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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY 11310 ; WEED'S ESP AY , OCTOBTSH 13. 1807. THE OMAHA DAILY BE n. HO3tWATiit : , naitor. PUUUSltKD CVKtlY MOllNIXO. Ti : Ms OF auuBcitn'TioN. Dally lice ( Without Sumlny ) , One Year 18 0 Dully Uee and Humlny , On * Year 8 00 Hit Month * * ° ' Three Month * < Kunday lice. One Year * * 0 ° Saturday liee. One Year ' Jj Weekly Dee , Ono Year M omens : Omaha ! The nee Ilulldlng Bouth Omiha : Hlnnor Illk , Cor. N nnd Hth St . | Council llhiff : 10 1'enrl Htrctl. Chicago Olllce ! 317 Chamber of Commerce. Ir New York ! Ilooms 13. and 15. Tribune Uldi. Washington 1 Ml Fourteenth Street. COIUlK.SI'ONDKNCn. All communlcillons relating to n'wii and , edito rial matter dhoulcl be addrcnedi To the I.dltor. niisiNKS3 UTTIHS. : All bu-dnrts letters and remittances ahouM be DddrexeJ to Tlie lite rublUhlnK Company , Omaha. Drnflu , checks , ojtprcM and ro > ince money order * to be made jia > able to tlie orcer ot the company. . . . . . , T1IIJ 1II2C rUHMSUINO COMPANY. BTATIIMHNT OK CIIICOUVTION. Btato of NelirarKi , Uouglan County , " : Qcorse II. Tzfcliuck. secretary of The Itee Pub lishing company , bclnR duly sworn , na > that the Hctlml numljcr of full nml complclc cojilcs of The Daily. Murnlni ; . nvtnliiK nnd Sunilnj lice lirlnted Ourlng the month of September. 16D7 , was n fol lows ! 1 19,4'I5 IB " .721 J.M 19.623 IT . 138 C 3 1991R IS 19 S 4 19.917 19 " , 19,7 0 G 19.KK ) jo" 20011 21 20,131 inoci * * * * * * 7 is sn ' ' " ' : ! . . ! ! illi'.ili" ! 2'"o ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' s' . . . ! . . ! . ! . ! . . 19,77s 21 sosn II ) IS SIS ' 10,116 n. 11'IT > jc'iiilliii ; " ! " ! ) u moo 27 13 M < 13 19 479 2S 19,711 14 in.fra 21 i9r.r.7 15 lO.CSli 30 19.CII Tolnt 597.0S'J l returned nnd unnotd copies 9,413 Total net silen 58 374 Net ihlly nvi-rnRB 19.G09 annum : n TXSCHIJCK , Bworn to before me nnd mibsorlbcd In my pres ence this 1st dny of October. IS07. ( Peal ) N. I' . nil : Notary Public. A XXU UXCRM K iV T. Commencing October 111 , the inornlnj : edition of Thu isec will be onlnrjiiMl to n twulvo-piiKi1 ptiper for eacb week tiny ex cept Monday , In adilltlon lo tlie twenty- pane Sunday Issue. ThN nun els dictated by u desire to give tlie rendeis of Tlie lieu the full benefit of the unexcelled news facilities and other special featmes placed at their tllspos.il by tills paper. The ciilingeinent will ghc them each week In addition to what they sue now receiving sixteen pages of tedding mat ter , equivalent to 1V.J columns , while the subset Iptlou pi Ice will lenialn the Maine. In quality , as well as In quantity , The Hue will maintain supeilotlly over all competitors as a niettopolltan daily. Make way for the Grand Juke Gertil- dlno. The Initiative will have to postpone its initiation. Omaha will be too small fiom now on for the Geraldlne , giand juke of tlie ex position. AB to the outcome of the Gieater New- York campaign anybody's guess is its good as everybody's. I That Geialdlne committee leport wan compounded of two pails of tally and three pails of whitewash. The straw vote llend Is again abioad lu the land and , what is to be gieatly deplored , he heeins to Know no qiiaian- tlne 11 ne.i. Strange how the only honest man In the couit house should roltintaiily as sociate with so much dishonest company outhlde of the court bottle. The I5ee .still persists that money put Into the coiihtiuction of a good , liio- proof hotel In Omaha without delay will bu money piolltahlj invested. There aie several heavy ptoperty own ers and wealthy capitalists In Omaha whose names aie missed Mom the ex position stock snhsciiptlon toll. Tlie exposition boatd of dliectois has voted that ( Jeialdlne Is Indispensable All contractor * that do not stand in must Kovein theniselvtv > aeeoidin ly. A leopaul cannot change his spots , but they can be changed for him with a paint bitislt. That Is how the exposition grand Juke has been vindicated. The local popocr.tts have unquestion ably pijt ui ) seveial strong men as can didates on their school bo.ltd ticket. It behooves the lepublicans to go them letter. The liony ol late was never mine forci bly Illustrated than when Coiporation 1'lugger UaiiMmi was selected as head of a .state oiganlzation piofcssliig to be en listed iinder the banner of anti-monopoly tuul tefonii. As captain general for Cuba Geneial Blanco can make a recoid simply by avoiding the mistakes of his predecessor. It ought not to be so reiy dllllcnlt a matter to shine by contiagt with the un popular Weyler. The reform police boaid may be able to stand tlie ic > ponslhlllty for extend ing police pioteetion to slot machine gambling , but tlie council has no busi ness to lend tlie color of it.s authority to the lawless piactlce. Tlie republican city convention which nominates the school boaid ticket should keep In mind the inle of ono ollice for one man nt ono time. Tlie school boaid was not Intended to be used as a lever to raise membeis Into other and more lucrative public jobs , or vleo vei.sa. Neatly every town In Nebraska re ports a dearth of laboieis willing to take temporary employment at odd jobs. "With all Idle men at woik earning wages which they In tuin spend In supplying themselves with nece.sMirles and com- foils our 100 cent dollars arc being kept in lively cjicnlatlon. Canada has commenced proceedings to fund its lloatlng debt and take advantage of the abundance of capital awaiting In vestment ut low lati'i * to effect a noteworthy - worthy saving In Its annual Interest charge. If Canada weio thicatcnlng to repudiate half its obligations by adopt ing a 50 cent dollar and making It re ceivable for all public and private debts It would not bo able to t ell I La funding boutia ut any prleu. . TllKIlK M J/OiVBl' Secretary Onge says that he found wherever bo went on bis recent wo.st'rn visit plenty of money for commoiclal use. Kvcry man In business with good credit Know 4 this to be the fuel. There are banks In neatly every western state whose supply of money Is In excess of the demand. They are to be found here In Nebraska banks that are paying In terest on deposits tying Idle In their vaitltf. It Is stated that some of the Chicago banks have such an cnoimous sui plus of money that they have been negotiating for commercial paper In the east. A short time ago It looked as If rates for money were to b vety firm , but they have weakened and the Indica tions are for a further decline. In addition to the ample domestic sup ply of money for commercial uses , there IB u ptomlvcd Influx nf gold from Humpc that may amount to from i2.,0l)0,000 ? ) to $ : ! iUXX.OUO. ) the direct result of the enor mous expotts of American piodncts. ag gregating for the fiscal year ending June I ! ( ) last ? I.O't' > , ( ) ( X,000-the ) largest In our history ami this great export movement is being maintained and steadily lucreas. Ing the trade balance In our favor , as suring fin ther large gold Imports In the ftltuie. Indeed , gold promises to become u ding In tlie maiket. It Is reported fiom New Yoik that cuneney Is scarcer than coin. The treasury Is not anxious to exchange legal tenders for gold and It Is said to be piobablo that the New Yoik banks will soon bi-gln to use gold freely In payment of dealing house balances and custom house duties. Yet In the face of these well attested and Incontiovertlble facts popocratic sponters and organs are still pi each Ing , as they did last jear , that theie Is not money enough In the country for legiti mate commercial use. Mr. llryau and Mr. Itltiud continue to talk this the former fora large peieentago of the gate receipts and the organs of Hiyanlsm echo It. They aie not blind to the facts. They know as well as anybody tlie ac tual conditions. Hut they never have had much lespect for laets ami they have less now than ever bcfoie , b'cause existing facts utteily refute and demol ish their assertions and assumptions. Their jilan Is still to mislead and delude the people. Hut they cannot hare snch success now in doing tills as they had last year. The Intelligent fanner who Is finding a ready matket for his ptodnets at good pi ices has leatned that piosper- Ity and the gold stamhud aie not Incom patible. The thoughtful woikingman who is now well employed and receives his wages in money equal to tlie best In tlie vvoild undetstnnds better than ever befoie the value lo labor of a sound monetaiy system. The pioduceis of the nation's wealth hare bcfoie them a gicat objeet'lesson and those who give it in telligent consideiation cannot fail to be convinced of the fallacy of fiee silver. Not only Is there plenty of money for commeiclal use , but tlie supply Is greater by hnndieds of millions than It would be if the ftee silver cause had been suc cessful last jear. That would have driven gold out of circulation and much of it out of the country , contracting the cmiency to that extent. Tlie vletoiy for sound money ro-cstablisliud confidence and today all our cmiency is available for connneicial use and oveiy dollar of It as good tts gold. A GHO 'IA(1 TUADK. Theie Is no featme of the foreign trade of the rnited States more Interesting than tlie grow til ( luring tlie last few yeais of tlie expoits ot manulactures. I < \n the fiscal jear of IS'.HJ the value of these expoits was in lounil numbers $1:58,000,000 : , less than 10 per cent of tlie total expoits , while for tlie fiscal year ISO" the value of manulactnred pioducts sent abioad was ? ' . ! 7i,000,000 ( , nearly 127 per cent of the total exports. This is a notable inciease In a peiiod of lire years and shows the supeiloilty of Amei lean mannfactnies In many lines , for it is quality rather than in Ice which enables our manufactuiers to compete with those of other countiies in most foieign mar kets. Whether our trade will continue to glow In tills dhectlon as i.ipldly as it Ii is In iccent years I.s of com so problemat ical , but it at least seems leasonable to believe that the maikets wo hive seemed will be retained , though our manufactur ers must encounter a steadily stiength ening unnpplition. It Is quite possible that the improvement In the home m-ir- ket will lead American manuf.ictuieis to give less attention to the expoit ttade than they hare been giving for seveial yeais. but at all event.s theie has been a highly Kitlsfactory demonsttation of the I'uct that our manufactures can suc cessfully compete In foieign markets , notwithstanding tin- higher labor cost of piodnclng them. AN I'.KKHOKl'Hl .M/A/ST/M * . The .Sagasta ministry app. > ais to be an eneigetlc body , with a full appieclatlon of tlie task it has befote It. It has al- icady attested Its purpose to push the woik of political leform by calling on tlie leader of tlie autonomists in Cuba to nominate candldate.s for some of the Important posts under the Cuban admin- istiatlon and it has otheivrise shown an intention to do all that Is possible to ter minate the war. Tlie successor to Wey ler , General Hlanco , has given out that he will act with energy agaln.st the In surgents and thus the new regime seems to lie Imbued thionghont with a deter mination to hi ing about the pacification of Cuba as soon its possible. The administration at Washington Is taking a reiy gteat Inteiest In what is transpiring at Madild and It may sately bu piesiimed that the Kagasta ministry Is no less solicitous le.spectlng the atti tude .of thu anthoiltlcs at our national capital. It Is said to ! > . > the expectation at Washington that theie will be pio- tiaeted delays on thu subjects to which the I'nited < 8tatcs has Invited the atten tion of Spain , but it seems impiohahlo. that the .Spanish government will adopt a dllatoiy comse , because It can baldly fall to leall/.e that that might prove vex atious and fieshly stimulate thu demand for aggiesslvo action on the part of the United States. H would seem to be clearly good policy for thu Spanish gov ernment to communicate Its vluws on the mattets submitted to U by Minister Woodford before the uiectlug of con- Kress , for If It slmll fall to do tills HIT * will nssiirctUy IKnimtlier outburst f JliiCoNin tlmt could lintdly full to om- l ) fins' * the situation. So far as the ndmlnlstiatlnti I4 * ion- corned thorn N no donlit that It Is at pii'sent disposed to do nothing that would Interfere with the S.ij-nstn pro Ktnnt , luit Pipsldeiit Melvliiloy ml lit re- jjaid with emi Itnp.itleniv an uniieeM- H.uy tk'lny on the part of the Spanl n pncniini'iit to respond to the representa tions of this Kovornnu'iit and It Is con- celvahle that In snch ea e he might be less wllllnn than he otherwise would he to hold lit check the tendency In con gress to force innttoi * . Sagasta could luuilly make n giaver mistake than to piotraet imieasonaltly sneh recognition of the representations of this govern ment , submitted In the friendliest spirit , as It linn a light to expect. rin ; I'uhtVKxu \ THK cormr.s. The contiovcrsy over th" discharge of u do7en policemen who were let out by the police board to lednce expenses In volves some very serious questions. l'n- der the charter the police boatd Is made responsible for the government of the ( lie and police department : ! . The bn.ud Is , however , limited both as regatds e\- pendltntes and discharges of employes. The chaiter limits the amount to be expended In each of the two depart ments to a H\ed sum , leaving the coun cil the dlscietlon to levy the full amount or less. In ease the amoniil sot apatt by the council falls short the chatter e-X-prchsly piohlblt.s the transfer of money fioni other funds to the police or lite funds. With these limitations to govern Its expundltuies the police board must net'L'ssiully keep the pay roll within the rosomees at Its disposal. To do this It must cut down the loice or luduco the p y. y.Another Another charter limitation on the povv- 01 s of the ho.ud is the ptovlso that no police olllcer or fireman shall be dis missed except for cause anil after a hunting. Tlie question naturally aiKes whether a sliot tage of funds Is not sutli- cient cause for a reduction of the foice without a hearing. The citation of the boatd to appear in cotut to justify the lemoval of eleven policemen without a heating brings up not meioly tills question , but also the aibltr.iiy action by which the bo.ud nddod new ollicers to the force while at the same time setting up the necessity for the lemovnl of other.s on the plea of lack of funds. In that respect tlie discharged policemen seem to have cause for complaint. If the conit recognizes the right to lelnstatoniout , the boatd will be compelled to letieneh in some other way. They must either dismiss the elli cers appointed in the face of a dellclt and reduce the force to the extent tint is necessary or it mn.st devise a way of lalslng the wind which nobody can yet discoin. n THK counr nitrsK The foioclosmo wile of the Mutiny block facing the couit hon o on Ilainej sheet ptesents an opportunity for the acquisition of this piopoity by the cQunty wltli ti view to making it a part of the couit honso sqnaie. It is conceded on all hands that the county will In the near future bo compelled to enlarge its pics- out court house or build an enthely new stiuctme. The peculiar formation of the ground th.it constitutes the couit house sqiuio and the nrehitectnie of tlie court house make.s the enlargement of the building vety costly if not imptacticable. The eonstiuction of wings on ono or both sides would dcstioy the ( 'fleet without Imploring the defects of the main stiuc- tuto. I It would bo inoio economical In the end to erect an entiiely new building of siilli- cieiit dimensions to servo all puiposes and supplied with all the conveniences used in modern olllco buildings. Snch a building could be erected on the south of the pre.sent court house without dis commoding anybody or interfering vvith the use of the present court house , pio- vldlng that ground enough were added to the square on that side. Ity annexing the Mnuay block to the couit house square there would be ample loom for cairylng out such a plan. The demoli tion of the piesont couit house after the completion of the new building would enable the aichltects to utilize the stone and iron In that stiuctme in the erection of n new county piison and woikhous > > , while the giounds on the Fainam street fioilt could be paikcd and embellished with fountains and statuary. Inasmuch as the buildings on the Mur- lay tract ate of no value the puiclmse of the ground would involve no outlay and no Jo s for lemoving them. It Is safe to assume that the county can buy the propelty now for less money than at any fntnie time , especially should the now ownei.s impiore It by the election of permanent buildings. While It is true that the county commissioners .lie not In position to consummate the purchase with I u lids on band , wo hare icason to b'here that terms can be negotiated by which the county would come Into pos session of the ptoperly by scenting the pi Iv liege of ledemptlon which the foi mot- owner still holds. I'opociatlo papers are trying to make their icadeis believe that Judge Sullivan was the unanimous choice of all tin- thieo state conventions that made up the fnMon aggiegation. The fact is that Judge HullU.ui was neither the unani mous nor the Hist choice of any of the tin co conventions. Kach of them put ilhc'lf on iccoid In favor of another man. Judge Sullivan owes his nomination to the state house machine , which forced him on the ticket on the assurance that his candidacy for suptumo judge would be satisfactory to the inlhoaiN and alll-'d coiporatlons with whom they had tied up. While talking about attorneys for de faulters , it may be pertinent to note that defaulters do not discriminate be tween political parlies In the choice of their attoinoys. The chairman of the hllreilte stale committee is on record not only na the attorney of Defaulter Halt- ley , but also ns charging upon Governor Ilolcomb guilty know ledge of the defal cation from the time ho approved the Hartley bond. And while talking about lawyeis who hlro themselves out to defend - fend public thieves , what about the newspaper itVnep that prostituted Its col umns to ittfHolQ ; Hollit as tin honest man after his ctmh'.ssion of guilt Just be cause its ownon lind been favored with n loan of so\ne of the mmiey stolen by Itolln fiom die city ? What about the samp organ that In return for accommo datlons thf6njJi | Hartley's favor did erciythlng that It could to hlehl him wlnni he w.iKiptposed , and whose editor and owner VMcf In almost constant conference - ference wltii ( lie defaulter , both during his trial and nrtiT his conviction and Im- ptlsonmeiit jn tjio county JallV The repalilng In progicss on the I.eav- enwoith stieQt pavement Is tin ocular demonstration of the Inferlotlty of brick ns n paving umteilal on thoroughfares subject to heavy tratllc. The bilck that has been laid In this city will not stand the test of dmablllty In compniison with asphalt , granite or sandstone. ISilok Is available for the pnreiuent of residence sheets , whete the wear and tear Is light , but If the lesson of our own expeilence I.s heeded It will bo ruled out as unsuit able for business thoioughfarps. The exposition Is a public entei prise. Subscriptions hare been asked and se cured f i oni the genetal public , and the taxpayers are eooti Uniting to Its sup- pott. The public therefoie expects not only a public accounting of the Inist after the exposition Is concluded , but to be taken into tlie confidence of the man agement as the woik ptoceetK l 'or the success of the exposition lite good will and support of ( lie general public aie the llrst and indispensable piorequislkM. I'nrstiant to Its nature , the organ that has been so lavish of space for attacks upon Mayor Moores has no loom for the communications Illcd by the mayor with the county boaid setting up hl.s claims against the county nnd asking speedy .settlement. It might oppn the eye4 of its leaders to Its own hypocrNy if it pi'imltted them to have infoimation of both sides of the dispute through its col umns. The question thoughtful democrats are asking themselves Is whether Mr. Hector - tor would not be of gt eater set vice to the public in his pu'sout capacity of county commissioner than he would as slid iff. And the pieponderance of opinion Is in favor of keeping him in the county boaid , at least until the term foi which ho was elected shall hare ex pired. The taxpayers of Douglas county hare hundieds of' thousands for the exposi tion , but not , a penny for tilbuto to the Imported .f.'OO n-uumth satiap who issues edicts to the managers and has hiniseil endorsed by thodhectois , for mutilating costly plans made by experts and playIng - Ing into tlie hands of ptefeitcd contiact- ors. Why make so much ado over the iden tification ol the rl-rolver with which Gul lean is said 'to hare shot l'ietidont Cnr- flold ? Theio may be several original re- volveis just , as there ate sc.iUoiod through European monasteries enough bones of St. I'eter to make a half ilo/en human skeletons. U orkliitv tinCliniil. . Philadelphia limes While the free coinage folk admit their prospects are Bomewlut under a cloud , that doesn't prevent their nsliiR Its silver lining to roof a lot of air castles. A CllllffMHloil \VcllUlH-HN. . Wnbliliioton Star. The CanadHns , w.io do not propose to be outvoted , act on the positive conviction that In the International sealing conference no other nation eouid possiblj be Induced to Indorse - dorso the fairness or the soundness of the UrltUh contention concerning the seals. Tne Canadians ought to Know , and doubtless their contcssed opinion concerning the weakness and untenablllty of the British claim Is cor rect. I.ooklnt ? Out fur Xo. 1. Olohe-De'nocrnt. Dryfn anA his friends are making tre mendous efforts to hold Nebraska In the popocratic line. A republican victory In that state this > ear would be a hard blow to Ilryan's prestige. Of course , if He > nr > George should carry New York In the pres ent municipal canvass ho would be the logical candidate In 1000 of the elements which put up Dryan in 1890 , whethei No- 1 raaka goes republican or popocratic this year. Drjan , however , Is too shiowd to fear that George will be New York's next major. i\trinlliiur Hn > Mone.i Order SJ.MIII. | . riillmlelplila Ileconl The postal money order service now brings to the govo'nment a net yearly revenue of almost $1.000,000 A system which Is thus shown to bo more than solf-sn portlng , while affording a great convenience to the people , certainly deserves a chanceto develop Its fullest powers of usefulness , and the muio so since Its growth would moan little In creased expenditure by the government nnd certainly a material growth In receipts Tor these reasons the policy of geno-al extension announced by the PostolIIio po.iartment will meet with general approval , even though It sin-OJ anticipate the public needs In some locatles. TriixtN Turning tinSITCT M. Kaiifaa City Blnr. Tlicro Is a loud call for the enforcement of the anti-trust law In Illinois. The only man ufacturer of glucose outside of the recently organized trust has two factories In that state and the other day ho received no'lee from the combine that he must sell out at a stipulated prlco or" ho would bo wiped out In a shoit itlniC'by ' a tremendous reduc tion of prices , i Tills Is the most Impudent assertion of n determination to disregard the law that las over come to public notice , and If the officials' don't Inaugurate proceedings to stop that form of bulldozing the whole anti-trust schema may bo voted a miserable travesty. , ! 1 ( sHMlOMMJHIT V. iMiue if Ifii-i KlNliiK1 Tlilf In IliiNl- ni'HH StntlHllrN. Now York WorM. The return of-sold. to this country U gen erally accepted as ono of the most substan tial signs of renewed prosperity. The gold arrlveit or shipped during the past week ainoutitoilitoi JSlSSO.OOO , and It is thought tlmt bt fore the i movement stops $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 wllljoome. The treasury now holds nearly $150,000,000 In gold , against $125,000,000 last. > ( > ar and $93.000,000 In. 1895 The failures /or the quarter to October 1 were the smallest of any quarter since 1892 , and the business payments through Lanka the largest by $ 08,000,000 , according to Dun's lie-view , ever known In 'September The week's exchanges were 88 per cent larger than In 1S92. The uggrcgatu returns of the railroads for September * were 12,8 per cent larger than last year. There was a ivet Increase of $13,160,440 In the money In cir culation for September. The export trade has been enormous , but there wan a falling oft during thu past week of 1,000,000 bushcla each In wheat and corn It Is thought to bo a hint from foreign cus tomers to our farmera and speculators not to hold back for higher prices. An advance In wool to an average of 20 cents a pound add * to the satisfaction of the farmer * The hoped-for rise In > wages to meet the Increased cost of llvlnu cornea , ant usual , the last and slow cut of all , or ctiivx iITS. . Chicago nocord It appears that the SpanIsh - Ish government has decided tint the steno graphic method ot lighting docs not produce RtimdciU results. Detroit Kreo Press : Tlie fact that 20000 addition I soldiers will go wUh General Illanco to Cuba proves that even n soft lieiriod rommandcr cannot nlvvnjs rely upon kindness In Inihiclns rebels to lay down their aims Chicago Test If MI'i Clsncros hns roMljr escaped from n prism nttlrcd In box s clothes It must be conceded cither that it was done with the knowledge nnd consent of her Spanish Jailers or that flhe Is not the beiutl- ful feminine creature that hns been dcscrluod to us A girl of tint essentially feminine beauty ot face and flRiire that has born so lavishly extolled couldn't fool anyone ns to her sex except on the stage or In n novel. New York Sun- The appointment of Hen oral tlatnon lllanco as Weyler's s ticec3 or In Cuba will be Intorpieted as heralding the abandonment of the needless brutalities that ha\o made Weyler's name notorious It would not be surprlslnfi for example , to nnd the fi.vslpm of compulsorv concentration In tovviiB cither greatly modified or done nway with altogether Out of It ha\c sprung un numbered sufferings. Such a change nny also bo Interpreted as denoting the willing ness of the new ministry to deal directly with the parlols for terms of peace. General lllanco having n reputation for reliance on diplomacy as well ai the sword , and for willingness to make concessions. In this re- epect he may bo better compared , perhaps , with .Marline ? Cnmpoi than with Wojler lint neither change of comnnndcrs nor change of policy can now avail to divert the aim of the patriots from that Independence which begins to fieeui not far off. ii AND oTiinuwisn. The Winchester (1ml ( ) Democrat siys 'Dumps Unggnrd Ins eleven children and nine cases of measles In the famllj " Senator llacon of Georgia hii given to the city of M.icon n beautiful patk of soventj acre * , moat of which Is thickly wooded. General \V \ \ ' . Dlackmar of Boston Ins the chair In- which General Grant sat In the court house at Appomattox. when he wrote out the conJItlons for the sui render of Lee The marquis of Landsowne , secretary of state for war , presented General Nelson A. Miles with a Lec-Unllcld cavalry carbine and a Hrlllsh cavah } saddle and bridle com plete. plete.When When Uncle Mosea 1 > . Handy notified the manageis of the 1'ails exposition that they must provide nmio apncc for the American exhibit they promptly hustled around and got It 0. 1' . Wood , now baggage master In the union station In Dcreton , Is one of throe men In that city who holds the "Kearney Cross" for special bravery during the war of the rebellion Zola Is proposing to lecture In America , and arrangements have boon put on foot for a tour. It could scarcely be a successful trip If extended thtough the country , as he cannot fcpeak English A Lawrence Kan. , man , writing from New York to the Liwrcnco Jouinul , sa > s "The greatest thing I saw-Jieie was a former student of the music department ot Kansas unhorslt ) plajlm ; a hand oigan In Central 1'ark " John L Stoddard , the popular lecturer on foreign lands , has retired from the platform on account of 111 health All of the lectures he has delivered , together with several new onus , will be published 1n a series of ten volumes , containing 3,400 Illustrations Benjamin W. Clark of Manchester , N II , who has been appointed consul at 1'ernam- buco at a salary of $2,000 , Is the joungest son of the late Daniel Clark , who was United States senator from New Hampshire and Judge ot the United States ciicult couit for iiianycars Governor Taylor of Tennessee In a speech on "Irish Day" at the exposition said"If I were a sculptor I would chisel from the marble my ideal of a hero. I would make It the figure of an Irishman sacrificing his hopes end his life on the altar of his count 15- , and I would carve on Its pedestal the name of Em met. " Monongalla county , "West Virginia , has a citizen named Hnjmond Grigs , with an am bition so peculiar and unusual that some people think him crazy. For many years he has made it a point to be the lirst citl/cn In the tountj to pay his taxes. About three jears ago , nnd for the first time in his life , ho was beaten b > a swifter taxpajer , and It almost broke his heart. Representatives of the Insurance depart ment of Kansas , who uro enjojlng metropoli tan life and extracting big fees from Insur ance companies down east. blew into New York City last week loaded for business They essajed to "examine" one company in two days a Job that required two months' labor of the New York department experts But when the Kansas men were informed that there were no fees in prospect their ardor coaled and they wandered out as quickly as couitcsy would permit. The "ex amination" has been Indefinitely postponed , William Harnes Dement , the manufacturer and art patron of Philadelphia , whose death Is announced , was known throughout the world as a liberal and intelligent buyer of works of art Everything relating to art In terested him deeply , and he gave much of his time and means to the promotion of artistic culture. He was a director of the Pennsyl vania Academy of Fine Arts for manv yoais and vvaa a contributing member co many other art associations His private collec tion , which was accumulated through many years , was widely known. ioxv I'HKS Sioux City Times In the states of Iowa , Kansas , Missouri and Nebraska the corn crop will amount to not less than 050,000,000 bushels , which will be worth a good many dollars , and everj dollar as good as every other dollar. Dos Molncs Capital' The state government of Nebraska Is popocratic , but there is no attempt to deny Improved conditions over thcMe of a twelvemonth ago Nebraska Is becoming inoio of a stock state Corn will bo fed to hogs and the farmers will depend more and more upon the profits of sales of cattle ard hogs. Burlington Hawkcye : The Iowa silver democrats ought to bo Indicted for libel of the state Their platform unblushlngly de clares the mills are closing and workingmen - men cannot get employment. Of com so , they know , and cveobody knows , it Is a brazen falsehood , yet late democratic county conventions "emloree" the state platform without any reservation. Davenport Democrat : It Is difficult , to gather any correct Information about Gov- etnor Drake's condition of health That ho Is at Excelsior Springs , Mo , taking treat ment , everybody knows , but whether bo Is receiving decided benefit Is not certain. The reports ono day say ho is worse , the next day they declare that ho Is better. The people of Iowa all hope for the governor's carlj lestoratlon to good health. Sioux City Journal. Muscatlno has nine pearl button factories at work making but tons from the shells found In the Cedar river , and one factory has been slatted In Cedar llaplda "It Is only a little while ago , " soya the Waterloo Reporter ; "every democratic paper was ridiculing the Idea of competing with foreign countries In the nnnufacturo of pearl buttons , and our readers may remem ber the funny things these papers published about taxing the buttons on the poor man's shirt. And now Iowa Is competing with tlietio foreign made buttons , using a homo material supposed to be valueless , and bring ing money Into the state Instead of Bending It outside " Des Molnes Loader1 The recent report of the auditor of sUte showed that on Juno 30 last the savings and state banks of Iowa had on hand available resources more than $3.000,000 larger than on the coiren'ondlng dfllo In 1B9C , Statements of the Des Molnes banl > 8 just published show theio has been an Increase of 35 per cent over the re sources of a year ago , This condition la not peculiar to Des Molnes. For Instance , the Kansas City bank deposits are now 60 per cent larsor than a year ago , and 26 per cent larger than eleven weeks ago These flguies and comiiarisons indicate the substantial character of the prosperity which the west Is enjo > lng. Iowa does not show as largo an Increase UH Kansas for the reason that Iowa U a corn state vvhllo Kansas Is a wheat state , and wheat U a much quicker asset than corn It la needless to point out that the great hoard of money now In the lunka does not belong to the banker * , nor to largo capi talists. It upreaeuU many thousand * ot In dividual * . Tlt.VDK WITH Tim DOMIMOV. The runner Tim-llnniUc I'olloj unit Oir llomillx. OilenRo Tribune. W. S. nettling , the Canadian minister of finance , Is In London , Kngtand , for the purpeao of negotiating a loan of JlO.OOO.OOOi to take up outstanding Canadhn obligation * and to assist In the railroad and canal de velopment ot the Dominion. In the course of a recent Interview Mr Kidding anlJ : "Tho Canadian government Is well awnre that a number of Inllnentlal men In both parties of the UnlteJ States are tlliMllsfleil with the present state ot trade between the United States ami Canada , and It 1 * ipiltc possible this will lead to some action. If the United States government approaches the Canadian government on the subject It will be met In the right spirit \Vo strongl } believe that It Is for the advancement of Canadian as well as ot the Imperial Interests that there should bo friendly trade rolUlons with our neighbors. " In reply to Mr. Holding's suggestion It may be said that this country fully trlfd the "liberal pollcj ' from the time of the 1851 treatv tu that of Us alirogitlon In 1SGG. It ! had twelve jears' experience , and the result was neither propitious nor satisfactory to this country. U proved to be an unfair , one-sided , Jug-handled arrangement. Wo let the Canadian agricultural , fishery , and lumber products come In duty free , while Canada levied a stiff protective duty on all of our manufactures which competed with Its Instead of tho-se remaikably one-sided concessions maklrg the O'nucks moie friendly and neighborly , all through our struggle for the union they were on the side of slavery and the south , nnde their coun try a shelter for the rebels , and gave them all the help and protection they dared or could afford to without openly declaring war on the union. Again , In 1SS9. the democrats came Into power , Cleveland being president , and passed a tariff bill In lS92-)3 ! ) which gave Canada almost free trade with this country Did It make the Canucks more loving cousins ? No Their election In IS'JO turned upon the Issue of reciprocity with this country free entry for our manufactures In exchange for all their agricultural , forest mineral , and fishery - ery products. Hut the reclprocators were badly beaten nnd the toiles came Into power and have done all they could to cripple and break down our trade with the Dominion The present so-called liberal administration has nothing to offer worth our consideration Our present tariff Ilkn that of ISOO , was made for the revenue nnd for the piotectlon of our own people The Canadian "states" or provinces need not look for any bet let trade relations with the American union than Illinois or Iowa or CnllfoinH enjoyw They can have while outside of our union the same tariff as other nations have , nnd nothing more favorable If the Canucks want fie" trade with this country they can get it on the same tcnr.H , conditions , nnd obligations which our forty ( Ivo stairs cnjoj , and In no other manner. The daj for lopsided dickerIng - Ing with these people has passed. It Is to be hoped , forever They are no friends of Amer icans but petty , spiteful jeilous enemies tagging on to the queen's skirts and John Unit's coat tails nnd keeping out of the great Amei lean republic because they are nairow minded , big headed , stupid , and blind to their own Interests 1'oonm i/rr.it VTIO.V TinVortt niii > iii > of ( Inllxpol4 ! Trinlc ofiniTlrn. . Ht I'aul Ploni > er 1'ress The worst foes of our rapidly expanding export trade are the men who sell adulter ated goods , or goods under a false name ; who deal In spurious brands and trade marks ; who by any dishonest means seek to swell their Individual profits for a short season , regardless of the countrj's commer cial reputation , or of ilio loss which must In the long urn accrue tothe c\ll-dQ s\ The ruin which well nigh overtook our export trade In cheese , two or three > ears ago , from the rascally operations of the filled cheese men. Is a case in point The reward which follows the enforcement of honest branding Is shown by the increase of our exports of pure cheese from 30,777 291 pounds for the fiscal > eir of 189G to CO 944 - ( .07 pounds for 1897. According to figures fumished by the Agricultural depirtment no filled cheese whatever was vvlthdiavvn for export la the latter jear the entire product of the stuff having Leen retained at home foi the benefit of American con sumers , who ate 1CG3OG7 pounds of It , on which the Internal revenue tax amounted to $10,630 07. As fast as ono damaging adulteration of an article of export Is unearthed and put under legal restraints , another seems to come to light. The fraud at present attracting most attention Is in the ndultciatlon of Hour. This , It Is claimed. Is being done on an immense scale , the aJulteiants. being cornmeal - meal and cornstarch Against this practice the papers of St. Louis , New York and other cities raise a loud protest , and one which should be heeded. As both of the adulter ants named arc harmless , except that the cornmeal Is apt to cause the flour to spoil In hot climates ( to which the apologists for the mixers claim they do not ship the mcal- mlxed article ) , and as the adulterated flour Is put on the market at a little lower prieil than the pure article , the usual defense la act up that no wrong Is dene , Inasmuch sa the mixing simply gives another "grade" of flour , entllely wholesome , and whoso production Is quite within the scope of legitimate enterprise Hut If everything Ig as claimed , why do not the mixers so bran ! the bags or barrels that every purchaser will know Just what ho Is getting. ' Why not sell the article on Its merits , for Just what It Is , Instead of selling It for "flour ? " rlour , In the common language , means pure wheat flour. It ma > vary In quality with out fraud , but when adulterants are Intro duced It is no longer the flour the customer Intends to buy , and Its sale as such be comes a fraud of the ( list magnitude The case Is precisely analogous to that of fllle.l choose , and the mix ore should be put under the same lestialnt as has been Imposed on the dishonest cheese mongers , The Interests Involved In the maintenance of an honest reputation for American prod ucts arc too vant to ho 'permitted ' to remain at the mercy of soulless adulterators. Leav ing our homo trade out of consideration , the name "American" on the package ought to bo a guarantee that every barrel of flour , every barrel of meat , every paekago of but ter , cheese or other produce shipped abroad Is pure and wholesome and true to nanio. In no other way can the foreign tr.ido now glowing EO rapidly bo maintained. The do mestic consumer also necdu nnd deserves protection , oven against his propensity to bo- lli'vo that ho can under any circumstances got n first-class article for an i'mdoquato price a propensity which gives the adulter ator his fattest pickings , Hence U Is a matter of rejoicing that the whole subject of the sale of adulterated or mlsbrandod foods , drugs , llquorH , etc. , Is likely to bo hi ought before congrcps at Its next session , as the result of Investigations now in progress through the Department of Agriculture That department has Issued a circular ask ing for Information from all mho have facts to Impart upon the subject not theories , but such Instai'ces of fraudulent practices ns can , if necessary , be substantiated All In- foimatlon should bo sent to the division of chctnlatry , Department of Agriculture , at Washington. IMIIN ; m : > ii.uutnn. A "SlluUful" "I Iliirnlm ? AVnrilN from 11 llrjimllr OrK'iii. Watcrluii ( la ) Courier. Laboring nun all over the state , especially union laborers , will no doubt be pleased to read the follow Ing excerpt from the pen of It II. Moore of the Ottumwa Dcmociat , the supporter of Fred White and Dryanlini and the acknowledged too of working people The letter la addressed to the Dei Molncs Loader , and Mr. Moore says of the effort being made by the state federation to bring the Ottumwa Democrat Into the Typographi cal union and force It to pay living wages "Perhaps It may bo of some Interest to you , to my various friends throughout the state and to the general public , In the state and elBo\7liero , for mo to ay that the Ot tiiiuua Democrat will never bo unionized , unless It la done over my dead body As loug an I hold $16,500 of the Block ) ou ! ! ( readily perceive that any ultimatum of a iio-calioj fodeiatlon is child's play , The warfare on Mr. Walsh la unjust and cruel In the extreme , for he baa toted absolutely fair with a gang that lug no honor and gratitude In tuolr cornuoaltlon. " \MI We send cnglno lathes to France. North Carolina contains two silk mills. Nashville , Art. . , Is to have n woolen mill. One million nerca ot sugar beets g vc ft crop worth $ f.O 000.000 A bin mxvinlll at nrandln , Mo. . IK almo.it entirely equipped with women help t'onceinlng textile Induitrles In the llritish. hies the best reports ns to prosperity co-no from Ireland The Oldtown. Me. , Woolen compaii ) will enlarge Its plant by n putchaso of a shoo factory In that town. The ARhby cotton mill of Marlon S I * , will double Its plant at once The mill now contains 2,750 spindles. At Ilrldgeton , Me , the llnce woolen mills are running night and dry , and hiiro oil they can do for the entire winter The Haglo and Phoenix cotton mills , Columbus , Oa , have recently began to run rights , emplojllig t\vo setd of operatives The chaitcr ti > r n $100.000 cotton mill at nilzabcthton , Trim , has been secured , and work will soon commence on the building The buildings of the Rochester wxillen mills ot HwluHter , Minn. , have been 10- pulled since the lire , and the machinery Is now running full time. A Kansas farmer who died last week left a fortune of $1110.000 , every cent of which was made out of fanning , and very little of It was n.iule out ot this > cat's crop , either. Manufucturoiw of blcvclis In Canada arc complaining about Amerlein competition Highly per cent , they say , of the wheels sold In Canada are brought In from the United States About 75 per cent ot the silks worn by American women nro of American manufac ture. In this blanch of Industry the ques tion of ( supremacy appears to have been firmly nnd finally settled. Lord James of Hereford lately fettled a labor dispute on the N'oithcnstcrn railway so hatlsfnctorllj to both sliku that the men sent him mi address of tlmil.tf and the company has presented him with a gold badge ns a paa > ovei Its lines The Hartford ( VI. ) Woolen company's mill , which ban done a poor business foi the last two jcais Is now running nil Its looms , em ploying monj help than ever bcfoie , and on full time , with eiders on hand to keep It tunning till Juminrj 10. The compaio has Just made n 10 per cent advance In wages. A hlmllar tomtit Ion of affairs exists at the Olcotl mill of the came place. Natural gas promises to bo a rupldly diminishing Imlustij. The leturn for 189C , Just published In the United States inlucial i statistics bhovvs that the value of natural gas In tint > ear was only $13,002512 or about two-thlids the total In 1SSS , $2JC29- -7fi rlhe decrease has been sti'.id > and con tinuous from tlal diti * In this elite $19- 282,375 ot natural gas was produced In 1SSS nnd onlv about a qmrter us miuh , $5,52S filO In 1S9G At this rate. In another ten > cara njturtl g as will have ceased to be of any afprecliblt1 Industrial v ilue In Peniisjlvinli Ohio reached its highest point In 1SSU $5 215 dtiy , and has tapered to $1,172,100 so that be fore long none will bo produced there , liullatn has fallen from ? 5,71S,000 In 1S1M to $ j.01.0r. ! " > in 1SUG , nnd promises to last until 11)10 ) or to COMIC VI , Oil VI'T. Hnrpci'H l-i7.ii ! : " \Ah.it nl M > om mo- tioss , Norah' " asked n iiolghbo ] "The doetlioi ? do bi > w.ivln' th it it Is nerv ous pesteratlon she nil1 ! sine" IndlanipolN Jouinil. "The deaf mm who walks on the iullro.ul track , " "ilil the Cheerful lillot , vvlio Is nothing If not i n- veiitlonnl in his cho'ce ' of subjects , "Is a dumb fool. " Chicago Record : "Hobby ci\s IIP knows why people alw.ijs throw old shoes after a brlile " "Wh > Is It. Hobby ? " "So she'll hnvc something ensy to wear when her new ones gits to hurtln' her" Cleveland Plain Deiler : "Olllccr , It there a good lestuurant In this neighborhood' " "Ye-s. iim'.un just around the cornel " "Is therea saloon attached to It ? " "No , but they'll send out nnd get j u am thing jou like , ma'am. " Cliicn J Post : TViey h < ul been left alone Inp the house for the evening- Suddenly thi jouiiKsristei stalled up. "I think I hear a mm ! " she cried. The elder sister listened Intentlv. "I fear" she "ild nt list , "that the- wish Is father to the thought. " Somervlllo Jouiml. Hosclus "What sal ary do > oti cet od in in ? " Hrutiis 'Tlfty per" Roseliib "What llfty per week ? " Uriitus "No , llfty perhaps. " Detiolt Tree Press : "What , no tele phone ? " asked om > of the legular callus at the drug store. Why did you have It liken out ? " "Most of tlie people in the nelzhbothooil got to using It to ordei drugs fiom ntbor stores 1 guess I can gtn > i > a buslncas Idei once in a Washington Star : "Would you ll'e a. half-tone portrait of jouiself ? " Inquired the Interviewer "Cer.alnly not" replied Mrs Ciimrox , "I don't desire It to look as If the r.ue'-tlon oC expense was considered In the slightest. Let it be a whole-tone or nothing " Detroit Journal : "And you will trust > our futuru to such as 1 ? " ho e-xel limed , In riiDtiue. 4 Yes.she answered , , and nestled Hweotly tmor. liis bosom Her futuie , it was pioper to say , en pas sant , didn't cut much Ice , anyway , In coin- pirlson with her terrible past , by me inn of which she made her dally brei'l rOUTUNH HUNTHUS. WashlMKton Hlnr. Si'ccoss the chance will never lack rTe - - To tell its Jo > s anew. The man who "still > es It ilch" gets back To glvo an Intci view. The other , whn POIH boldly forth , Anil laboied but to full. Is lingering. Know hound. In the Noith , And cannot tell bis tale. A IVI II UIIIST KIl.VDUATU. She- dumped a trick In her pai tner's hand ; lie piomptly fell In the dumps ( Which vv.un't the thins to ilo at all ) And It made her think fhu had mlsse-di a "call , " So flie straightway led him trumps. Slio luil him IniinjM to a call Indeed I Hut one fiom the enemleh' hand , And they made theli Heven-eaid Bii't ' with fipeeil In a style entirely grand , Tlinn her partner signaled but all In vain Though bis "tall" was almost a shriek. Ami he turned to Ice an vi forced him twice , And ho thought nome thlnps Unit vvoic far from nice , And ho longed for n tongue to rpe.ik , AH ho Haw bin ace and liU king , and < iueen ( The least to the lurneBt nl/o ) , Ill i seven and four all ( lumpen ! 'jaloro ( Ills pirtner appeared surprised ) Then with ace and three on the Jtlnrr led NIO | I'lnveil aeo ( which Iio called "unblock- ( And Incidentally IW'CP ' revoked ; Ami he-tweon tint liundu pha lightly Jokr I , Willie ber piiitnei'H thong-liti vverj s o-'Mi . When nil was o'er , at tlie Klmslly hejro Shu gazed and. her face Krevv red And she looked with lie on the conn ] a hi : her , And theaa were the vvordi Bho "Well , upon my word ! tnU Is too almirdt There must ho a griss mlstikit ! If not , then I know din rontion why" ( And her look n the gn/ed in her partner's e > e , Mmlu that veteran wblHtcr ( junlte ) Then her heart lelenteil. o'er iiln repented , And she Bald In a milder way : "lt'i a dieaUful uhaine , but you're not to blame You don't underHtund my play. " A Nerve Food IS FOUND IN POSTIM. . . . . At Grocers.
