Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 30, 1887, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED @Y MORNING. TERMA OF 8UBSORTPTION ¢ ATA OFFICE, NO. 014 AND 918 FARNAM STREFI w YORK OPFICE, ROOM ), TRINUNE BUILDING. ABHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 613 FOURTRENTH BTRERT. CORRESPONDENCE! All communioationa relating to news and edi- torial matter should bo adiressed 0 the Ki- BUSINESS LETTERS? All business letters and remittances should ba dressed to THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, AMA. Drafts, checks and postof $0 be made payable to the order of the company, THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPNY, PROPRIETORS, E. ROSEWATER, Ep1ToR. THE DAILY BER. Sworn Statement of Olrculation. of Nebraski B ounty of Doneias. {ss . Tzschuck, secref of The Bee Publishing wmg:ny, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Daily Bee mmmn week ending July 22, 1857, was as 8 Baturday,July 16, Sunday, July 17, nday, Jul Gro, 1. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to and subscribed in my presence this 23d day of July, A, D, 1887, [SEAL.] NNinl;”.!‘;’ml;l o ublie. Btate of Nebraska, Douelas County. {58 Geo. B. Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for gl“! Anmln.n ‘g(“ fllm lm?, m.‘:m bcn[a:fis; ugus| 2 coples; for S m- ber. 166, 13,080 copies; for October, 19,089 coples; for November, 1880,‘ 1 coples; for December, 1880, 13,337 coples: 'for Jlnnn7 1857, 16,208 coples: for February 1887, 14,108 coples; for March. 1857, 14,400 eoples: for April, 1687, 14,316 copies : for May, :o 8 14,327 “coples; for' Jume 1887, 14,147 es. Gro. B. TzscHuck, Bubseribed and sworn to before me this 1st l?nt Jnl{ A. D, 1887, SEAL. N. P, Frmr, Notary Public. WATER secems to be lgood conductor of criminals. — BLAINE has figured out that Americans spend $75,000,000 abroad every year. ‘What are the returns ¢ ALL the famous notresses are now said to be investingin western real cstate. These l‘:ll ostate agents are perfectly irresisti- o. THE hot weether has its compensa- tions. It seems to have been entirely successful in dispersing the Salvation army. E—— A AACKMAN has been robbed in Omaha. This is & very remarkable incident—prob- ably the first of the kind on record. Usually the hackman does the robbing. ——— A PLUMBER shot himself dead in Chi- ©ago last week. It must have been the hot weather that caused this rash act. No one ever heard of a plumber com- mitting suicide 1n cold weather. — NeEw York speculators have now started a corner in tobacco. The crop this year, it is anticipated, will be short, and the price of leaf tobacco has already been forced up 50 to 100 per cent. TRE plank sidewalks laid by city con- tractors should be models of good work- manship. Generally they are not so. Im- provement in this matter is oalled for, even though the contractors’ profits should be somewhat reduced. S——— AT the session of the council a week agolast Tuesday resolutions were aaopted instructing the board of city improve- ments to have several streets put in a passable condition that were not so at that time. Has this requirement been at- tended to? Rev. Dr. EpwarD MOGLYNN has an article entitled ‘The New Know-Nothing- 1sm and the Ol4” in the August number of the North American Review. He gives a strong represontation of the evils that in his opinion threaten American nation- ality and American institutions. THE Germans are dropping dynamite from baloons at Metz, so that they may be ready to fight the Frenchmen in this way if a war between them should break out. From experiments it has been de- termined that a baloon may bo brought down by a howitzer at an altitude ot 2,000 yards. So baloonists oan't have things altogether their own wa; ‘THE re-survey of the boundary between the United States and Mexico has been pending for three or four years, but the work has not yet been begun because congress has neglected to appropriate the small outlay necessary. The line of the boundary as originally surveyed is marked by wooden posts which were placed more than thirty years ago and many of these have disappeared. ‘L'he Mexican government claims to be ready to begin the work any time. CARTER HARRISON, ex-mayor of Chi- “ ©Ago, 18 A curious man in some respects, and he bids a curious farewell to his fel- low citizens before starting on his globe- encircling trot. He says: “‘MecGarigle is 8 good-natured fellow, and not the scheming rogue that he has been painted, and [ don't know but 1 am glad he got off. Nine out of every ten men in Chi- cago are glad that he got away. And why s it? Just because they know that the meanest scoundrels in the city are the men who are trying to send him up,” The “‘scoundrels,” no doubt, helped to snow him under at the ballot-box. Srmm————— A rorMER lowan, wnting to the Iowa Messenger from Florence, Arizona, says the country along the Gila river 1n that territory is the country that comes as near being what man wants here below, as any land under the.sun. All known tropical truits flourish there, the climate is dry aud wholesome for affected throats and lungs and the soil costs but twenty- five cents por acre. Thereis no damp- ness, no chilliness, scarcely any ice in wintor, and probably no sin aud sorrow, though it i¢ but fair to the writer to say that this last assertion is an interpola- tion. But one tuiag is evident, that he was once, no doubt, a real estate agent. It looks as though he might be one still Foraker on the Party. The interest attracted to Governor Foraker, of Ohio, by his unanimous re- nomination, which gives him an in- creased claim to the regard of the poli- ticians will doubtless induce a great many more people to read his paper in the current number of The Forum, on “The Return of the Republican Party,” than under ordinary circumstances would be attracted to it. It is probable that the practical managers of the magazine had this in mind in publishing the contribu- tion at this time, and that its appear- ance colucident with the unanimous en- dorsement of its author by the repub- licans of Ohio was not an accident, At all events it 1s a timely presentation of a topic that is of growing interest, and which is treated in & way that will not diminish the claims of Governor Foraker o the respect of the republican party in his own state and in the country. Governor Foraker begins by saying that the reasons why the republican party should be restored to power are not wholly in what it has done, though 1t is justly proud of this, but in what repub- licans propose to do as to matters about which differences exist, ‘“‘and because of what, in the second place, they are better qualified to do than their opponents, as to matters about which there isa com- mon opinion.” Briefly stated, the rea- sons why the republican party should be restored to full power in the government are, in the opinion of Governor Foraker, first, that the right of suffrage shail be maintained inviolate. This question, he says, outranks all others, ‘‘because it affects diroctly the very existence of our government.” While all parties agree upon the principle, the democratic party has not and does not respect it, and by reason of ignoring 1t in the south now holds control of the executive branch of the government. The second reason refers to the main- tenance of a protective tariff. It is ad- mitted that the tariff may need revision, but “when all mere phrases are swept away the result is, in declaration as well as in practice, that the republican party fuvors protection, and the, democratic party is opposed.” In order, therefore, “that there may be no further progress toward free trade, and that the necessary revisions of the tariff, and the control of our revenue system, maf be 1n the hands of the friends of American industry and national development,’” 1t is necesgary that the republican party be restored to vower. Other reasons why the republi- can party should be restored to power are found in the states’ rights tendency of the democrats in their incapacity when dealing with the foreign interests of the country, in their lack of ‘‘comprehensive business judgment,” and finally *“‘to check the re- vival of the Southern Confederacy.” These several reasons Governor Fora- ker discusses with the earnestness of strong conviction, and it is not doubted that to most republicans they will be en- tirely satisfactory as showing that the mission of their party is not yet ended, but on the contrary that there are still 1ssues enough to make a demund for its most serious and zealous labors. Re- garded simply as a political argument, Governor Foraker presents his side with vigor and ability. Powderly on Immigration. The attitude of Mr. Powderly on the immgration question, so far as it can be said to have boen defined by that gentle- man, is perhaps receiving rather more attention than 1t 18 entitled to. It is ap- parent that the subject is one regarding which Mr. Powderly has to a large ex- tent “‘jumped to conclusions,” and hav- ing already amended or denied some statements made respecting his views, it may be well to wait until he can care- fully and fully formulate his opinions be- fore giving them attention, lest too much space be consumed 1n recantations and explanations. However, Mr. Pow- derly himself evidently needs enlighten- ment on this question, and good may be donein this direction by discussing his opinions in order to show how ill- digested and impracticable some of them are. We referred briefly some days ago to Mr. Powderly's letter, in which, among other things, he said he “did not want the immigrant until he can be sure of employment without rob- bing another of it,” a requirement obvi- ously absurd, but not more so than some of the other conditions suggested in the same letter. Referring to the Powderly scheme for restricting immigration, the Philadelvhia Record says: Af the conditions of this country were such a3 to invite European immigration twenty- five or fifty years ago, these conditions re- main but little changed to-day. But for this lmmigration wealthy and populous states that now greatly contribute to the world’s supply of bread would still be hunting- grounds for savages. If by encouraging imn- migration prosperous commonwealths, the homes of multitudes of hapoy people, have arisen in the wilderness as if by magie, the arrest of this policy by unwise in- terference of the government would be a great national calamity. But Mr. Powderly seems to think that there i3 dangér of crowd- fog unless the government shall establish commissions to tell the intending immigrant when he may and when he may not make this free country his home. A brief com par- ison of populations,in this country and in Europe to the square mile ought to tend greatly to dissipate any alarw on this score. The population of the United States in 1550 was a little less than 14 to the square mile, Massachusetts has 214 inhabitants to the squara mile, and there is not yet any great complaint of overcrowding in that busy industrial state, Penusylvania has #4 inbabitants to the square mile, but the population of Minnesota under the last cen- sus was less than 10 to the square mile: that of California less than 6, and that of Oregon less than 2. In most of the states there is still room for a great increase in population, Belgium, the most populous country of Eu- rope, has 431 inbabitants to the square mile, Great Britain and Ireland sustain a popula- tion of 259 to the square mile, and Austria- Hungary, whose contribution to the popula- tion of the United States inspire Mr. Pow- derly with so much solicitude, has 156 inhab- itants to the square mile. These figures in- dicate that there is little danger of over- crowding in this country for a long time to come, 'This view i3 exactly in line with what the Bee has said in connection with this question, and it is unquestionably the proper and rational view, sustained by experience and every prectical conside eration. The existing laws for excluding objectionable immigraats, if properly and justly enforced, are well enough, but there is no necessity and ‘would be no wisdom in extending the policy of re- striotion a8 Mr. Powderly and. some others would bave it done. ‘“‘The new kunow-nothingism,” justly remarks the Record, *‘ie none the less obnoxious be- ‘THE OMAHA DAILY BEL: SATURDAY., JULY 30, 1887 cause many naturalized ocitizens have joined in the clamor for a Chinese wall against immigration to the United States. While the spirit of nativism is narrow and bigoted, there is something revolting in the selfishness of these naturalized citizens, who would push back into the Atlantic ocean the late comers who seek to share with them in the blessings and opportunities afforded by the free institu- tions and great natural advantages of this country.” The intelligent and prac- tical sentiment of this country can doubt- less be trusted not to permit this spirit to obtain ascendancy. SEEpES——— How to Foretell Tornadoes. Lieutenant John Finley, of the Unite States signal service corps, who has for a number of years studied the subject of tornadoes, and is therefore an authority on the subject, gives the following signs by which the approach of one may be foretold, and intimates how an escapo may be effected: The air becomes strangely hot and oppressive; 1a the afternoon masses of clouds form in the southwest and northwest and rush to- gether in great confusion and with a roaring noise. Generally, following closely upon the existence of this condi- tion, the funnel-shaped tornado cloud ap- pears against the western sky, moving boldly to the front from without this con- fused mass of flying clouds. Thetornado invariably movesto the northeast, and no building can withstand it. Its track is narrow, and those persons on whom it is advancing may escape 1t by running north or south. To run to the east or to the northeast is to mnvite death. If there 18 not time to run away from it, retiring to a cellar and standing against its west wallor lying flat on the ground in the open air are the best means of escaping its fury. A LARGE number of Russians are” now living in New York and Brooklyn and it is proposed to form a Russian society and to edit a paper in that language to be called Kolokolo (The Bell) A few of these Slavs are spies in the pay of the government, whose duty it is to report the doings of escaped convicts, fora large number of these Russians are refu- gees from Siberia and Russian prisons, principally political offenders. Should any of these return to their native coun- try and fall into the clutches of their gov- ernment, their chance of escaping with their lives would be small. In former times postal communication between that country and this was very difficult. The Russian officials would open all the letters and retain or destroy the contents, as they saw fit. Now, however, the refu- gees have hit upon the plan of establish- ing postoflices just within the boundary lines of the countries adjoining Russia, from which letters are secretly dispatchcd «to their destinations. Sunday evening receptions have been established for Rus- sians in New York by Princess Anna Palowna Tarakanowa, in whose veins flows the bluest of Slavonic blood. | THE Bankers' club, of Chicago, sug- gests that an effort be made to have all checks and drafts used throughout the country uniform in certain particulars in order to secure greater rapidity and cer- tainty in their handling. They recom- mend uniformity as to the position of the number and the amount expressed 1n figures; that allline or Iathe work, where used as a background for the amount, be discarded; that the use of all perforators which pit, raise or roughen that part of the check or draftupon which the amount is to be placed be discontinued. It is recommended that the number be always vlaced in the upper right hand corner and that the amount expressed in figures be written pnder the number at the end of the i okn which the name of the payee is placed, and the amount ex- pressed in words on the line following. The committee of the club having this matter in charge, will send a circular and sample forms to every banker in the country on the 1st of August, together with a blauk form of agreement for sig- nature and return. All the national banks and bankers of Chicago: have already agreed to use this form of check and draft. THERE is a negro named James James, at Santa Rosa, Mexico, who claims to be 135 years old and therefore the ‘‘oldest inhabitant” of this planet. He was born near Dorchester, South Carolina, in 1752, and is therefore as old as the lightning rod, for it was about that time that Franklin tapped the thunder clouds., He took part in many of the battles in the south during the revolution in company with his master. He was forly years of age when Washington was inaugurated president for the firsttime, and distinetly remembers the general rejoicing pro- duced by that event. Mr. James at the present time does not cut the amount of cord-wood the public might have a right to expect from a man of his age, neither does he walk the regulation number of miles before breakfast, because rheuma- tism has now got the better of his legs. Nevertheless he does enough to be the original oldest inhabitant now hving, and we can forgive his lying in bed all the time, Two wonderful air voyages are ad- vertised to take place in the future. One is from Chicago to the north pole and the other from St. Mazaire, France, to New York. The date assigned for the former is next June, while the trans-Atlantic voyage may take place this fall. There is, consequently, no hurry about prepar- ing the head lines for describing the catastrophes naturally expected to e part of such undertakings. We can understand why the man from Chicago would risk an aerial escape to the north pole from that city during the summer, but why the other man wants to take a header into the Atlantic from the clouds, has not been disclosed. The Chicago aeronaut proposes to use a thin steel cylinder from which the air has partly been exhausted, instead of a gas balloon, and for propulsion, screws driven by electric batteries. Can it be possible that McGarigle appropriated this machine and is at this moment coolly perched upon a peak of the circumpolar ice bergs? —— Oun fisheries troubles with Canada are opening up again with renewed vigor. It seems as though 1t is abont time for Uncle Sam totake John Bull's belliger- ent western step-child across the knee and teach it some manners. Not only does the Canadian government seize upon our fishing vessels, but refusos to allow cap- tured fishermen to be returned home in American fishing vessels. Canada is not 80 very big lopked at from the standpoint of population, but oiu. how she is spoil- ing tor a fignt. Tne work now bemg done in the streets of the cty /by the waterworks company is necessary, but it may not be amiss to suggest that in completing it the streets should be left in at least as good condition #s before tho work was begun. Thisis not always done, with the result of sooner ‘or later mvolving an expenso to the city which it should not be called upon to bear. The duty of see- ing to this matter rests with the board of city improvements. ——— THE prospect for a fino exhibit at the fair 1n September is reported to be most favorable. Merchants who are hesitat- ing about securing space should reflect that there is every assurance of a larger number of visitors to Omaha during the period of the fair than has ever come to the city at any one time, 8o that the most attractive exhibit they can make will cer- tainly pay. It is interesting to note the exhilerat- ing effect that is produced upon all street car patrons by every announcement that promises an early addition to the facili- ities for this kind of travel. It can be fully apureciated only by those who have had their forbearance .taxed §to its utter- most by having to travel in close and packed cars running on a ten minutes’ schedule. — SENATOR STANFORD has been trying to make the Pacific railroad investigating committee believe that the government owes the Central Pacific $63,000,000. Stanford is a daisy. We now shall ex- pect Charles Francis Adams to attempt to show that the government owes the Union Pacific about a hundred millions. MaJjor A. Mackenzig, United States engineer upon the improvements of the Mississippi, wants an appropriation of $1,500,000 to be expended upon the river between St. Paul and Des Moines during the fisoal year ending June 30, 1889. The engincer’s wants seewn to be constructed on a large scale — Fresn eggs cannot be obtained at any price in eastern murkets on account of the hot weather, but there is no dearth of omlets in the l0-cent restaurants. Chiokens hatched by the heat are said to be escaping from the egg crates in all directions, NINETEEN new policemen will be as- signed to duty on the 1st of August. This is making progress, though slowly, as with this additioh Ythe city will still have less than half¥the police force it should have, and a large area of territory will still remain ugprotected. Other Lands Than Ours, There was great significance in the warning given by :Lord Salisbury on Thursday at Norwich to the conserva- tives in telling them to prepare for a possible dissolution of parliament. Tho situation has been growing steadily more serious for the conservatives, as shown by the late elections, and by other indi- cations of the growth of hostile popular feeling, and it is not surprisicg that Sal- isbury should beginjto see that 1t may be expedient to dissolve parliament in order to bring the whole conservative influence directly to bear upon the people. We have no doubt, however, that nothing the tories could do would better please the opposition, It would be of the nature of a retreat which Mr. Gladstone and the liberal leaders would make available to the fullest extent, and which they could not fail to make of tell- ing effect before the people. The discussion of the land bill is still on, and has been characterized during the weok by a number of senatorial incidents. One of these resulted on Thursday in the suppression of Mr. Healy, the Irish cause thereby losing from the floor of the house of commons an able and aggressive, though at times somewhat indiscreet champion. The concessions, or surrend- ers, made by the tories on the land bill are the best evidence of the reactionary tendency, and it is naturally wondered what the effect must be when the meas- ure goes to the house of lords. 1t is said a large number of peers have already anaounced their resolve to refrain from voting—fifty it is claimed, and there is even talk of an open revolt. [f the upper house surreuders as Salisbury has, then there will be no longer a tory party, and politically all things will become new. The Churchill school of politics will come to the surface, and a reconstruction of the cabinet must follow. If, however, tho bill is rejected, the com- bat will chicken, The situation, in any event, is simply astounding, when the speeches of the tories, not a month old, are remembered. These tories are ac- cepting from Parnell amendments which were denounced as robbery and open disunion a few weeks ago. This apostle of treason of yesterday is the accepted statesman of to-day on Irish affairs, and they who ridiculed and denounced Mr, Gladstone for consorting with murderers, now accept the ideas of these so-called murderers, and give thanks that the day of another election has not yet come. The whole of Ireland, except the county of Antrim, has been pro- claimed under the crimes law. When the chief secretary forIreland was asked in the house of commons why this had been done when the ggvernment had as- sured the house tha&tlie law was as well obeyed in some part§'of Ireland as in any part of Great Britain, Balfour replied that he had no reasop to change his opinion that parts §f 'Ireland were as quiet as parts of En, d, and that what the government hal lone was not to apply the whole crimes act to Ireland generally, but only fhose sub-sections dealing with rioting, ghlawful assemblies and obstruction police. Such offenses against puplic order, ac- cording to the ntleman's own statement, do not exist 1n ocer- tain districts; yet those districts bave been placed under the ban of proclama- tion. According to this sapient reason- ing the riot act ought to be read daily in London, Manchester, and other peacea- bly disposed cities, where rioting, unlaw- ful assemblies and obstruction of police might occur at any time. The chief sec- retary’s logic 1s as false as the method of its application is mischievoasand brutal. The specially proclaimed counties num- ber twenty-four, Taken In connection with other proposed measures of the gov- ernment, it is not diflicult to see in it a volicy of exasperation designed to incite vesistance, which the government may make the excuse for tho eoxtremes of tyranny. . o« A blow has been struck in the British honse of lords at primogeniture, the law of inheritance under which the elder son of a landed proprietor is enabled to ap- propriate the real estate of his father, while his brothers are left to grapple with the stern realities of life and starve or prosper as luck or their abilities may dictate. The peers haye voted by a ma- Jority of eleven that where a man dies without taking the trouble to make a will the succession to his real property shall be governed by the rules which now apply to personalty, or, in other words, that the law of primogeniture shall not apply, and the older son shall not be given the whole loaf. Of course, if the house of commons approve this bill and it become the law of the realm it will not prevent the owners of large estates from bequeathing them to the elder son, and thus keeping the land togethor, which 18 the great ambition of the ordinary Englishman of means, but in cases of intestacy it will give the younger boys a chance. It isone barrier swept from the path of the younger son and an earnest of the final disappear- ance of the whole system under which the tremendous landlord power of Great Britain has flourished and grown, and in this sense the action of the peers will be hailed with approbation by the common people of the country. * Y The achievements of explorers in the independent Congo state are eloquently told 1n & map just pnblished, after great labor of preparation, at Brussels. The Congo basin, so recently a great, white blank on our maps, is now two-thirds ex- plored. The tracing of 1ts wonderful net- work of waterway and the study of its teeming life are now far advanced. The map shows the names of scores of tribes, numbering millions of people, of whose existence the world was ignorant five years ago. It snows that the height above the sea of hundreds of places has been ascertained, Though the Congo basin has no towering Alpine region, its mean elevation 18 more than double that of Europe, Lake Superior, the source of the greatest water system emptying in the northwestern Atlauntie, is only 601 feot above the ocean. The altitude of the Congo, only 800 miles from its mouth, is more than one and a half times that of Lake Superior, and its various head waters, from 2,000 to 5,500 feet abovo the Atlantic, pour over many a cataract and hiss through many a rapid before they reach the sea. It is the lofty plateausof the Congo basin that have fitted it to be the home of millions of people, while the low-lying Amazon val- ley, in the same latitude, only about 500 feet above the sea at the foothills of the Cordilleras1s very sparsely settled. A new world has been opened to view by the researches of these brave explorers. They have already laid down a part of the Congo's long course as accurately, it is believed, as our own coast line is mapped. They have given us the most remarkable geographical surprises of this age, and the world will study with great interest the future researches of these men, whose past labors have been 80 rich in results. * **e The Anglo-Russian agreement as to the Afghan frontier will, of course, be subject to “misunderstandings'’ like pre- ceding compacts, but in genersl seems to consist in the concession of Russian claims to territory along the Murghab and the abandonment of claims to terri- tory on the Oxus. The practical effect will be to bring Russia closer to Herat. This point, which of late has been recog- nized on all hands as tho one whose pos- session would be aimed at by Russia, ought to be capable of successful de- fense at the only two practicable ap- proaches against a Russian advance, but the recent agreentent, sa far as it has any ecffect, makes such an advance easier. If is perhaps for this reason that the Ameer, whose cause the British com- missioners have represented, is thought to be dissatisfied with the result of the long conference. Now by seizure and now by agreement Russia pushes her way steadily southward, and the Ameer may well dread a progress that is so persistent and so menacing, e A good deal of interest is being shown by the governments of Great Britain and Germany, which 18 shared in also by ihe United States, in the affairs of the Sa- moan islands, the subject in which they have a common interest being the title to the lands. The land area of the Samoan group contains over one million acres. Nearly all of this is susceptible of culti- vation in some form. Large tracts have been sold by the natives to foreigners (75,000 acres having been sold in one body to Germaus) at very low prices. In some instances for not more than $1 an acre. The consideration has often been ammunition and articles of barter, but the title to the lands, owing to the communistic system in which families frequently live, are not clear. There has been a disposition to postpone the evil day, and as foreign countries, rivals to each other, are con- constantly acquiring larger possessions in the islands, it is decmed of importance that there should be some adjustment of the difficulties. So great have been the complications that the natives have been forbidden by the SamodAn government to sell their lands, but they have not strictly obeyed this order. Gustavus Goward. United States commercial agent, who, in 1878, carried the treaty between the United States and Samoan to the islands, and took possession of the coaling sta- tion there mn the name of the United States, in his report to the state depart- ment, suggested that the difficulties as to the land titles which were even then very great, might be removed by the appoint- ment of a board of commissioners ap- ponted by the representatites of the nuationalities of the par- ties in interest who should act upon an agreed basis of settlement. It was suggested that ‘‘the decisions of this board could be strengthened by the issue to the various parties of land grants, or quit-claims, by the Samoan government, to whom previously the contestants should conditionally quit- claim.” The complications within the last ten years haye increased, and, it 1s understood, that the three great powers named have deemed the present the fit- ting time to. consider whether some international arrangement, which will be of mutual advantage to all cannot be made. The future fiulnm';l' schemes of Bis- marck, now supposed to be undergonsid- eration and taking shape, are o matter of interest not confined to Ger- many. For years the chancellor has striven for new spirit ‘and sugar taxes, and for & tobacco monopoly such asis onjoyed with so much profit to them- selves by some of the neighboring na- tions. He has obtained a part of his ob- jects, though not in the form which he proposed; and a tobacco monopoly, cer- tainly a fiscal expedient of no small importance, is yot open to agitation, however great has been the opposition it has encoun- tered in the past, The behef largely obtains that Bismarck now contemplates an excise duty. The tariff policy of the empire, though regarded by many as the prinoipal cause of Germany's industrial expansion, 18 not capable of being re- sorted to again and again for revenue purposes. Special duties, like those upon gran, cattle, or the proposed duty on wool, may be urged, but their purpose is not revenue, but protection; and it is an old maxim that where protection begins, revenue ends. As it is, the most produo- tive duties from a revenae point of view to protect home industry, and more than 8 per cent of the total customs revenue in 1884 was collected from the four commodities, coffee, tobacco, petroleum, and wines. The grain duties supplied nearly one-eighth of the total. A proof that foreign supplies of grain aro essen- tial to the support of the German popula- tion. True the average rate of taxation under the German tariff is not very high when measured by numbers of popula- tion; it is about the same as the per capita tax levied through the customs in Italy, and less than that coliected in France. At the same time the rate in Germany has almost doubled since 1879, and tkere is a strong opposition to turther merease. ..D The tariff conflict in Europe, which has been growing for ten years, does not show any signs of abatement though it 18 hardly possible that it can be main- tained many years longer on present lines, and a zollverein, or commercial union, is a possibility of the not remote future. Italy in 1878 raised her tariff, and thus began the change before the passage of the German law in 1879; but she has recently again modified it in the direction of higher duties. In 1881 France increased import duties by charging the rates from ad valorem to specitic form. Austria-Hungary followed these exam- ples 1n 1882, Switzerland in 1885, and Rou- mania in 1886. Each nation is engaged in raigsing barrier after barrier against the competition of other mations. In 1885 Germany deliberately excluded Bel- gian linen from her markets, inviting reprisals, which have not yet been de- termined by the injured country, but in raising the duties on grain she was promptly imitated by Austria-Hungary, whose export of cereals was seriously impaired by the increased charges. And Switzerland, after two years' experience of her new tariff, is overrun by German goods and is seeking new means for removing the pressure of that competition, The duties upon wool which a party in Germany is'advocating, are really levelled against France. The result of such a conflict of tariffs must be tho same as followed a like policy so freely applied under the old mercantile system. Restriction and prohibition generally enforced must react 80 injuriously upon the manufacturs and trade of each nation that means must be sought to remove them and make trade more free, either by the reduction of duties, a concession applying equally to all nations, or by the formation of com- mercial treaties in which trade privileges are exchanged reciprocally. PROMINENT PERSONS. Ex-Senator Mahone, of Virginia, is a ner- vous, forcible talker. W. W. Corcoran israpidilygaining strength at Deer Park and is now able to take short walks, Judge Hilton keeps twenty-six Horses at Saratoga and yet he walks a great deal in fine weather. John Koch, once one of New York’s mil- lionaires, now keeps a little beer shop in the metropolis, Patti’s refusal to sing at a recent state con- cert in London indicates that the gueen of song considers herself a greater monarch than the queen of England. She atleast has more jubilees. Mrs. Grant is at Long Branch. She is ex- pecting a visit from her daughter, Mrs. Sar- toris, in August. Mrs. Sartoris iy now at Southampton, Eugland, at the home of her husband’s father. The reports from the white house no longer speak of Colonel “*Dan” Lamont, but invari- ably of Colonel D. S. Lamont, whieh is taken asan indication that the gallant private sec- retary of the president begins to feel that he 15 too big to wear a nickname, Albert Stevens is No. 5 in the 'varsity erew of Columbia colleze and 18 also captain of the foot ball team and short stop of the base ball nine. In view of all these attractions the fact that he Is worth §7,000,000 is con- sidered of mnor importance. e A Rival Western Industry, Rochester Post-Express Up in Washington territory there is a ranch where they shear 2,300 sheep In one day. This threatens to rival the business done in Wall street. Hoist With His Own Petard. New York Herald, Ivis whispered in Washington that Presi- dent Cleveland regrets having issued his famous civil service ordor, as it now tends to handicap him in his race tor a renomina- tion. Probably he had then no expectation of a second term. It would not be strange if he should allow it to gink into innocuous desuetude, e Could Not Keep the Socret. ““Yes, my 1ips to-night have spoken Words I said they should not speaks And [ would 1 could recall thein — Would I had not been so weak. Oh! that oneé unguarded moment! Were It mine to live again, All the s! gth of its temptation Would appeal to me in vain. “True, my lips have only uttered What is ever in my heart, Iam happy when beside him, Wretched when we are apart. Thou 1 listen to his praises should, heart can never hear them s0 often us it would, “Ana 1 would not, conld not pain him, Would not for the world oifend ; L would have him know I like him As a brother as u friend; ul ant to keep one secret In my bosom always hid, For I never meant to tell him That I loved him—but I dia.” Hewitt's Hostility Toward Cleveland, New York Iribune, Several friends of Abram 5. Howitt, who bave couversed with him un thé subject re- cently, report that his expressions of hos- tility toward President Cleveland are not only extremely bitter, but that he makes no secret of his determination to oppose his renomination and not to support him it ho should be a candidate for a second term. Genernl Black's Variable Boomlot, New York Tribune. General Black’s “boomlet” for the vice presidency, which shrunk somewhat on the receipt of the Intelligence that First Assist ant Postmaster General Stevenson had de- clared in favor of Vilas, has suddenly as- sumed more portentious dimensions than ever on account of the declaration of ex-Gov ernor Glick, of Kansas, In tavor of “Cleve- Iand, Black and Reform.” By the wav, Glick is the man whom Black had appolnted United States pension agent at Topeka, Kan,, with a salary of 84,000 a year. He can afford to be for Cleveland and Black. Phedsieddoe~—bulbie) PUBLIO WORKS, Facts Regarding 1Improvements Now in Progress. CONTRACTS IN PART, Recontly there was a meeting of con- tractors and one of the most important resolutions adopted was one favoring the letting of the contracts for the new city hall to the lowest bidder for each kind of work which enters into its con- struction. In the event, however, of there being a bid from one individual for all the work, lower in the usrernu than the combined lowest bide of Indi- vidual contractors, then they favor the lotting ot the contract ta such an in- dividual, ‘This resolution is known to voice the feelings of a number of contractors, several of whom claim that in*\lslicn is being done them in the matter of letting contracts, Oune of these is Gus Andreen the safe man who desired to bi on the iron work of the city, He, of course, expected competition from abroad, and said that he might, notwith- standing he being the lowest bidder for the iron work and yet not get the con- tract, if the fnncrnl bidder who incor- porated his (Andreen’s) iron bid should Dot be as low as some other contractor. He did not know why, when the city ap- pointed an inspector, that officer could not watch the manner in which the dif- ferent kinds of work was being done by several contractors as well as by one. COUNTY HOSPITAL. Contractor Ryan yestorday said that he was ready to commence the work on the new county hospital just as soon as the commissioners surveyed the site. This would be done so that he would surely be able to commence on Monday next. A PUBLIC MARKET. How Money Might be Saved If One Existed Here. Commissioner Corliss was in town yesterday, for the first time im many dnys. He was looking sun-browned as if from exposure to the sun on bis Waterloo heaths. The cusmmlr{, edvilities had hardly been exchanged before he usked: “‘Why does not the BEE continue to agitate the question of a market house? I'want to tell you that youn don't know what the people of this city lose yearly by its absence, and at the same time per- haps you might underrate the conveni- ence it would afford as a place in which to dispose of much of our country pro- duct. Your pooglo are crying for fresh vegetables, and but few grocers can keep them as fresh as is desired, unless they are sold early in thoday. 1f theyare not bought long before mnoon, the best are gone, and the Iate-comer is compelled ‘to take articles which have lost their native freshness and wholesomeness. Take tomatoes for in- stance. What do they sell for per bushel in this city?” ‘‘About $1.25,” answered the reporter. ““That is about it,” said Corliss. “‘Now how much prolit, or rather, how much doea the consumer have to pay before he can satisfy the dealer as well as the raser. Just the cost of production and the profit of the dealer, which I can tell you is enormous. 1 can deliver at the cars the same tomatoes you now eat, for twenty cents a bushel. The expressage on them to Omaha would be oig t cents er bushel. The cost to the jobber there- ore is less than thirty cents per bushel. He sells for $1.25 and makes a profit of ninety-five cents per bushel, he same is true of a number of other articles of couuum{nion. and the best way to remedy it is that of a public market, proposed some time ago by the £ New Members of the Finest. The newly appointed police officers, as may be learned from another page of the B per an order from Chief Seavey, will all report at the police station this morning at 9 o'clock and be sworn in and receive their stars and in- structions for service, Notwithstanding the edict promulgated, or alleged to have been promulgated, by the sovereign of the municipal government, W. F. Bechel, the new members of the police force will step right in to harness and begin service, just as if the decree above mentioned came from the supposed specimen of the genus homo thatin- habits the moon, and not from such an august source as the head and front of the common council of the great city of Omaha. The newly appointed will don their badges seize their locusts, and join right in with cchelon of the brigade under Chief Sea- vey, and Deputies Cormick and Gireen, just as 1f the city council were off recuper- ating their tired brains within sound of the moaning of the sad sea waves, and in due course of time they will etep up to City Clerk Southard and receive war- rants for their pay just like the rest of the city officials. Very Fair Dog Days, About noon yesterday the mercury was threatening to run out of the top of the tube, and 1t was the unanimous declara- tion on all hands that the day was the ie season. +This, however, is for whi thermometer o ninety-seven degrees in a8 the calof maximum, this and saw it three er, just one week azo. However, 'two' or three degrees ina httle meteorological matter like this, don't make any material difference one way or the other, a man will perspire just as lavishly, fan just as vigorously and swear just as robustly, be it 97 or 102. One supernul feature of our Ne- braskan weather is, that a cool, revivify- ing bre flows perennially, and makes hfe fairly cndurable. For four long weekss now the atmos pheric condition has been sim- ply ineinerating, but throughout this prolonged period of intense and ex- cessive heat, the refreshing winds have come in without cessation from the nor'west, acting usa febrifuge to suffer. lniglmnnumy, and keeping the parched foliage of the trees i gentle motion, However these must be dog days, and the dogs are welcome to them. Taken to Lincoln, John Rasmussen, the unforlunate young wman who became insane last Sat urday and was adjudged a lit subject for the state insune hospital, was taken to that institution by Deputy Sherift Grobe ?'mcu-rduy morning. Hisinsanity is snid to Lave been cnused by eye troubles, for which he had been treated for some time by Dr. Graddy. Young Rasmussen’s ce centrie actions on the car drew a_large crowd of curions people, 'Tho parting with his father was very affecting. It it thought his cuse is not incurable. deg