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
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21 20,131
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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.
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At Grocers.
