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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1898)
r THE OMAHA DAILY PER K. nOSEWATEU , Editor. FUDUSHKD EVEIIV MOHNINO. TKUM3 OF SUIJSCnilTIO.N ! Dtllr 1 > ( Without Sunday ) , On * Year..IS t ) Dallr Uco nnJ Sundnr , One Year. * CO Six Month ' Three Month * , SM Kunday l ) e , One Year * > Haiurjay ee , One Yenr 1 M Weekly Dee , One Tear. . , U Omaha ! The n e Ilulldlnr. Routh Omahfii Singer Illlc. , Cor , N an > 1 21th SU Council llufr ! : 10 rtnrl .Street , Chicago Office : 517 Chamber of Commerce. New Vork , Temple Court , Wa hlnclon : toi fourteenth Slrwt. connusroNnuNCB. All communications rchllng to nenrg and edlto * Hal matter thoulil be nddresocd : To th < KJItor lIUaiNi.su burrHItB. All liuMntva lettcri and remittance * should b addretied to The lift I'ublUlilng Company Omaha. Drafts , checks , nxi > re and poitoftlc money order * to bo made payable to tin order o llio company. Tim DEI : PUIIUSIIINO COMPANY. STATKMIJNT OP CIUCUbATION. Blate of Nobrotkn. UoiiBlnji County M.I Ueorge II Txrchuck. aeirctiiry of The IJee Tub lulling Company , bcln duly ( sworn enys thnt th actual number of full and complete coplM of Th Uallr , Morning , livening anil Sunday Ilec prlnlci luring the month of December , U37 , wa as fol lows : J 21 227 17 SI J Zl 371 l 21 r > l 3 21 iftl 11 ! 4 3 < 21 W7 ID 21 5H < 84VI2 21 21 "S J ! l SVJ It 21 " 2 ' 2I.10S 22 21 2T 8 21,31)1 ) 21 2121 ' 21,101 23 ( m'rn's only ) 10 S3 10 2I,2 < 11 2U 2T ! > JJ 21,14 ? 2i 2120 ] ' 21 02. . ) 21 21 V H 22217 2D 21 m 1J 21.342 SO 2101 JJ 21,177 31 21,53 ic 2ict Total C'C S7 returned and unsold cople 12.3 ! : NVt totnl mtc G4I Vii Net dally nveraitt- 2113 : 01:01101 : n TSCSCIIUCK Bnorn to l > pfoie me ntid cubtcrllicd In my pretence- this 1st day of January 1ST < * > "l ) N 1' mil. Notary 1'ublle The PninniPtolnl club hns donp niucli for Oninh.i , lint its pi-iloil of usefulness Is only bofiuii. Altlinush slill $100,000 behind IN rev- t'liui-H , llii sc-liool lionid keeps iltfht on liicionsliif , ' expenditures MS if It had money to bum The. iiii'rense In Tiiloii IMclHe ( Minings Is another sl 'ii thnt the p'opkregard the eliding of tlu > u'celvoiship ut , a good tiling all mound. The school liuid's ) ulcdlon of n new nttoriii'y merely ro-emplusi/es th- query , Why should the si'hool bo.ud liiivo n i ald attorney at all when tlu < city law dep.iitment N amply able to attend to all tinhoard's law business ? No innii ever got lost who traveled the .sti.iight load. There Is only one Hine w.iy for lliiuor dealers to guard themselves ng.ilnst having their appli cations lor licenses protested and that Is by living up to the letter of the law. It develops tint the estate of the lnt James G. Knlr has slit mile on piolute fioin ? : :0,000,0X : ( ) to JjSllMWO.OOO. JIa < l the vailous cl.ilniaiits only Known this in advance they might have saved them- .selves all that contention and litigation. The anesllon is , Does the payment or ti Unite to the police bcaid organ Include the privilege not only of Helling llqnoi without a license but also of selling on Sundays , of keeping of wine looms and of disregarding the other ptohlbltlons ot tlie law ? The goody-goody deacons and eldeivs , i of tlie outlaw police commission went to chinch .Sunday while saloon keepers violated tlie liquor l.iws , and then sot even the next day by fjiantbif ; llquoi licjnset , to the la\\bieakuib In detlance of the law. Kmperor AVilllam Is leported to have fleti.iycd a feeling of shame o\er 1 Is goollhh speech at Kiel. This Is a bad omen for the Gin nun c.utoonlsts If the empeior c.in be touched by ildiciile the occupation of the cartoonist may be- comet d.luscious. Senator Wolcott's dcclaiatlon that tlio late momtaiy commlbsion's visit to Kiiiojii' as tlmi'd under the most lavor- nblo conditions , resembles \ery niucli the statement of the physician about the hiiccessful opeiatlon Iromhlch tlie un- foiliiiKito piitient died. TIu > employe of a ] > rirato cor ] > oiatloij who after bis dlsehaitfoiiurslstuil in Injecting hlnibelf into hl.s lotmer place would soon discover that ho was mak ing a huf't' mistake. Theiv oiiKlit to be no moie dilllculty In dealing with a dis charged county employe. As was natuially to have been ex- peeled , the Kakery has ii aln Joined In with the people witli whom It re > 'iil.iily tialns In their iin-AmerliMii attack ujioa Attorney ( Jeneial IcKi'iina in tlu > hojio of kcuplnt ; him oft' of the bunch of the Unlled State.s supreme court. As president of u u'publle 8iistalnln friendly lelatioimlth the United Slates , 1'iesldi'iit Dole Is entitled to cnurk'.sy wlillo vislllnj ; AVahlilnjfton. IJut the fact Hut he Is a piesldenl need not buiulll'y his mission as u lobbyist for a tii'tity not jet tatlflod by the bL'llllte. The lupnbllc.inmvly \ Is the only na tional organisation that KOCS aUniK win- nlni , ' vlctoiles and iHvonipllHhln ; ; jjootl for tlie country without bislng bom itKiilii o\ery jear or two. Tlu * populist party 1ms been le boui for this jviir , and Indlc.itloiH aiu Hint I lie demoeiatlc pinty will have to imiloix" rtwneiation but'oio eiiteilii } , " another camp.ilfju. Tim necessity for Imimonlom and united \\oik on the pait of all Omaha people In the Interest of Omaha anil all Omaha enleipilt-es wan HOUT Kieater than at th ? piesent tlmo. Hecatise the HKDS ! unmlhtaKably Indicate lovlvliig business and Kt'm'ial piospcutseio never brljjhtor is no ii-abon for iela\lnt ; effoits In bi'half of city and at a to. Instenil of piovidlnj , ' that tins ( Into for tliu coinmuia't'ini'iit for congressional ti-rms should lm put off until tliu iiOlli of April It might bo well to move the tltUo up to about tlio 1st of January. Too Ion } , ' a time now elapses , nnluss n special session of congress Is called , between tween tlio tlmu n coiife'iessmiui Is elected iiiul the day ho guts n chaiii'i ) to do eomethlni ; for hla country. ron t'otiuxn / Tlio lull In the nsHntlon for lenllzpd railway pooling does not nccc sarlly Im ply that tlio subject li to IHJ dropiwd. Next month the supreme court h ox- prt'tetl to render a decision In tlio cnse of tlio Joint Traffic association and the understanding Is that the rdllroads which desire poollns legislation nro dis posed to delay action until nfter tin ? decision. Ilenco nothing Is being done by the senate or tlie house committees upon the subject , pending tlio clearing of the nlr. Whether the decision In tlio joint trallle case will clarify the situa tion to any gicat extent Is not np- paienr , since It Is likely to be In line with the decision of the court In the transtnlssonrl case , that railways me subject to the antl-tiust law. If the Joint tratllc ngieement Is sustained It must be on the giound that it docs not bind anybody to do anything , not on the ground that the anti-trust law does not apply to railways. A decision favorable to the Tiatlle association would simply mean that such contracts have no bind ing foico upon the pnitle , while those contracts which do bind will continue to be unlawful under the previous decision of the court. It U highly Improbable that the court will dlrectl.7 reverse the decision icgaidlng the application of the nntl-hfist law to lallway combinations , still It Is said that bomu of the lallway people feel that the court will make sonm dicta which will tlnow light upon tliu piesent confused lelatlolis between the railways and the federal anthoilty. The members of tlie Inteibtate Com- meice commissionare ) not unanimous In legard to the form of pooling contract' ? , but all fiuor some degiee of fed < nal legnlatlon. The best-Informed opinion Is that there Is veiy little chance that a pooling bill can be passed \\ltlioul granting wide powers to the commis sion In r'gaid to IKlug lates. While the lallways piolubly have power enough In coniriess to check hostile legis lation , they have not powei enough to hae passed new legislation giving them aiitlioilty to agiee upon laps amoim themselves without the supeivision of nnj federal aulhoilty. As was said a slxit time ago by one of the members of the commission , to legall/.e pooling without any accompanying legislation of an Important character Is a pioposil to tald > away fiom the public all the belie- tits it gets or thinks it gets fiom the competition of i.iilioad i inleis and put lothlng In its place and tint Is the pi op. osltion which , Irrespective ot the per sonal \iews of.the commission , would never be adopted by either house of congress. Many railway manager s icco ni/e this and aie willing to accept tlie conditions , but there aie otheis who would piefet that the existing situation ontinne to allowing the Interstate Com- mt'ice commission the power In regard to living rates which it Is proposed to give It. It may be legarded as absolutelv CT- aln that no measuic to legall/.e pooling .in become law that does not piovide for rigid governmental .supervision and n \lew of the strong railw.i.v opposition o this the chances of any pooling legib- atlon appear to be rather small. JVO Alt MY IWUAIiOO. In an elToit at sensationalism on the leer of the house , Congiessinair Lewis > f Washington has charged that the United States ninij is a menace to the ibeitles of tlio Amoilcan people and hat if tlie army is to be teor anls'ed or nlaigcd the p.-ople , that is , the popo- ciats , would be jiustilii'd m rusking If It s to be used for bieiKim , ' down eveij- liing that infills the fnrdom of the : oveinment. Tills outbreak , it is b- ieved , will enable Mr. Lewis to retain he contidunce of Ids popoeraUe con- tituency despite his declaration that he s not positive whether or not sixteen to one is the panacea for all political ills. The ultimate foundation of all go\ern- nent Is foice. While our government is nstitnted solely to protsct the liberties > f the people , It cannot fulfil Its mission viHiont tile power to uphold its authoi- ty In case of resistance to the operation f ILs duly enacted laws. The president f the United States is commander in hlef of the United States in my ana so eng as presidents aie elected who icp- esent the wUhes of the people In the natter of government the nimy can lever be Used to bicak down "tlie fioe- om of the government. " The lights f the people have never befti menaced y the army under any lepubllcan pies ! , lent. Wldle It is true popocrats like Ir. Lewis are scheming to secure n r < > slilont of a diireicnt political cieud , It .s impiobable they will be able to get ne who would dare leveisp the long alntalned lepubllcan policy with ie- aid to the use of the nimy. The dan- er , If any , lies not In the army , but in liose clothed with power to use the i my. I5nt liyMeiloal fear of the ainiy Is fter all on\/ a .slum and a pieteiihe. Is only seiions feature lies In the at- cmpt to make a political bugaboo out f the army. The United States in my s not to be used as a hcareeiow to lighten men into siippoit of a political nty notable chlelly lor Its poverty or ( linclples and liiblncerltj of pin pose. AKirAO / ; / IAH l The i eduction In the wages of the New England cotton mill operatives , at a time vhen business generally Is reviving and vjry gooil degieo of prosperIty ha ? oinii to the countiy , Is a peculiar haul- hip for the tens of lliou.s.incls alfeeti'd , nit most of them appear to rcal/.e ! that he conditions Justify the reduction and lave continued at woik. It Is possible , f com he , that a general stilko may ju > t like | ) laee , but the piob'iblllty ' apjieaiH bo that the number of opeiullvc.s who vlll refuse to accept the i eduction v.111 lot be mateiially larger than at pi-s- nt. nt.The The , rapid growth of the cotton Indus- ry In tliu wiuth and the cheaper labor ind longer hours of woik in the outhetn cotton mills , are. In laige ueasuie u > sponblblv for the situation In \ew Knghind. .Soutliein coinputltlon ins become veiy foimldable and It Is teadlly Increasing. Wltli the mills of Vow Ilngland and the south In full opei- alien there was ovuiproilui'tlon , with a * csultant fall In tlie pi Ice of cotton , Tliu Iteinatives pie.sented to the New 1'ng- and manufactuiers weie to shut down , uud tUcruby t'lvu tire urmLut to the. southern mills , or to reduce wnges. nn they decided ui > on the latter ns th wiser and better course. t'liquestlon ably It Is , .since there Is employment fo those who nro willing to accept the ro durtlon. but It may be doubted whnlin this lemedy will be a final one. Asmun Ing that It has the expected result o. enabling the New Knglaml cotton mill to meet the southern competition , then Is the matter of continued overprodiie tlon to be leckoned with. The fact Is that the cotton Industry has gieatly out giown the home imnket and cotton goods are M > cheap that th"lr consumption can. not be greatly Increased by reducing the price. So that It would seem Inevi table that at no very distant time then , will have to be shut downs In order that accummuluted stocks can be woikod off. rims the wage reduction , It will piob- ably be found , Is but a temporary expe dient. The situation suggests that American cotton manufacturers should nuke gi eater elToits to extend their maik'ts. Out e.xpoits In this line of production me not In volume what they should be and the cotton Industry must continue to expeilenee peilods of depression , due. to overproduction , until It shall come to depend less than at piesunt upon tlie home market. MUST MKKT Till : /.M The exposition management has been Impelled to appeal to public-spirited cit izens foi additional contilbutlons and stock subscriptions by the impelathc. demand for several additional imposi tion buildings -nid the eiilaigemei.t of buildings already under way. The original exposition project contemplated participation by the traiibinisblsslppl states only. In the evolution of th" exposition it was found dealinblo to ex tend Invitations to paiticlpatc to every state in the union , as well as to foielgn nations. Many of these states and some of the loieign countries have t-ig- nltied theli acceptance and aie making active piep.natlons for extensive ex hibits. Instead of being an eight-slate alf.iir like Atlanta , or a live-state affair like Nashville , the Tiansmibslssippi l > x. position will have lepiescntative ex- dibits f loin almost as many stales as the Columbian Woild's lair. It remains for the exposition manage ment to piovide tlie stiuctuies ln > wh'eh ' rmple accommodations will be furnished lor all the \xhlbits. That involves an outlay of more than $100,000 above the amount originally set apart for building prn poses. To llnd the neces- saiy means the management must In voke further geneious Mippoit Horn the men who have already contributed and piompt responses fiom those who have heietofote failed to answer their ap peals. It ceitalnly is not asking too much of the latter class to come for- vv.nd at this Juncture to Identity them selves with the most impoitant and piomlslng cntoipilso Omaha has ever undci taken. Many of the laggards have up to this time put oil their subscriptions on the plea that they would contilbnte their shines whe'i tlie money should be needed. The emergency is now at hand and such excuses can no longer be valid. There is no time to be lost. Whatev M buildings aie to be elected should be contracted lor at once , but beloie thli can be done the manageis must have tha funds In sight toi defraying the expense. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Secretary of Agtieultuie. Wilson has informed tlie senate that in his opinion Hawaii will not sJiioiisly compete with sugar pioduceis In tlio United States and it Is to be presumed that th an- nexatlonlsts will derive no little comfoit fiom his view. Unt it is by no meant ; conclusive. It Is tine that Hawaii now sends to this country less than one-tenth of our annual impoitnllons of sugar , but the sugar pioducing capacity of the islands has not been fully developed and under the stimulus which annexation would give It Is not impiobable that the pioduction of sugar would at least be doubled. And its production w ill be by cheap coolie labor by a class of labor which our laws shut out of the United States. But after all the question of Hawaiian sugar competition Is not tlie most im portant consideration with those who oppose annexation. It Is an altogether secondary matter. The objection to an nexing that remote teiiltoiy is founded upon sound policy and those wisy piin- clples In respect to territorial acquisi tion which have had the approval of the gi cutest American statesmen of the past. The same valid i canons against the an nexation of those Islands e.xht today as at the time when Gailleld declined that -extend our possessions into the tiopl- cal belt would weaken the power of our people and goveinment. The sugar question Is worthy of consideration as rflcetlng th- ? Interests of Ameilcan sugar glowers , but of liillnltely gi cuter Impoi- tunee Is the question whether this nation hlull embaik upon a policy of territorial aggrandizement. Senator Wolcott Is jiot alone In his be lief that before anything can be done towaid bringing about an Inteiiutional agreement in legaid to the coinage of silver the 1(1 ( to 1 latlo will have to b ? abandoned. Ills .suggestion that with i > 0 to 1 as a ratio tlie fieo coinage * cause might be uiged with greater hope of suc cess will strike a sympathetic chord number of lionct- with a consldciahb ? - liitentloned sllveiltes. famines me as costly as wars and equally deploiable. The iei 'lit famine In India Imposed a diaft on the clmil- tably Inclined people of the world ag gregating Mt.ooO.OOO , and the Indian goveinni'iit sustained a loss of not less than 0,000,000 , only a pint of wlilih can ever be iccoveied. The lmm < inse sums spent to pievent the pnsMblllty or famine In India aiu not considered In thl.s leckonlng. Notwithstanding the sympathy that has bevii wasted on tramps In recent yeais they llud that under the now lovwt code their lights and privileges have been greatly cm tailed. It Is no longoi lawful for damps to sleep in tliu school houses or to enter the same for the pur pose of keeping warm at tliu expense of the school dlsdlct , as they haw been doing. Tlpy-nro not permitted to cnrrj weapons , ctmrpvleir or otherwise , am they have noitnlght to frighten womei and children /fbr. the purpose of gettlni something t ( flirt Tramps arc evident ! : not appreciated Jn Iowa. Kvory redi&Hon In the assessment oi a frnnehlsed'eolpoiatlon ' below what 1 should be pior.rtlotmtoly to the as sessed vnhirttloii of other piopertj means simply1stj much added to the t w burden of the home-owner and smal propel ty ow n p.v Ilecauso these corpora tlons have ovstded their just shire o ! municipal taxation so long is no gooi ! ivason why 'their ' pleas for contluuet' concessions sliotdd be granted. Abroad. riilcaKo Tlmea-Howld The man who tried to commit sulcldo } es- tciJay by Jumping upon the Chlcaso rlvci from Dock strcat was a stranger from Omaha A \Vnl tine ( In in P. VVn-ihlnqnil Stnr. Air. McKenna will doubtless bo patient nnil rcmemb r that the senate never misses an opportunity to Investigate anil that 'it ' seldom finds out an > thlni ; when U docs. MiiMt IH' Tlivrc. ( llnlje Hemocrnt The greatest trnnsmlsslsslppl state which , of course , ua Missouri will bo represented at the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition at Onnha by two btllldlnna , one for state vlsltois , the other for an exhibit Now let the people ol Missouri show what they can place on exhi bition to prove their leadership hi the vast region west of the famous ilver. One I.m-lo Mmi. . Norfolk N < > s , There Is a man In Iluffalo who has Just come out of a three ars' trance. A man s f&rtunato who can sleep two je'irs under a democratic administration and 'who wakes up just In time to get Into the procession of business progress now under way through the beneficent policies ot the republican party. Imittrrril r.loiiurm'o. Now York Mill anil F\prc"S CTpeakcr Heed's orJcr providing that hence- orth no speech shill bo published In the Congressional Hecord unless It has actually icon delivered In the house , Is eminently ust and proper The habit whleh so many statesmen have ncqulrcd of thundering Jown ho ages by printing their unuttered elo quence at public e\pensc Is virtually a costly > unco game on the ta\pa > ers. tVro 1'rrnoluTs O Louisville Coutlcr-JouniAl Dr. John Hall , the famous New Yoik llvlne , who hos Juat resigned his pastorate ifter thirty jcars' service , was a well inld lergjman , and jet tow men of his eminence a auol'icr profession would have been con- ent with the $15,000 Eilarj ho received \ law > cr or phjs'clan ' of equal reputation n 'he metropolis would have received an ncomo of ? 30,000 to $100,000. Clergjmen re not overpaid anywhere. il'iilli-yi oC Cl\o ami TuUc. New \ork Sun Clothed In a. broad brimmed bombrcro , a talesman's suit of clothes , a white ciavat , a diamond pin. ana other p.utociAtiu habill- lenta , Hon.Vllllam Jennlnga Uryan airht. < l n Minneapolis ami bald to an awe-stricken eporter : "What I want moro than au > thing else la a good icst. " , Mr. Hryan should be moio gcucious Ho hould give as well as take , I'rospui lt > l rWn-ti'i Olt > Star. In view of th6 talk about fexlco's great rosperlty and the amount of foreign capl- al pouring late that country. It Is Intcr- stlng to note that Mexican lailroad securi ties quoted In London arc lower now than they were a year ago , while there has been a general and'substantlal advance in Amer ican lailroad stocks ami bonds during the year. Muttcan national bon.Ja arc only" small traction higher ILan they wore a year ago , while Unitc-d States bonds are i ) per cent higher. These comparisons suggest that the reports of largo foreign Investments In Mexico ice are considerably exaggerated. ( ; oriior Slmu'H Iiiiiiimiriil IloMon Transcript. We arc glad to note that Governor Shaw of Iowa , In his inaugural address , did not deem tlio financial i.sbuc so far a national matter as to be without Influence on the for tunes of that thrifty state. He said : "It would seem , from the sufferings through which we have so lately passed , that no one able to comiserate the homeless , the helpless , the friendless and the destitute will again attempt to revolutionise the single gold standard , the beneficent effects ot which wo have enjo > cd slnco January , 1879. Not I only the people of Ion a , but the entire na-I tlon. Is to bo congratulated that i.t has at least learned the necessity of a single standard - ' ard , and the supreme convenience , at least , of making that standard gold. It has also learned the necessity of maintaining the par ity with gold of each and every kind of money now circulating , or that may be cre ated When each form of our money Is di rectly or Indirectly redeemable or readily 2\changcablo at par Xor gold It passes cur- lent under every sky beneath all flags and it all ports Anything short of this tis an embargo on American commerce " Governor Shaw has an earnestness oC con viction and a boldness of utterance that 3light yet to make him a national figure. i\IlcMU-c- IloUormciit Visible oil All Sill.- * . SI. Ixnils Globe-Democrat Evidences of buslneea improvements nro dslblo on all hacia. "No year since 1887 , " say * the Hallway Ago , "las chown so few- roads or so email mileage confessing In solvency cs In 1S97 , while compared with the record of any one of the- five years pre ceding 1S97 the list of receiverships in : ho liuit year Is surprl inglj small in respect 3f the number ot lines , mileage end capital Involved. " In 1893 eovcnty-four companies , 29,310 miles of nnd awl $1,781,000,000 of jor.ds and stock defaulted In tholr obliga tors , whllo In1 1897 only eighteen roada , with i mllcago of 1f > 37 and a capitalisation of [ 93,000,000 , did this , In other equally Im- [ > crtant respects the railroad situation Im proved. The earnings of many ot the roadj in 1897 wore the largest ever galnoJ and the starca of almost all of them advcraced to Hgurcs not reached In piovlous jcars slnco the panic of 1893 "Tho conditions of the railroads Is always i. goad ladex of the general business situa tion , The earning of all the roads fell off ind man ) of them went Into the hacds ot receivers whciii th < j financial convulsion four ind a half years ago occurred In the tem porary revival of buslncM confidence In1 1895 the condition pf the railroads Immediately Improved. They met with a setback when llio Cleveland Vene ue'an mrs-sago of De- comber. U95 , and the appearance ot the lirjanlto ellvun meiaca In 1S9G checked the business rallj. When Urj-in.sm'a overthrow in November , ISDO , and the republican party's KCL'Mlou to povvcr In March , 1897 , again started tljei wjyils of indu.itrj , railroad In- : omi'3 once moro moved upward , the maikot [ > iica of their star , , B mlvance-d and the num ber of reads Involved In financial wreck de creased "In all other particulars , 1897 revealed a great Iniprovqm t Intho tiado ( situation. The bank clearances of the country for that twelvemonth ' were far In excoaa of those of acy previous scar since 1892 St Loulo' clearing fpr 1897 were greater tlmo for an ) previous jear without any rveeptlrn In the Ian hair ot 1897 the gain lu the country at largo was greater that ) la the first six moiitlu und this iurresso continues. As a cocae- iiuonce the first I alt of 1898 will lie certain to score a lirgtt'ga'n over the same tlmo In 1897 , whllo the entire year will bo rcawu- nbly sure to ahou a haneUome Increase over Ilia jear Jti t ended. Business failures , both In number and JlabllltlM Involved , are down to low figures , those of 1897 showing a de crease of 13 per cent In number and 37 per c.cnt In Ihbllltlei as compared with 1896 The stock market at the present time Is UM- uaually active for this season ot the > car , while the sales of bonds In the last few mostLs largely exceeded tboso of any pre vious tlmo ot equal duration lu the country' history. " Tin : n ItiiKlninrc Sun Trcucnl * n t'on rlclnrc nf tin * Contlnur Sliovt. Hiltlmoff Sun , At Omaha , Neb. , on Juno 1 of thl * > car , nn exhibition known as the Transmlsslsslppl a (1 ( International KxposUlon will bo opened and will continue -till iNovember 1. The en terprise U on a largo scale and Its promoters meters assert thit Itwill bo the largest exposition In this country slnco the Co lumbian exp MUon at Chicago In 1813 far surpassing the Athnta exposition In 1S95 and the Nashvlllo exposition In 1S97 As respects the area ilevotcd to exhibits It will be , It Is stotcd by the ( Manufacturer , nboilt two-thirds as largo as that of the Chicago exposition The main buildings , which arc grouped about "a lake half a mile long and 150 feet wMe , " will be those ot the United States K&vcrnment , Agriculture , Administra tion , Mines , Machinery , Art , Auditorium , Liberal Arts , Dojg' nnd Girls' and Manufac tures There are to bo "side" attractions , such as the Orotto of Capri , Mammoth cave , Indian camps , a negro village , Cripple Crock Mining camp and Sherman's umbrella a sort of monster merry-go-round which carries passengers around In a circle ot 250 feet at a height ot 100 jards Much spice will bo glviu also to the t'orestc ) , Horticulture IMhj , Aphry , Poultry and Music buildings and to tha ntato buildings , of which there will bo n considerable number. All itio buildings will bo of staff , " colored to rep- recent old marble U Is designed to glvo the exposition an International character. The State depirt- mint has extended invitations to roielgn countries to participate and favorable re plies have been received from many of them. Congress has appropriated $200,000 for this government's building and exhibit. Tbo secretary of agriculture promises to outdo himself with his dlspla } and the postmaster general . Ill co-opprntu vv'th ' an losuc of stamps to commeniontr the ex position. These stamps , our philatelists will v.Ish to Know , arc to be In denominations ot CMC , tvo , five cud ten cents and ana dollar. Thirty-two stiles of the union , Including lu the list nea'ly all the states west of the Mississippi , have signified their Intention to make exhibits The works and wonders of the transmlssisslppl section ot the union are to bo duly emphasized with Illustrative e\- tilblts. Among these will bo Irrigation ex- dibits alfalfa fields , sugar beet fields , agri cultural Implements and live slock There vlll be , of course , the usuil attractions offered to national guards , mllltiry societies and "congresses" of various crecvls , Trom bimetallism to theosophy. A" respects the financial orginl/atlon , the o\rosltlon Is controlled by an Incorporated boJj , with a ceoltal of $1 000 000 In ad dition to stock subscriptions of about $500- 000 , revenues are thought to bo assured from various sources to an amount aggregating gating over $1 000,000. Nebraska's bulldlni , and exhibit will cot.t $100,000 , that of 1111 nols $45,000 W > omlng $10,000 , nnd so en With the resources 1ft 1 and and In sigh the managers are pushing the preparatioi of grounds and construction ot buildings be Ing assisted by a directoo of fifty members and various bureaus In charge of experts Success , In a financlil wa > at least , may per haps bo considered probable , In view of the ic.su Its attaint 1 nt Atlanta and Nashville This is a laigc country and wo have him dreds of thoimnds of citizens who , Inten on combining Instruction with their usua summer trip , will go almost any distance to see a welt-advertised exposition. Otnaln also , has attractions of its own. It Is a type of the far west and visitors will ex pect to find there features wanting to the east and south. The exposition Is the first largo enterprise of the sort , wo believe , ever undertaken west of the Mississippi and It w 111 appeal strongly to a local patronage which Is not jet surfeited with exposition sights. JI1SSOUHI A'V Tlin U\I > ObITIO\ . I'loiiosod KxIilliU to Hia Credit lethe the Mnlr. Kansas rit > Slar. The Missouri commission after visiting Omaha and looking over the ground. Joined In recommending that ( Missouri Invest $ > 0- 300 very sensibly divided into $10,000 for a building and $40,000 for the exhibit and , In accor'ineewith this determh atlon , the com mies ) on will call for subscriptions. The sum of $30,000 should bo raised with ease in Missouri , a state with two such cities as St. Louis anl Kansas City and many smaller , but still flourishing cities and towns , and an enormously wealthy agricultural country beside Then a handsome and com modious structure should bo completed fcr (10,000 ( , and the remalni ng $40,000 should jut In shape for exhibition the most remaik- able show of products natural and artificial , over put together by a state of this union. Missouri , when called on for a showing , alwajs makes a. creditable one , but has never yet done her best. Missouri , it should bo remembered , can begin and go through the alpl abet , from a for apples to z for zinc Missouri vvl.ll be the great contributing state to the Omaha exposition , and should appear there first In everything It may be urged that Omaha is too near home , and Uat the people who will gather at Omaha will know all about Missouri , but the lowans and the Ncbraskans and the Kansans - sans do not Know of the native resources of Missouil. and they know less of the extent to wl Ich these resources have been devel oped , and the same is true of a great many Missourlans An exhibit ) on In which Mis souri should fully show herself to herself would be of Inestimable value. Missouri , a state with half a million acres of govern ment land , is Inviting Immigration , and , by the way , receiving It from all the states which will bo represented at Omaha. Tlio exhibit should correspond with the situation. nvcrj thing that Missouri prides herself on should bo on exhibition. The MlbamuK school as well as the Missouri mule , should be on hand at Omaha. 'Coiii ' ! dcrlng the \aluo of the exhibition to Missouri , the cost seems very low. $50,000 Is a cheap rate for the advertisement. It should be all arranged for within the next two weeks. Tin : imuAic IN Tin ; MM ; . One I.oiio OI-KIIII. f I IKSnurcd Itutlo ( ii\i > N l'i > OIK riuUt. Detroit Pico l'rci" ( ilcm ) , The defection of the Now York Journal from tlio ranks of Mr. Dryan's newspaper supporters if the printing of a three-column contribution from Its leading editorial writer condemnatory of Mr. Uryan may be accepted as a defection will hardly strike the public as extraordinary. It becomes an event through the prominence- Mr. 'Hearst's ' newspaper and the Intensity of Its devotion to Mr. Ilryan and his crusade for silver lu a section of the country that was , Is now and evonroro shall bo against both. It be comes an event because the one great news paper frlond In "tho enemy's country" now withdraws Its helping hand , 1 ho revulsion of sentiment that the Jour nal seems to have experienced has no greater depth than party expediency or rather the expediency of an element l.n the part } . It Is triumphant Tammany speaking through Its ver > approved and accepted organ , Tam many thirsts for victory In 1000. It would like to bo fie determining factor in the nom ination and election of the next president of the United States Tammany does not go much on self-abnegation. One season of mai tyrdom In Mr Bryan's behalf Is all that It will care for this century and well Into the next. It Mr 'Dryan ' and his familiar ar rangement of numerals would turn Tam many's hopes Into fruition jear after next , they would do very well iliut na Tammany does not retain the aboriginal prattlco of pressing the car to the ground fcr fun , It Knows that theio U no rule to bo deduced under political combination and arrangements that wMI niaKo It possible to get Mr Hr > an , his bacred 1C to 1 , and New" York , Now Jcr- eey Connecticut and Maryland sing ! ) or col lectively Into the same group And as Tam many knows nlao from much studying of election returns that there can bo no demo cratic victory without one or more of theio ttatcs , It finds It necessary to form a dislike ( or the perennial Nobraskan. The Tammany code U > clear ocough In the JourniPa rejection of its recent Idol The defection Is tactical rather than doctrinal Croker wanta a man and a blogan that can win At the same time the edltorlalibt who his framed the Indictment of Mr Ilryan for the bc-ncfit of Tamilian ) haa found countu oulficlent to give ( sincerity and forcu to the turning down ot the pernanent candidate Mr Drjan'a course has not been of a char acter to appeal to older and moro B-igtclaus political leaden * slnco his defeat In 1S96 and It would be the marvel of political move ments If a pJrty numbering 6,000,000 and moro should day after iiy ! , week after week anil rotmtu after month for four jearo opecly confess 1U impendence upon one man and a phfaso for future euccwi * and u etin- ness. The taking up ot Mr. lryai > In 1S9C WM theatric mt the ntanillnR by him Improsfl.vo , but It TV-IS Inconceivable ) thnt * uch n followIng - Ing could retain Ha fervor find loyalty from ono campaign to another In the face * of the leader's palpable * ilc-termlnatlon to rcoko every play nnJ exhaust every renourco that I would erable- him to continue to bo the man flnd his cause the cause. U h only because the pirty has a new and rather untried Joad- I crshlp that Mr. Iirjan's self-mimcloncy. his 1 selfish ceaseless mareuverlni ? < vnd his narrow i definition of democracy hnvo been tolerated as long as they have. The course of the New I York paper Indicates that a revolt Is likely to occur at no distant day A smiM.r. i > .r.v > cu. IHmrnslonx of n ICIrlt Utnlnit reunion Ill-form VKltnllon. Harper's \Vepkl > Wo have received the following letter from n porsou who describes himself as a departing subscriber : VIENNA. N. Y. , Dec. 23 , 1817. Harper's Weekly Sir I nin very plnd my subscrip tion to jour paper Is so soon to expire Your nilssrcpicisentntlouRand Ijlng slanders about pension matters Is such an outraglouA lot of lieu Is reason why eveiy fair-minded nun whether democrat or reotibllcaii should detest jour infamous attart on the old soldiers As for H. V. Uoynton tint cursed liar who jou have roturod to In jcur article on pensions jou Know as well ns ho dors he lies about the vast amount of pension frauds The Cleavolaml .idmlna- tratlon had a vhnnce to show up these frauds , and you knnw jou vllu cursed llai1 tint It was nn utter fallorVh > do joii put forward such lle-s jou dotratnblo scam You should know ns you probably do It U only the worst kind of abuse to the brave defenders of tliU nitlon I detest and nbhoro jour Ijltig paper-an - I I will never subscribe for It again. THADDBUS WHEBLOCK. " As this Ecemcd to mean n very bad pen sion case , the record of this "brivo de fender of the nation" was looked up , and here It Is- llOiic-rvcd sixty dnys In the New York Stito mlllth , from June 1 , 1S01 , to August 2 , 1S61. guarding the railroil near Annipolls Junc tion Mao laud 'Claimed ' to have been lu j hospital for twenty dajs , though there Is no i iccord of It , and the surge nn , when found , | Ind neither Tccoid ncx remembrance ot the I ciso or the inin Claimed to have contracted , a bad cold nnd citarrh which permanently I disabled him and led to deafness Applied for pension lu 188" and since has hid four attorncjs , who , together , hive called at the , pension olllce seventeen times for a stile- i incnt of his case Not having been mustered ' Intn the United States service , nnd not havIng - i Ing served ninety dijs , tho'o Is no law un- I di-r which a pension could bo glinted , even If the proof he furnished had 'been ' straight I whlrh It wis not ' The number of the claim Is , "Original , 558,350" ruilbcr comment would bo super fluous. u , VM > oTiinitwihi : . Max Noidau'o real name Is Max Sudfcld Nordau Is his nom do plume Sudfcld meaiu aouth field ' Nordau morns rorth meadow. It Is aald thit a Kentucky surgeon re placed with a wooJc-n leg the bioKen leg of a steer that was caught under a falllrg tree at Howling Green- Now' York burglars are up ts date. They do not atop to crack a pife open ivjvv , but simply steal trte safe Tbej called one away latit week tlat weighed a Ion Julius II. Frederick , a member of the Greely expedition , is In Indianapolis and lin taken Issue with almost every i > _ .sit in Or. Nansen's recent lectuie and pronounced them false. A merchant Maine'tried ' fcr fifteen jcars to collect a bill from a former customer. When he had given ur > In despilr the debtor called and settled U almost gave 'the ' mci- biant heart dhcuso. Dr Dra > of Iowa has Invented a. device for calcu'atlng ' ( he dlsMneo ot an encmj at t > ca. Tihla , . with devices for Increasing the ttlatanco of the enemy , would renler fie navy highly efficient in cur next vvai. Among the conspicuous pioneers at the coming Jublleo celebration in California will bo Mrs. Hannah H. Cameron , the- widow of a former major of Sonoma. In that b-t&to. Mra Cameron , it is aatd , was ono of the fitst lo salute the bear flagaa it was unfurled over Sutler's fort. The monument In memory ot the signers of Iho Mecklenburg Dccliralioi of Inde- p'tidenco is lo bo built aftei Ihe design of William A. Qault of nilllmore It Is lo beef of granlle , "tall , stately and symmetrical. " with a needle pointed monolith The monument ment Is to bo Ihlrly-nlno feet in heighl and 10 cost $0,000. Senator Davis , In his recent opecch on Ha waii , said that the guno mounted In th GO Islands would point djreclly at the mouth of tl'a Nicaragua canal. That sounds lalher well , but there Is as little doubt about It as there Is 1luit 'hey ' would also point at the moofl If mounted In tl-at wuj' . and perhaps Lholr power in controlling either would bo lust about the Fame. Mis Griffiths of Olio is not the only steering committed of her nusbaud's polltloil nleiests. Mrs Clarence U. Hlco , wife of n Syracuse , N. Y. , alderman , announces th&t icr husband can no longer affiliate with tiio republicans , and will join with Iho den.o crats In organlz'ng the council. I Mra Illce nslsts on her share ot the npolls , and 'who'i woman wills she will. " nmporcr William ivcs established a now modal In the memory ot fills grandfather , 'Wllllimu the Great. " 11.Is ! ) called the nm- peror William Ccntenn'ul ' 'Modal ' and will bo llstrlbutedi to 800,000 voterinsi in recipients vlll each have a diploma show tag oak leaves , surmounted by a crown and the portrait of Wlll'iim I. with < ho Inscription "With Oed or the King and the Fatherland. " Albert C. Burrago , csq. , an attorney of IcctMi , haa Just received from the Standnid 011 company a fco of $200,000. The fee was > ald for legal services rendered In 'no ' sale if the llrookllno Gas company nnd other ocal properties to H. LM. Whltnoy and liln associates. Mr. Uurrago is 38 joars old , graduated from Hnrvard In 1883 anl has been a corporation lawjer ( since 1881. A llltlo moro than a jear ago ho waa elected to the irealdwicy of the Kay State Gas company , vltu a largo salary. is oiin.i I/OSTTO si'Ai.\f Inil nMpoMs Journal. There Is some Jiff r. once between monarchical and rcpuUuai methods , A decree 1m been publlihej ni Hnvnn < i thnt . nitist new.ipapere not pub 's i cable dIsp-Uchcs without cciaorshlp nor . til twelve houra after they have Riven tori a of Iho receipt of such dlspttchca or mil's * the United States government would nevrr bo foolish enough to Iwiosuch nn orilpr a that but If It did It would take- several aUndl a armies to enforce It rinclnrutt Commercial Tribune- TribuneSpun i < bc-iten. The certain less of her rldir-,1 colony confronts her and the very ROVIT ment of Spain Itself secma toppling to i s doom The once promt monarch ) In IHMI , nipt , helplitt.1 nnd divided nRllrst lU-olf T o Ion ) of Ctili.i to the Cubitis without our torventlon would metci a rovolutlon In < 5 | iu and the downfall of the present d > ni < \ Sa&asta'i only hope ot prrocrvliiR the djn-n \ and preventing rovolutlon , so far as we r n see , lies In prcclp't-itlnB ' a war with t i i United States. Such a conflict , which if , i I , comco. will bo ahnrt and without Injiirj ta I * us , would nevertheless afford to Sp\in that ' excuse for Cuba's loss which la nrccssarj if revolution In Spiln Is to bo averted i Olobo-Democrat The crloa of "liown win lllanco' ' " which arc mounding tliroiKh H\\ \ fua are omlnoiii , Dlanco U the third com i u-intler whom the Spa-'arils have had In Cuba elncc the rebellion darted. Karli lini had u. different plan of cimpilRn and in i tins broil n failure. No otlici mm whom Spain hag could do any better. Almost tlmo joiia have passed since Iho rebrlll n begi i and the rebels nro stroapcr now than lluj over wore before. If Spain withdraws lilaivo i . she will confess tLot the rc4)D'lloi ' c-innot bi > put down , > et tlio Cubans who are lo > il o Spain demtnil his wltlulryiwal. The iloin m Havin moan hostlllt ) to Ulanio nnd dtspcr atlon at the fal'uio to btipprc&3 the Insur jTonls and the riots at an > tlmo un > prei ipi tate Intervention bj the United Stalui Ap paicutl } the day of Cuba's deliverance la close at htnxl. Chlc-iKO Hecord : The sljcs are gnwlni ; tlat Cuba will not roma'm much loagot a < lo pe.ulonc } of SilnIho | tlmo for n auni s ful trhl of the plan of autonomy has R n . by At an call lor date Spiln nilRht 1-ivc it Ulncd the Is and by reasonable conceal jis to IUj Inhabitant ! ! , but tlat was before tin- cruel devMtatlor"j ofVeIer made c > ni promise Impossible. The only iittornitlvit now appear to be mciclless bubjection 11 1 111111110 nile or Independence. Autoi om > IK n failure , llio CuLans will Invo none of liTho The rlolliiK amonc Iho SpinlinM In llavaiu which It called foith Is the anuoiiucement lethe the world that the p rn will not vvorK ltni < or ruin Is the cry nf the corrupt appro sou > who look upon the him ! only nij a phuto nccummulnto plunder. Independence or ptr pctunl and hansslns w-irfirc Is tlio ulllini turn ot the Insurgents Spain ctn nevei subdue duo the Cuban armj so long as It choose i 11 hold out Spain's resources will not e nMo It to Keep up the cosily islruiiKle Indeilnltel } Soorer or latei it must withdraw fiom tin ius'uul and Icivo the Cutcns in undl . ) iiti 1 contiol. The latter maj be counted upon never to surrender again , ns It did at tlio clc o of the last ton j ears' sliuggk' \ \ i u Ihe failure of autonomy nad the gnvvl , - weakness of Spa'n's flnincci' , It Is be Mining dall > mote manifest that Cull Is lest ti > Sptlti. never to bo lecoveied. A HUNCH or .svuu- , . Iliulcm Life- Miss Autumn There sonm to be nioip clmpLrons than joung vvonnu hcie tonight. Miss n iij It does seem so , link-oil , Hy Ihu wa > , whom mo > ou chaperoning/ Cincinnati Enquirer * "Ah1" said the Lit crnry Gout , "I iliutei mvsolf I hiuo mid- a nc.U phris . Listen , 'The seekingmjb tcilcs of n great cltv ' How's Hun ' ' " \Vhnt mo jou t liking about' " asUed the Crude Person , "rrnnkfurtora ? " Chicago News : Mrs Hunter I've been ilovvn town all tlio aflcinoou and f el awfully tlrrd. Mi. Huntei Undoubtedly , my dear , you do look lalhei shopworn. Indianapolis Journil "Tho philanthrop ist , " sild the Coinfed Phllosophei , "Is often a mnn with nuic-h charity for uverjbody and none foi anybody. " Wellington Star : " \Vliut I nnd most ro- HTUk.iblo , " wld thp lourlst. "Is thes popul ir inlorcst diapliiVL-d In odilcalloml milteis" " . , 'cs , replied Mr. Cumiov complacent ! } , "niiieitlon is real ) } Eettlnu lo bo qulto i fad. " Chicago Tilbuno : "Hivevoti ever hnd unv oxpcrlonco as n motormnii' " uskcvl llio sin-el rnllvvny superlnlcndcnl. Il.uo I ! " sild the nppllrnm. vvllh a snillo of conscious superlcillv "I can slop a cm co Iho re.ir plallorm will bo opposllo i iniid- ho'ininetynine times out of a hundred " Hlrf nimo went on the lujioll al onco. New York Press : Mis Ilomcr-I hoar thai nil the nu-mbeis of vour chinch choli rc- .slKiied vesterday. Whit i.vas llntioublo" ' Mrs Cliurehly-Why , after sliiBlng Ihe llrf livmii Iho minister uiose nnd opened hH b'lilo ' ind chose foi his texl Acls , xx. "Anil aflcr Iho uproar hud ceased. " Chlc-iRO Posl : "It Is true thnt ho vvcnrt the uniform of a holdler , " said the doubting one"but I nndoistand he nevei has been In nnv rcil eng.isomont , " "What ! " ciled the posted ono. "Why , hi liis been sued Ivvico for bre ith of promise. Uiifc'agcinenls ? Well , I rather guess. " AVIIHN MJI.U ltVlt > S TO JM.\V. Hoincrvlllp Imirnnl When lailu's thirteenth birthday came. Her f ilher lupl hlH word. And bought hci a plnno , Mhlcli ' ) ho neighbors slnco have heard. Tor lailu practices vvllh zeal At ionst llirco hours a day , And wo shall all be so relieved When lailu leiirns to play ! ' She Btarled In llirco weeks ago , 4KH Or more , to lo-mi the scales J She tries them llfly times a dny , And llfty times she falls. ' She knows one. fa'clnutlnrr tune , She , says It's "Ueaicst .Mnu1" And oh ! v.o shill bo so relieved When Lulu learns to play ! With pntlonoo and hardi work , wo know Oreit wonders may bo done ; And Lulu's plnying Is hard work , That's clear In every ono She imy get qulto expert In lime , Her flattering teachers siy ; And cveiy ono will bo rolluvoJ When Lulu learns to piny ! THE HEAT PLAQUE OF AUGUST , Mra Plnkham'a Explanation of the Unusual Number of Deaths and Prostrations Among Womon. The great heat plague of August , I8UO , vvus not without its Icsboa. One could not fail to notice in the long lists of the dead throughout this country , that so many of the victims were women in their thirties , and women between forty-five and fifty. The women who succumbed to the pro- truetcd hunt vvero women whoso ciiergiei \v eio exhausted by suneriiigs peculiar to their sex ; women who , taking no thought of themselves , or who , attaching no im portance to first symptoms , allowed their female system to become run down. Constipation , capricious appetite , restlessness , forebodings of evil , vertigo , languor , nnd weak ness , especially in the morning , an itching bonsatlon which suddenly attacks ono afc night , or whenever the blood becomes overheated , are all warnings. Don't vv ait too long to build up your strength , that is now a positive necessity ! Lydia D. I'lnUham's Vegetable Compound has bpo- ciilc curative powers. You cannot do better than to commence ucoursoof this grand ' " ' 'medicine. JJy the neglect of lirfat symptoms you will sec by the following letter what terrible buuerlrig came to Mrs Craig. , and hovvbho wnscmed : " I have taken Lydln. U. Pinhhum'a Vegetable Com pound and think it in thu best medicine for women in the world. 1 was bo weak and nervous that 1 thought I could not live fiom ono day to the next. I had pio- lapsus utcil and leucorihuja and thought 1 was go ing into consumption. 1 would get bo faint I thought I would die. I had dragging pains in my back , burn ing sensation down to my feet , and ho many miserable feelings. People bald that I looked llko u dead i'vv omau. Doctors tried to euro mo , but failed. I had given up when I heard of the Pinhham medicine. I got a bottle ) . I did not have much faith in it , but thought I would try it , and it made a now woman of mo , I wish I could get every laely in the lund to try it , for It did for nrovbai doctors could not do , " Mua , SALUU CIIAIO , llakcr'a Lauding , Pa ,