephone -
phone case and the only hope of the
State Hoard of Transpottatlon is that
the courts break the circuit at least till
election day Is past. To keep the bar
gain with the telephone monopoly and
pose as a reform body Is the hardest job
the members of the board have encoun
tered , not excepting diawlng their sal
aries without compunctions of con
science.
Instead of sending special envoys to
Kansas Ctt v to Induce \Vettling to 10-
turn to Omaha when he gets his vaca
tion the city should pioceed at once to
get an expert who can bo relied upon ro
re-examine the records and veilfy Wet-
tllng's figums as presented before the
jury that convicted Holln. Such testi
mony would bo moro valuable thnn that
of a witness who has been tampeied
with.
Omaha 1 on the verge of a number of
Important Improvements and HL-U enter-
piisos repiesentlng the Inve.stment of
hundieds of thousands of dollus of east
ern capital that will give additional em
ployment to local labor.No city In the
weal gives equal piomlse with Omaha of
a constantly Ineieasing measure of
prospei ily.
If the Ministerial union is In earnest
about putting an end to slot-machine
gambling It should not stop bct-aitac the
reform police commission refuses to pay
any attention to Its complaints. There
are ways by which the authoiltles can
bo fotced to take action.
Minister Woodfoid's advent In the
Spanish capital seems to have caused
moro commotion. than was apparent at
the outset. It Is 1/ot / e\ cry forelsn envoi'
that Is gtvetedjvljji n change In the min !
istry of the government to which ho Is
accredited. hi'fa
Haw MMit No
tfitcaco News.
The Iowa < lemQrts who were to swift to
rojd the Hon. IlWI'liolos out of their party
and .ire now trains ; to slug him back In
nqaln regret that the old gentleman Is not
musically Incllnl'J.
t'liclc SIUII'M IllKT Iliilnnro.
New Yoffi Jlnll nml Express ,
With the cloSfe IV this week Huropo will
owe upward of 1100,000,000 to the United
States on open account. In the face of tills
situation , any attempt to prevent the fur
ther shipment of gold to America will bo
about as unsuccessful an an effort to poke
holes In the sly ith a bean pole.
Aiiirrlonn rrtilt In
New York Times.
Two Urfio conslgnmccils some 10,000 pack
ages In all of American fruits of the dis
tinctly perishable sort reached the London
market In goo. , condition last week and
\\cro sold at .auction . at prices eminently
satisfactory to the ehlppera. This marks the
success , and on a large scale , of on entcrprl.'o
that never would have ecu undertaken by
persons not possessed of much courage or
carried thiough except by these with much
persistence.
Why llnl > It Iiif
ChlcaRo Chronicle.
H Is surprising to c\cr > body and must ho
painful to the Hon Fied n. White , the demo
cratic cardldato for governor of Iowa , to
learn that there Is a great "harvest fcstl-
\al , " to last six dajs , In Sioux City , In that
state. There are to be decorations of
grassci , grains , nnd colored corn. There arc
to bo Illuminations , triumphal arches and
merr > makings of many names. Now , the
Iowa demociatle platform declares with an
admirable air of certainty that the Iowa
farmers ore not getting as much for their
crops this jcar as they got last jear. Put
out the electric lights. Hum the decora
tions. Split the triumphal arches. How
can Iowa have a harvest festival ? It will
bo much better for her farmers to sit down
and think how unfortunate they are , ac
cording to thu democratic platform.
Uliliiuiurii , lniiiiliiKr Hit' Hitiinilnry.
New York Trlhune.
The determination of John Chinaman to
got Into the country Is in no way abated by
statutory or police restrictions , and he now
streams , or rather trickles , over the Mexican
border , as ho did till recently , and perhaps
still does , over that of the Dominion. Eter
nal \lglloncc , the prlco ot liberty , Is also
the price of fencing out the superfluous
pigtail , uhofio Intrusive capabilities match
those ot the housefly or the August mos
quito. So far his army of Invasion from
either side Is not overwhelming , but Us ad
vance Is extremely persistent , showing an
attaUitiient to our style of government which
is complimentary tails , but which we would
willingly forego. Until -wo are ready to
admit John Chlnamau by way of the front
door wo must not pretend to approve his
crawling In through our exposed frontier cat
holes.
111 < 1 ot tin Uuly I.onil.
New York Sun.
The Union Pacific railway will probably
be offered for sale within a few dajs , in ac
cordance with an , agreement between the
government and the reorganization commit
tee. The formal transfer of the property tea
a new syndicate wlll.lt is said , inv&lve a net
loss to the people of the United States of
about $25,000.0007T > UC when It Is considered
how many different set of plunderers have
been connected with the Union I'aclflc deal
the chief wonder- ! ? that the public does not
lose far more than the sum named. Govern
ment ownershlp'bnd ' even government op
eration of railroads , can be made profit
able as private ownership and operation if
we are to accept'lbe experience of European
countries , but when different sets of railroad
wreckers deliberatelyset out to defraud and
plunder the government there Is no escape
from the conclusion that conditions nuist beastly
\astly different .before government owner
ship of railroads , can bo made a success in
this country. J '
, , I'OLl'J'IOAI. UUIFT. I I
The populist officials of Kansas have turned
down the historic gold seal and substituted a
silver colored one.
General Coxey will conduct Ills campaign
for governor of Ohio from the tall end of a
private car , Just like an ordinary pluto
crat.
Senator William n. Allison will deliver the
principal address at the mammoth repub
lican meeting to bo held in Cleveland on
October 1C.
George Fred Williams , the Bryanlto can
didate for governor of Massachusetts , was
snowed under for the same job last jear by
a plurality of over 150,000.
General Tracy , republican nominee for
major of Greater New York , was ouo of the
original republican and has been , a member
of the party since Its birth.
Prof. John Lawrence Sullivan says It Is a
mllllon-to-one shot that howon't be elected
major of Boston. John Is levol-headed.
This Is .not a Sullivan year.
Ooloncl Henry Watterson explains once
moro for the benefit of all concerned that the
man who wrote free sliver editorials for the
Courier-Journal died lu a lunatic asylum.
Indiana Is tbo only state which pays Us
minor state offlelals larger salaries than It
does Its governor. The governor of Indiana
gets $5,000 , the secretary of state ? G,500'v > and
the auditor of state , $7,500 ,
Ch'alrman B > num of the national com
mittee of the sound money democrats says
that they will support the regular demo
cratic ticket lu Maryland this year. Mary-
ISnd democrats smothered the silver ques
tion.
tion.Tho
The Independsnt republicans of Pennsyl
vania have nominated William It. Thomp
son for state treasurer. They did It at a
mass meeting held In the city of Plttsburg.
Plltsburg has long been a stronghold of the
anti-Quay republicans.
The prohibitionists of New York arc try
ing to corral voters by distributing cakes of
toilet soap. While there Is a largo Held of
usefulness for that toilet essential among
the unwashed , It IB not the grade of soap
that catches the floating vote.
Colonel William II. Morrison of Illinois ,
president of the Interstate Commerce com
mission , is preparing to retire to private
life at the end of his term In January next.
Col-nel Morrlhon hJfl been a member of
the Interstate Commerce commission for ten
jears. There will bo a. lively contest for
the position , as the olllco carries with It a
salary of $7,000 a jear.
The amount to be raised by taxation for
the state government of New York for next
jear foots up $12,033,651. Of this sum Now
Yoilt an 1 Kings counties ( New York City
and Ilrookljn ) aru down for $7,1S7,9G5. le- )
Rldu the state rovc.mios from direct taxation ,
$8,000000 Is derived from other tmuiccs ,
making a total of JiO-,000,000 required to run
thu government cf'tho Empire stato.
A rule adopted by the democrats of Nash
ville contains tlri * { significant provision-
"Candidates for jnajlir and the city coun
cil will ho eligible jto have their names
placed upon the nlHclal lialbta who have
voted the national'alnl state ticket , sliver
or gold. In the .election held November 0 ,
1SOC , and who have ucted In full accord
wlih the democratic pirty within the last
two years. "
Seine points about' present United States
senators : Neither of the Missouri senitors
halls from St. 1/oiils ; both of the Now
Ilamisblilru senators , are residents ot tbo
lov.n of ConcordSan ; Francisco has no
representative In' ' tlio United States senate ;
both of the Indiana senators hall from In
dianapolis , uuidlor Clay of Georgia comes
from the town of Cobbj Senator Ilacon
comes from Macon.
Much Interest Is manifested In some quar
ters as to the reason why Horace Holes did
not participate In tbo Ilryan rally at Waterloo
lee , la. , last week , H la claimed Mr. Doles
was HO busy harvesting dollar wheat that ho
could not give any time to the consecrated
cause. The real cause of Boles' languid
Interest In the sacred ratio Is to be found In
theaa "treasonable" woids , uttered about ono
month IKO : "For one , I do not believe It
possible to succeed upon a platform that de
mands the unqualified free coinage of silver
ut the ratio of 1C to 1 with gold. We have
fought that battle and It Is lost. Wo can
never fight It over under circumstances more
favorable to ourselves. If we hope to suc
ceed we must-abandon Uila extreme demand. "
I MIIIIASICA. viuwi'.n
I Springfield llcpiib. can : The three silver
parties In Nebraska hare til formally do-
ctarcd that free sliver Is the paramount Is-
RUC. U seems to have required romethlng
of this sort to niako It so.
Olobo-Dcmocrnl : The closing of a bank
In Nebraska because It could not loan Its
deposits will probably bring out n pop pro
test against financial plethora. They had a
dlffjrrtit name for It last year.
Mtnnc.ipolt1) Tribune : A Nebraska bank
has icccntly gone out of business b.aue ( It
had more money than U knew what to do
with. A bank , of coliroc , depends for Its
Income upon loaning Its funds , but this vear
the people of Nebraska ara so Hush from the
sale of their crops at high prices tint they
do not need to borrow any money or at
leistery little and so the banks nro hav
ing hnid work to make expenses. Thl
doesn't look as If ths country needed a largo
Increase In the volume of currcnc ) .
Burlington Havvkeye : The Nebraska Mil1-
crs' association has done wisely In warning
the farmers of that state not to put all their
trust In wheat next jear. Something llko a
craze for putting lind to wheat Bccms to
prevail In some sections ot thu stato. It
Is certain that the wheat acreage of Ne
braska will bo 40 per cent larger hi 1 ! > 98
than for the present jearj and under the
spoil of "dollar wheat" many farmers are
renting additional land on which to raise u
crop the coming season. In calling the at
tention of farmers to the fact that existing
conditions ns to wheat nro not Ilkelj to be
duplicated In 189S , as well as In recalling to
their minds thu value , season In and season
out , of diversified crops , the Nebraska millers
have done their state good service. U Is
taking great chances to risk all on
wheat. "
GOSSIP AIIOUT MTtn rnoiM.R.
Mr. Jnmca Gordon Dennett , the proprietor
of the Now York Herald , Is an enthusiastic
whip and when In Paris or In the south ot
Franco a scat In his four-in-hand Is free to
anybody paying a regulation fare. The pro
ceeds of his coaching tours are devoted to
charitable purposes. A peculiarity of the
millionaire driver Is that be not only ex
pects tips from his fares , but Is much an-
nojed should any ono dismount without "re
membering the coachman , " oven to the ex
tent of a very small "pourbolro. " What
Mr. Bennett docs with his tips Is a matter
of conjecture. Some people aver that bo
tieasures them as cver-prcclous evidences ot
his own hard work.
Speaker Tom llccd has been learning to
use a tjpewrlter , and often practices on
the machine In the ways and means com
mittee room. One day after the assistant
secretary of the treasury had been telling
the committee about the finances of the
country Heed sat down to the typewriter
and gave to Bourke Cockran the following
Interesting opinion on what he thought hart
been the result of the conference with the
democratic committee : x qwertySXBBBB
MNHTG 7 | ! , . 3z77-7-ll.
G. do Fontcnoj- feather Oyor and cleaner
In Cleveland , was a teacher of French In
Montreal many years ago , and had for a pupil
a joung British officer , who has since be-
pomo known to the world as bord Wolseley.
In reply to a letter which ho recently wrote
to General Wolseley ho has Just received the
following.
"Dear Mr. Fontcnoy : Lady Wolseley has
sent mo a very kind letter from you , asking
mo to answer It. It has reached mo on
board a jacht among the western islands
of Scotland. I have not been seriously 111
an attack ol Influenza In the early part ot
the year , which was followed last month
bja swelling ot some gland In my neck
This had to be opened , and the papers , get
ting hold of the fact , have killed and tiurlcd
me. I am very well In health , and hope
soon to be back In London , to which place
all the ministers return at the end of Sep
tember" .o prepare for next j ear's session
of Parliament. I hope you , too , are well
and cnjojlug life In jour new American
homo. Believe mo to be very truly yours ,
"WOLSELCY. "
In his address at the opening ot the
Jefferson theater , In Portland , Me. , the
other evening , Joseph Jefferson spoke of
the theater which his father'built ' to Spring-
Held , III , , in 1810 , which resembled some
thing like a dry goods box , and told how
the prohibitory llcciiso exacted made It Im
possible to open it , and how Abraham Lin
coln , then a young lawyer , came to Mr.
Jefferson's rescue and by his wit and humor
prevailed on the city fathers to take off
the license. Ho closed with these local
reminiscences : "You will be surprised , I
think , when I tell jou I acted here forty
jears ago. It Is quite likely that I have
played before not only the fathers and
mothers , bul the grandfathers and grand
mothers of many who are assembled here to
night. And I might further say that it Is not
the first time you have honored me , for
the first honor I ever received at a public
entertainment was in this city. A dinner
waa given to me here , and the chairman at
that dinner was no less a person than one
whom jou all hold In most affectionate re
membrance , Hon. James G. Blalne.
In view of Lord Kelvin's eminence In the
scientific world , and considering his In
fluential part In the establishment of the
great electrical power plant at Niagara
Falls , It has been thought strange. Bays the
Now York Tribune , that ho should have
been excluded the other day from the
aluminum -works of the PIttbburg Reduction
company , which is one of the establishments
that use Niagara-made electricity. It Is
stated , however , that Lord Kelvin Is con
sulting engineer for ono of the great British
producers of aluminum. As the rep
resentative of a formidable rival It was
deemed necessary to prevent his seeing
certain parts of the apparatus and process ,
which are kept profound secrets by the
Plttshurg Reduction company. From a busl-
neas point ot view he was the most
dangerous visitor that could be admitted ,
his great store of technical knowledge fitting
him , to a peculiar degree , to understand and
describe what he saw. Thousands of dollars
have been spent upon this plant at Niagara ,
and the owners have refrained from patentIng -
Ing certain portions of It lest they should
reveal valuable fcatuics.
MOIlOA.Vi ItAII/ItOAl ) IJMI'IHK.
Ceiitrullziidou of V.ixt UIU-N of
'I'm importation.
St. Louis llepuhllc.
J. Plorpont Morgan's effort to get control
of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad Is attracting
the attention of the political as well as the
financial world , lu thU schema Mr. Morgan
represents not alone hU own Interests , but
also the Interests of nngllnh bondholders , or
suth allied properties In this country as arc
held in thu name of the Vandcrbllts. In
this vast aggregation of properties , represent
ing a capitalisation that runs Into Incom
prehensible millions of money and a mileage
of over 23,000 miles , there are included all
Important railroads running between the east
ern seaboaid and the .Mississippi valley , ex
cept two. As the matter and directing genius
of these gigantic Interest : ! , Mr Morgan Is
given absolute control of the anthracite coal
business of the countrj' . If he guts the Balti
more & Ohio In his grasp , there will bo left
only ono oaht and west lino'the Pennsylvania ,
not under his control and management. Mr
Morgan has bought up small and detached
railroads In the south and combined them Into
ono vast njstem , known as the Southern rail
road , and In all the HWCCP of country south
of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi only
three competing lines are not In Ills lumlH
Tht-ho aru the Cincinnati Southern , the Louis
ville & Nashville and the Seaboard Air line
With the acquisition of the Baltimore &
Ohio Mr. Morgan wll control more miles of
railroad than exist In any other country
In the world except the United State. . , and
moio than nnu-slxth of the total mileage
in this country. That ho will gut thirBalti
more & Ohio seems a foregone conclusion.
What he will do with this tremendous
powur cannot be foretold Of con TED he will
use It to bring the highest possible earnings
to himself end those Intelested with him ,
and In working to this end ho can raUe
the rates of fi eight and fare without even
the Intervention of a pooling committee
The Interstate commerce commissioners can
not Interfere with his manipulation as with
the manipulation of pooling committee *
Laws cannot be enacted to curb his contiol
of his properties That would bo a violation
of the very underlying and animating prin
ciple of our yovernmeiit. Aud yet ho will
present the spectacle of one man wielding
more power over the commerce of the nation
than the congress of the United States would
dare to exercise.
The question will present Itself before long
In acute form as to bow to put a check upon
the growing power of such capitalization as
that reprobated by Mr.
OrillSIl l.AMS THAN OtllS.
The cro lor Oio Advocates of a great Ger
man n vy WAS put concisely \ > y Hcrr von
Kusserow , formerly Prussian minister in
Hamburg , In an noMre > , < > before the Berlin
section of the German Colonial society. Ho
wild that ni to 1S90 the German navy Ind
developed In strength ; since that date It bfld
fallen oiT. In spite of the Baltic canal. It wai
nnt In n position to prevent iho blockade of
German harbors and the destruction of Im
portant seaport towns They must not bo
deceived by tl.o praise which their squad
rons hod wncd In foivlgn waters during
the recent visit of the Herman cmK > ior to
the crar , for example Th t praise had been
bestowed upon the officers and men rather
than upon the ships. Gernnn diplomacy. If
It were skillful , would always cndcnvor to
avoid n quarrel with England. But If such
a conlllct over occurred Germany would have
to look for allies among the other powers ,
and these would estimate the Aalue of an
alliance with the German empire with refer
ence to Its fltrongth ns a naval oower. HP
nskeil whether they were pieparcd to toler
ate In a future ftar the stile of thlngi which
prevailed In 1S70. when Franco received by
? e.i consignments ot arms font by nenti.il
power * like England , bemuse- Germany was
pov erless to prevent It. Germany was now
the second commerchl power In the world
To maintain this position and to piotect the
Intelests of national Industry a strong fleet
was neccsnarjNo nation was worths of
the name unless It was able to defend the
mtioiml honor In all parts ot the world. A
resolution In favor of a llbeial premium of
naval construction was adopted for submis
sion to the emperor , who , of course , was In
competent sympathy with the meeting , and
may have Inspired It.
* *
The reopening of the Austrian Helchsrath
has been signalized , as was expected , by
a renewal of the tierce antagonism between
the Germans and the Czechs. Premier Un
dent's call for cheers for Emperor Piancls
Joseph was answered by cheers for the Ger
man people from the members of the left
and by demands for the Impeachment of thu
ministers , Including the picmlci , who hnd
authorized the olllelal recognition of the
Czech language In Bohemia. In the Hun
garian division of the dual empire -i.uOO
Croatian peasants , armed with ccjthcs nnd
pitchforks , have risen in rebellion for thu
purpose of asserting the rights of the Croa-
tlans and Sclavonlans to their ancient privi
leges The pot seems to be boiling over In
nil parts ot the poljglot Hapsburg monarchy-
What with tbo uncertainty u-pardlng the
Austrian bUcccQslon , and the magjat.s at
swords' points v\lth the Sclavonlans , Croa-
tlans and Huthcnlans on the one hand nnd
the Germans engaged In a life struggle with
the Czechs and the Poles on the other ,
Austtla may soon become at ; grave a danger
to thu peace of Europe as Is the eastern
qlicbtlon.
The chanrcs for Australian federation In
the near future arc not particularly brilliant
Judging from thu amendments to the com
monwealth bill suggested by the various par
liaments. The smaller colonies , for Instance ,
all Insist upon equal representation. The
Victorian Assembly would concede this , but
New South Wales wants icprcsentatlou to
be proportional to population. There me
also grave differences of opinion as to the
amount of authority to be intrusted to the
senate In the matter of bills aftcctlng tax
ation. Another problem in to decide upon
what Is to be done In thu case of a deadlock
butwecn the two houses ot this common
wealth parliament. The distribution of sur
plus revenues Is also a source of disagree
ment. The amendments offered by the New
South Wales convert are so radical that
they were Intended , evidently , to wreck the
bill. Ono of them proposes to omit the
word "federal" from all clauses , and another
deprives the commonwealth pirllament of
thu power of Imposing taxation or raising
revenue. The friends of federation find con
solation in the reflection that the pailia-
ments do not represent public opinion on
tins subject ,
* * *
The Hellenic government has been re
quested by the Russian ambassador at
Athens , In the name of the diplomatic coips ,
to appoint plenipotentiaries to negotiate n
definitive treaty of peace with the sultan.
This Is merely an Invitation to the Greeks
to swallow the broth which the ambassadors
prepared for them at Constantinople. Even
supposing that the Greeks could , by hercu
lean efforts , raise the amount of the war
Indemnity and buy off the sultan by an offer
of cash for the redemption of Thessalj-
Is not likely that the powers Interested In
securing the claims of the bondholdeis of
the existing Greek national debt would per
mit any arrangement whereby Greece might
escape from the control of the German bank
ers' sj-iidlcate which dictated the llnancla !
articles of the proposed trratj- . The Grceki
will have to drink their cup of soirow to
the dregs.
* * *
So much has been done In the way of
Insuring good treatment of Jewish subjects
by the Russian emperor's direct orders that
a new era of good feeling seems to have
sut In. The widow of Baron Hlracli has de
cided to proceed no further with the scheme
for the emigration of Russian Jews to the
Argentine Republic. It has been decided
that tlie balance of the funds remaining Ini
the hands of the committee of management
of the enterprise will be devoted to the es
tablishment of technical and industrial
.schools in Russia , where the cause ot popu
lar education seems to have found a warm
and efficient advocate In the czar. What
may not the now regime of liberalism and
wise toleration accomplish for Russians of
every belief and race !
* * *
Italy's hesitating policy during the last
twelvemonth In the matter of the abandon
ment of her disastrous colonial venture on
the Red sea count and In the adjoining hin
terland Is only explainable on the theory that
Premier Uudlnl has been under the lullueucu
of strong pressure , exerted probably from
the throne. The icpoit , however , that all
airangenients have been completed lor the
cession of KaoaU to Great Britain when
ever the British trocps shall bu prepared to
occupy the town Is an Intimation that the
Italian government has finally and resolutely
determined to evacuate Africa , Italy has dlt > -
chaifiod her debt of friendship to Great Brit
ain by taking and holding this Important
Sudanese fortress until thu BiltUh wuiu
leaily to enter into possession , what will
Great Britain do , and what has she done , by
way of reciprocating Italy's friendship ?
*
In reference to the recent duel between
Count Badenl , the AUKlilau minister and
Dr. Wolff , the German nationalist leader , It
may bo a matter of gono'al Interest that the
laws of Austria-Hungary make dueling an offense -
fenso to bu punished by Imprisonment fur a
period from one to five jcars. Nuvuithelehi *
It IH a fact that thu duel was conducted not
ony with the permission hut with the ap
proval or thu Austiian cmpiror himself. It 1 *
difficult to scu what good has been done by
the duel. Count Badenl , the Injuied party ,
was wounded , while the aggressor escaped
without Injury. Nevertheless It Is curtain
that neither jnrty to the duel will bo pun-
Uhed The lawn ot Austila-IIungaiy will not
bu enforced. Under such a condition of
things the dual einpliu might well bo called
the duel emnre.
HOY OltATOU ( IK Till : II Utl.KU.
llrjiui'H DIIIIUCI-IIIIN Itlviil In Kin-tor-
Icnl PIlKlilM.
Neiv \ < irk Tribune
Mr. William Jennings Brjan , lately known
as "tho Boy Orator of the Platte , " would
do well to bestir himself ere his lauiels bo
stolen by Mr. Janus A Gray of this town ,
the statesman who presided over the con
vention of the united democracy , In the
Lenox Ljceum , on Monday night Gray was
truly eloquent. So much bo that the cars
stopped running In Madison avenue. Thl
In ono ot the things ho aald about the gold j
democrats : "These men would bind thu
party , Prometheus-like , to the rock of '
monopoly with fettera of burnUbed gold. I
As a rhetorical figure , this in a tlooe second '
to that great Intellectual achievement of
Mr. Bryan in the famous figure of the
crucifixion of labor on a cross of gold , which
gave him the presidential nomination. As
a gallery etlrrcr and hurrah-starter the
Bijan figure , it must 'be admitted , IH about' '
a huckleberry and a. half ahead. The aver
age democratic delegate , being more familiar j
with his New Testament than with Ml
Acschjliu , caught on to It , o to epcnk , with
moro suddenness and enthusiasm. U baa
til bo taken Into Account , though , that Gray
has only just marled In , nnd that thta wan
merely A municipal convention llo will
grow moro beautiful aud touching anil
sttlklng as ho grows old.
Prometheus as a ttjmbol of the demo
cratic party Is uncommonly line. It the
pirty did but knowIt. . Tor Prometheus
stole fire from heaven , and from the ex
perience which the taxpayers of this town
have had with Iho demociatle party It Is
believed that It would steal nn > thing , from
a walled town to A rcdhot stove , Plato
In the "Prolasoras" represents Prometheus
as "lacking the political wisdom which
enables men to llvo In organized com
munities. " This makes the Promrthran
figure nt Btltl eloser In fact , "shoost llko
dor babcr on < ler vail. " The figure falls-
all analogies full down ' .it some point In Us
description ot the party as bound , llko
1'ronielheus , to a rock. That paity Is not
bjund to injthing ; cither sound money or
frco sliver , protection 01 ftco trade , gov
ernment by law , or anarchy. As some
body once slid. It Is "aiu-hored to a whale , "
to which It mabo added tli.it It H liable to
turn up ( injnhcro whmu there's spouting.
But Prometheus had nn eagle constantly
preying on his liver , and there the flguro
fits again The Aincrlean ejglo performs
that function for the demociatle party ; nnt
only for Us liver , but Its lights as well.
And the liver grows nights to make up foij
vvh.it the eagle RIMWS oft dining the day.
That's the reason the | urty can digest any
thing from a tcnpenny mil tn u court
house.
Oh , there's a great dc.il In mj-lhiilogy and
Its Hjmbols It followed up. In the matter
of Pronipthitis It Is probably well known In
Pouiteentl' street that Hercules finally slow
the cuglo .and let the old fellow up from
tlie roek. No doubt Tammany Hall Is look
ing for the iclurn of that powerful person
or his representative to earth. It's none
of our business , but.what's the matter with
Qulgg for plajlng Hercules ? He's been
pkijltiK pi city much evorj thing elfcc , In
cluding Hides. The suggestion la offctcA
to Orator-Gray.
MI : it in , UMIIS. ;
* . _ *
JlotioU Jomnul.
The proverb-makers ought to know
Somellmi's they do , sometimes Ihey dnn'ty
And when A woman will she will
Especially If she snvs she won't
l * .louin.il.
A little QnaKciesH , FO qiuln' .
So moilcbl and so sweet ,
She looked a veritable st.
While walking down the st.
1'uckT
"llilnk > ou not , " said the soph to the maiden
fair ,
"My moustache Is becoming ? "
The inalndcn rnswerud , an his eje she motj
"It maj be coming , but It Isn't hero jet. "
ndioll rue I'losi.
When Julia used to smllo all , me ,
How leaped m > lieait that smile to see ;
Now when she smiled I fear lu dote
It means she- wants n winter coat.
WnMilnston htnr.
These changes without warning
Hcqulru to kcip us ve\cd ;
A hat of straw one morning
And a sealskin cap the next.
C-.llC.lKO I'OSt.
You may not live on love , for love ,
However meet , Is hardly meat ,
And jet in all hti ! jxirtralls love
Looks nice enough lo eat.
linllaiiapolls Journal.
"Maid of Athens , ere wo part ,
Give , oh , give mo back my heart. "
"Take It then , jou hateful thing ,
But all the same. I'll keep the ring. "
Detroit Journal.
When ho gave her his overj- thought ,
And she reciprocated ,
Two souls with but a single thought ,
Was what they nggrcgaled.
ni.T.IAII
Sj r.iciiso Courier.
Elijah Brown , the cobbler , was enamored
of the muse ,
And all his time was given up to stanzas
and lo shoes.
Ho scorned to live a tuneless life , Inglorl-
ously mute ,
And nightly laid his last aside lo labor at
his lute ;
For ho had icgls-lered an oath lhat lyrical
renown
Should trumpet to the unlveise the worthy
name of Brown.
And , though his own weak pinions failed to
reach the helgbtn of stng ,
His genius hatched a brilliant scheme to
help his oath along ;
And all his little youngsters , as tlicy numer
ously came
He christened after poets In Iho pantheon of
fame ,
That their poetic p-cstlge might Impress
them , and inspire
A noble emulation to adopt the warbling
lyre.
And Virgil Brown and Dante Brown and
Tasho Brown appeared ,
And Milton and Byron and Shakcspcara
Brown were rcaicd.
Longfellow Brown and Schiller Brown ar
rived at man's estate.
And Wordsworth Brown and Goldsmith
Brown filled up the family slate.
And ho believed his gifted boys , predestined
to renown ,
In time would roll the boulder from the
hurled name of Drown.
But stll ! the epic Is unsung , and still lhat
worthy name
Is missing from Iho pedestals upon ( be bills
of fame ;
For Danlo Brown's a peddler In Iho vegeta
ble line ,
And Iljrcn Brown Is pitching for the Tus-
carora nine ;
Longfellow Brown , the lightweight , Is a
pugilist of note ,
And Goldsmith Brown's a deckhand on a
Jersey ferry boat ;
In Wordsworth Drown Manhattan has aa
estimable cop ,
And Schiller Brown'a an artist In a Brooklyn
barber shop ;
A roving tar la Virgil Brown upon the
bounding neas ,
And Tassn Brown Is usefully engaged In
making clicfdo ;
Thn cobbler's bench Is Milton Brown's , and
there ho pegs away.
And Rhalu apearo llrov.r ] makes cocktails In
a Cripple Creek cafe !
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A Tninliurlnl , Tlorince , C lllmilill , I'lorencej
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otto u > 'Ihoren , Turla ; U J I > y , T rl ; A. HUB-
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