Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 2, 1891, Page 4

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Tzschuck, secretary of The B Publishing company. does solemnly sw that the sctunt n of Tk DALY BER for tho woek ending Jun 1501, was a8 fol- lows 0300 ursdn y Friday, Baturday 27,010 178CHU OK. cribed fn my Average ro ni s sl I day of Jun > N Eworn to | 3 esonce this y L N. P, Fer Notary Publ Btate ot Nobraskn. punty of Dotglas, ( Goorge B, Tzaehuck. being duly sworn . d Joses and suys that o lssecrotary of itk 13 Publishing conpany. that the actual dally circilation of Tie DAILY BLE for t ho month of . 1800, was “0,401 copies: for Jul y, 1800, 20, Op A ngust 1890, 20,750 coplers; for Beptenibe 0,570 coples: for Octobe 1800, 2,762 coples:’ for November, 181), 22,130 coples:’ for Deo mber, 18 471 coples; for January, 141 26440 coples: for Tehruary, 1801 25,012 0 oples: for March, 1801, 24,065 coples: for April, 1801, for May, 1801, 20,840 coples BORGE B, T75CHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subseribed in presenco this 2d day of June, A, D. 180 N Notary 48 L028 coples! ny SUPERINTENDENT TEsT and Stoward Liveringhouso will not resign. They will walt for a tip from the gubernatorial foot. This {s thoir priviloge. It will pay councilmen in the long run to donl honestly with their constit- uents. The subterfuge of referring sub- jocts to commiutees, when the council itself is in possession of all the facts at- tainablo is vory common but it is like- wise very transparent. CrT1zENs of Lincoln are painfully aware of the fact that they must read THE BEE for state and general news. Tt is on the strect at the same hour as their own apology for a newspaper and it makes the apology sick and nbervous about three huncdred and sixty-five times a year. THE consolidation of the interosts of the grain and produco exchange and the board of trads is a fact of immense im- portance to the trade of this city, It concentrates the two interests and re- moves all danger of friction and all ob- structions to a good boginning of a great grain and produco market. THE new chief of the weather bureau is an editor, and this accounts for the dolightful day vouchsafed the country yosterdny. The signal service is in good hands with rmer Rusk giving the general oruers and Editor Harring- ton carrying out the details. Hereafter we shall have some sort of system about our weather. FArRMER WHEELER will make Law- yer Boies wish he had nov lied about the agriculturalists of the great state of Towa by tolling the New York money makers and lenders that farming in lowa is conducted at a net loss of 67 cents per acre por annum. Farmer ‘Wheeler knows what he is talking about when crops and stock ave being dis- cussed and Lawyer Boies does not, henee the latter will be at o decided dis- advantage. THE board of public lands and build- ings is entitled to the credit of inaugur- ating and conducting the investigation of the officials of the Hastings asylum. No other person or organization is em- powered to examine into their official be- havior. The fact remains, however, that Tie Belr was the only paper in the stato enterprising and courageous enough to discover and expose the irregularit'es in advance of the formal investigation. This is the fact known to the entire press of the state. Tue Dakotas are demonstrating the utility of artesian wolls for irrigation purposes, but there appears to be some question ns to the value of the water for agricultural use, There is ground for this in the fact that some of the water thus obtained is lurgely impregnated with alkali, but this is by no means gen- oral, most of thoe wells supplying water of the most desirable qualities for plant food. Experiments in those states, as elsewhero, havo fully demonstrated the advantages of irrigated land over that depondent upon rainfall. The Dakotas ave not suffering this year from lack of natural moisture, but they are prepar- ing to protoct themselves from drouth in the future by a general system of ar- tesian wells. It SEEMS t0 be pretty well understood that Congressman Roswell P, Flower will be the democratic candidate for governor of New York. Thoe Rochester Post-Express is authority for the state- ment that the leaders of the party are practically a unit for Mr. Flower. That gontloman has one strong recommenda- tion, and that is the possession of lurge wealth which he is disposed to spend froely for the benefit of the party and his political advancement. He has only fair ability and no particular reputation as a politician, It is presumed that Mr, Flower is friendly to Governor Hill’s presidential aspirations, and in the event of his nomination and election the boss of the democratic machine in the Empire state will have a man at the helm who will keep the party in the path he has marked out. But there ought to be soveral republicans in New York who could easily beat Mr. Flower and his barrel. n TER GET TOGETHER. Some editors of republican newspapers who took the losing side of the prohibi- tion contest are making bitter attacks upon the managemont of the state cen- tral committee in the last campaign. Hon, John C. Watson, the chairman of the committee incurred the enmitv of this class of republicans because he re- fused to allow the republican party to be zod into the prohibition camp, and to destruction. Mr. Watson is abun- dantly able to defend himself and his work as chairman of the committee was above criticism, The fact that the entire state ticket, with tho exception of the governor, was elected in the face of unexampled odds s a suMcient vindication of the course pursued. All this talk of a sell- out is directly contradicted by tho facts as shown in the election returns. Only the most ekillful management and ab- solute loyalty to the party on the part of the committee saved the republicans from overwhelming defent. The head of the ticket invited disaster to his own nmbition and the party by his compromising attitude upon prohi- bition. Had he declared himself upon the question he might toduy have been occupying the gubernatorial office. He chose to straddlo the issneand lost votes on both sides. The prohibition question is now out of politics. The gentlemen who fought for free whisky fairly beaten. In fs they were overwhelmed. A majority of 50,000 the amendment ought to satisfy them that the sentiment of Nebraska favors the present liquor law, and the repub- lican party ought not now to be rent or akened by controversies over a de- funct fssue. Instead of attempting to create dissensions out of the disappoint- ments of the small minovity of repub- licans who allied themselves with tho prohibitionists, every good rejublican should labor to heal the old breaches nd unite all factions, Mr. Watson’s friends have no apologies to make and ask nono of his opponents. They de- sire only that republicans shall stand shoulder to shoulder for a recovery of lost ground and a return of the old time supromacy of the purty in Nebraska. Attacks upon him personally can do him no harm, but may arouse antagon- isms which had far better bo allowed to drop entirely out of existance. were against DESIRABLE IMMIGRATION. Harper's Weekly of June 27 says: Tie Oxaua Berk says that ‘the country cannot now afford to exclude worthy foreign- ers who como here to make homes, to as- similate with our peoplo, to give their indus- try to tho material deveiopment of the coun- try, and to becoms consumers of the products of our farms and factories.”” It s certainly undaniable that there can be no objection to desired imwigrants, That Is true now, as it has booa true always. But that is not tho aquestion of immigration, It is the undesir- ableimmigrants, o the first place, and then the system which stimulates abnormal im- migration, > During the last decado moro than five mil- lions of foreigners came to this country. [n Hungary, Poland and Russia agents are busily engaged, not in the interest of Ameri- can_industry, politics and prosperity, but sololy for the profit ot steamship and emi- grant companies, to attract and despatoh im- migrants to our shores. American laws aro passed to reduce the chances of employment of workmon 1n Europe, and 0 to invite them to America. This is not a systom of natural immigration. It is the abnormal stimulus of aa abnormal immigration. This i3 the ques- tion, and not whether Intelligent, thrif skilful and worthy people will be welcome. ‘The present system tends to bring to this country the most worthless people, who haye no capacity to bocomo useful ani desirable ctizons, and whose coming is a just reason for public anxiety. Even should they go at once to soime part of the country where thoy might find employment, they would uot be necessarily a gain, unless the mere in- creaso of mumbers, wholly irrespective of character or capacity, 1s a gain. A repub- licau govornment cannot be wisely controlled by a miscellaneous and hoterogencous multi- tudo of peopls who nave o common lan- guage, faith, traditions, customs or intelli- gence, mevely becauso they have beeu dumped upon the American continent. Con- stitutional liborty is to bo maintained only upon certain conditions. Republican govern- went was possiblo in this country 100 years ago, when it was organized here. But it would not have boen possible in central Asia. Tho questiot of the regulation of immigra- tion is a question to be determined by facts and roflection, not by saying that desirable immigrants are to be desired. As to the undesirable immigrants in the first place, the immigration law pro- hibits the admission into the United States of ‘“‘all idiots, insane persons, or persons likoly to bocome a public charge, persons suffering from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, porsons who have been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime or misdemoanor involving moral turpitude, polygamists, and also any person whoso ticket or pas- sago has been paid for with the money of another, or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is aflirmatively and satisfactorily shown on special inquiry that such person doos not belong to.one of the foregoing excluded classes or to the class of contract laborers excluded by tho act of February 26, 1885.” Are there other undesirable classes than those embraced in this provision? The last congr guve this subject thorough investigntion and prolonged deliberation, obtaining numerous opinions and suggestions from those who had given the question moro or less intelligent consid- eration, and it found no other class than those above specified which it would be proper or oxpediont to exclude. The law also prohibits steamship and trans- portation companies and owners of ves- sols, either directly or through agents, by written, printed or oral representa- tions, from soliciting, inviting or en- couraging the immigration of aliens, and any person coming here in conse- quence of such solicitation may be treated as a violator of the law. Onpe steamship com- pany has given notice of its intention to comply with the law, and when the others shall do so, as it is not to be doubted they will as soon as they find that the government intends to euforce the law, one source of the Weekly’s com- plaint will be removed. But there will still abnormal stimulus of an abnor- mal immigration” due to laws “pussed to reduce the chances of em- ployment of workmen in Europe, and 80 to iuvite them to Amevica.” This 288 remain ‘‘the | | THE OMAHA DAILY B refors to the tariff. Tt is quite probable that the growth of American indus- tries, under the ennouragement thoy receive, has the effect to attract some European labor to this country, but there ave other causes far more in- fluential to account for the large emi- gration from Europe, as the editor of the Weckly muy conclude if he will eare- fully study the immigration statistics of the last 40 years, Let him, for example, compare the figures for the 10 years from 1848 to 1857 inclusive, during which the immigration was 3,114,767, with the 10 years from 1871 to 1880, during which the number of immigrants was 2,812,101, and he can hardly fail to conclude that the *‘abnormal stimulus” to which he rofers plays but a minor part. The large majority of the immigrants who come here are from protec- tion countrfes, and the causes that most. largely impel them to come hero are oppressive taxation, the fear of military service and the steady deterioration in the conditions of living resulting from the increasing populations. When Germany maintains a hoavy tax on food wh her people must import it is not surprising thav the number of Germans who have come to the United States during the last12 months is 20,000 greater than for the preceding yoar, and if the state of af- fairs in other continental countries from which we ave getting the largest immi- gration is looked into the wonder must be that greater numbers of their people are not leaving. It is not truo that the pr ‘‘tends to bring to this country the most worthless people,” nor is it truo that such people are coming hore in such numbers as to justify public anxiety. As to the generalizations of the Weekly they are not important to the argument, but we quite agree with it that “the question of the regulation of immigra- tion is a question to be determined by facts and reflection,” and respectfully submit that these are just what most of the advocates of extremo restriction givo very little attention to. They are for the most part prompted by consid- erations essentially selfish, narrow and unpatriotic. WESTERN CANDIDA It is interesting to note the number of western democrats who ave getting into the list of possible presidential candi- dates. The freshest report is that Hon. William R. Morrison, he of **horizontal” tariff famo, and a member of the inter- state commorco commission, is guining strength steadily in the south and south- west as a presidential candidate. It is said that Senator Pugh of Alabama and Coke, Reagan and Hogg of Texas, have openly declared for him, and that he is developing friends in Tennessee. It is suggested that Senator Carlisle of Kentucky will naturally be for Movrison, as he owes him something in return for having mnds the fight which resulted in the olection of Carlisle as speaker over Randall. [t is also intimated that the Morrison move- ment may be connected with the threat- oned rupture between Roger Q. Mills apd Cleveland. Senator Vest of Missouri is quoted as saying that if Campbell is re-slected governor of Ohio he will be the next democratic candidate for president, and unquestionably re-election would give him great prostige, but judging from the present aspoct of democratic affairs in Ohio there is small chance for Mr. Campbell. There are dem- ocrats all over the country who are thinking of Governor Horace Boies of Towa, in connection with the presidency in the event of his re-clection, but it is not apparent that the outlook for him retaining the gov- ernor’s office is materially better than for the Ohioman. Nevertheless if he should be re-elocted he might go into the na- tional democratic convention with a for- midable following. Then there is Pal- mer of Illinois, who would doubtless have a very excellent chance if he were 10 yours younger,and Gray of Indiana, who has little more than a local follow- ing and is not likely to grow much, al- though cordially commended by the New York Sun. Chief Justice Ful- ler has ulso obtained a place in the list of possibilities, but it is hard- ly likely that he will give any encour- agement to the idea of making him a candidate. His sense of gratitude to Mr. Cleveland would doubtless debar him from doing so. It is highly imprebable that any of thoso westorn democrats who ave having a local boom will be very seriously thought of when the national democratic convention meets next year, but if it should be found absolutely necessary to take a candidate outside of New York theve is seen to be some fair material olsowhere. It is hardly of a class, how- ever, with which the democracy could hope to win in the next national contest. ELECTING OFFICERS AND TEACHERS. Next Monday night the board of edu- cation of this city will probably elect a superintendentof the schools, a secretary of the board, a superintendent of build- ings and a majority of the tenchers for the ensuing year. The meeting will therefors be the most important of the year and its rosults aro awaited by good citizens with no more passing interest. The taxpayers of Omahannd the patrons of the schools are generally indifferent as to candidates. All they usk, and this much they expect, is thut the board shall do its whole duty. The superintendent of these schools should bo & man of special strength in his profession. He should be a capuble oxecutive officer who knows good struction when he seos it and is fully abreust of tha educational progress of this nge. We want the schools of this city to be equal to the hast in the union, It is not suflicient that they shall excel in some particular; they should be excellent as u wholo. The superin- tendent must be & man in vigorous health of both mind and body, a gentle- man as well as a scholar and a man of skill as well as ability., No man of mediocre attainmonts, wanting in ex- perience or lacking in the essential tact of controlling and directing the work of 300 teacners can possibly fill the posi- tion. If any change is made in this office it must be for the bettor. We can afford no experiments at this particular time. The schools are now prosperous and successful. The man who is placed over them must bo known to be thor- oughly compafent, and not presumably s0. Such a iy may boe readily found. The office of secretary of the board of education is on@ of great influence and responsibility: Fhe property of the school district and ghé clerical and material details of managing the immense insti- tution is committed to his immodiate charge. If he'blia ward politician, he has in his hands.an engine of grent im- portance to Il party. If he be a busy- body and talo-bearer, he cun continually breed ill-humoe’ among teachers and confusion in ‘the schools. If he be a small-minded individual, he can readily make himself thoroughly detested. The secrotary should be above pot-house polities, old women's gossip and petty peevishness, He should be a man who commands tho respect of the teachers and the people, He should bo a gentle- man on all occasions, ono whom we are not ashamed to have appeat before any oducational body as our representative school man. It would be wollif he wore a teacher, but at all events he must be a good clerk and a trained man of business with a good English education and plonsing nddress. We want aman in this position who will work industriously himself, and not one who devotes his time to politics, whilo an assistant paid by the board porforms his dutics, The superintondent of buildings is paid a salarvy of 1,800 per annum. His duties avo taxing, and require a dofinite knowledge of building and building material. Wo want somothing bottor in this place than a head janitor, and above all things else wo do not want a ward striker. This offico has seldom been satisfactorily filled. 1If a shango is now contemplated, lot some man bo found with an intelligent ap preciation of the duties to bo performed, a trained builder competent not only to repair desks, but to analyze plans for and su- perintend the construction of large buildings. In tho seloction of teachers for tho coming your it is to be hoped the board will have backbone enough to dispense with the service of those who are un- successful and unworthy. It cannot bo possibloe that all of the teachers who are now in the servico are competent. Those who fall below the required standard of efficiency should not be retained on ac- count of the influence of their fricnds. The board ought to weed out the inef- ficient. We pay good wagas and are ontitled to the best teiching talent in this country. If tho board does its whole duty next Monday night it will entitle itself to the gratitude of the people and can feel that the next year will be the most successful in the history of dur schools. CouNcIL BLUKFS is moving for a great floral and fruit exposition. Mr. L. A. Casper, a Jeading florist of that city, proposes to donate $5,000 for the purpose if the citizens will contribute the remaining sums necessary to its suc- cess. - The effort is commendable. Council Bluffs is thenatural center of a groat fruit, vegetable and floral region. There are immenss™ profits in the black Yoam of the farms of western Iowa if de- voted to gardening, horticulture and floriculture. Omaha and the west afford an unexcelled market for all these pro- ducts. The proposed floral and fruit palace can be made a most unique and attractive card for drawing aftor- harvest crowds. The idea should be furthered by the progressive citizens of Omaha’s Towa sister. THERE is no nocessity whatever for an assistant to the secretary of the board of education. He now has a lady clark regularly employed in his offico and the assistance of substitute or extra toachers when necded. The suggestion of an as- sistant at a high sulary should not be entertained by the bourd. The secre- tary is not overworked. He has a good deal of leisure for outside dutics oven in this busiest of seasons. We have oflice holdors enough in the school depart- ment. THE sooner the controversies over the various offices to be filled by the board of education are settied the better it will be for all concerned. A wranglo in this board is always to be deplored. Per- sonal interests and individual jealousies should have no part in its business. The people have a right to expect nou- partisan, intelligent and disinterested action. WHEN corporations getinto a wrangle and bid low upon street lamps, the council on behalf of the city should be willing totake advantage of the low prices brought about by the competition. This city is under obligavions to none of the companies proposing to furnish lamps. The lowest bidder has the prima facie right to the contract. MAYOR CUSHING'S nomination of a democrat, and Michael Donovan is a good democrat, to membership of the bourd of public works was rejected by the council. Nowslet the mayor name i good republican'for the position. Both the great parties ghould be represented on all these naturally non-partisan co- ordinate bodies.' ! —_— CLEVELAND, Minneapolis and Boston will plense take folice that Omaha has just sold $100,000 0f city hall bonds at par and accured lgerest for six months The three citiéd fhamed offered her bonds recently without takers. Omaha’s credit coutinues first-class, Pttt v, Our Omaha gugrds are in camp in Indinnapolis and ghey are making their presence foit forthe city’s good. prfitat seedsont el A VIADUOT necessary improvement and s00n to be constructed. 11 of Sweetness. on Fifteenth street is o it ought Tug Ovany Bee is just twenty years old and is full of honey and stingers. d Result, i Recorder (rep.) The population of Ireland is running down All comiug over to work for Blaine, New Yark The Sockless Oue of Medicine Lodge thus divulges to the world his future plans: I own & balf interest in @ header, and with that machine I will rake in my golden grain, JULY 2, 1801 thresh it, sall, and blow in the procoeds on the campaign in Onfo.” What a glorious day in the history of Ohio when the Sockles Ono marches in the state dispensing to_the natives the procecds of his “header.” May his glory never grow dim aud his sooks nevor come oft The Conclusive T Springfleld Kepublican The young man who has not been to col- lege must have boen wondering during the past weok if this world was mado expressly for the college graduate, We would sympa- thetically answer: *Not by a long shot.” It's the molecular arrangemont of one's back- bone that finally tells tho story. i The Campaign in Utah, Sal Lake Tribune, The hired liar of the Herald, the man who for tithing-houso hash for yoars has advo- cated what ho docs not beliove, but what ho has been willing to advoeate for a living, Rrows saucy and says things ho would never think of saying personally. it AL Beer and Philosophy. Detroit Free Press The production of beer in Buffalo, during the month of June, was such as to furnish sovon glasses daily for every man, woman and child in the city. It may be that Buffalo will develop philospphers, but it will never breed poets. - Drowned in the Surplus, Washington Post (rep.). Towa's lurge surplus of water may seriously affect the prohibition vote in tho November olection, r SING JESTS, Detrofit Free Press: “I want to contest my wife's will,” said a counteyman breaking into a lawver's oftico early Monday moruing. “Is sho dead!" inquirod the lawyer, for want of something better to say. “You bet,” blurted out the visitor, “I wouldn't bo contestin’ it ef sho wuzn't. You never knowed that woniau, I guess.” New York Weokly: Stranger (in wostern city)—What causos all that blackness in tho atmosphera! Does that como from soft conl? Native—Nn, indeed, sir. That's ozono— from the Black Hills, New York Sun: “Don’t you think I am doing well in drawing, paps?® said Maudo. “Splendia !’ said Mr. Calliper proudiy, as helooked over the drawings which she had submitted to him, but I don’t thini this cork- screw is quite perfect, s it! " 3 “Why, papa!” said Maudo, ‘‘that isn't a corkscrow! That is a working' drawing of a gimlet " VICE VERSA, Chicago Herald, In Mexico and other lands As barbarous as sunny, Soap s too scarco for the demands Of grimy beards and sweaty hauds, And circulates as monoy. How strange! In this our norther clime Men capable of coping With all the problems of the time And tell you with an air sublime: “Use cash, my boy, for soaping!" Philadelphia Press: “Ol, mamma! Hear that rooster crow. He must have laid an ogg.” “‘Oh, no, my son, the rooster is very much like a'man; Some one elsc has laid the egg, but the rooster makes all the noise.” New York Herald: Jake—Did you attend the bali last night! Fake—Y “Was it swell affair?” “Guess so. I've got a terrible head on me this morning."" DLASTING THE ATMOSPHERE, Washimgton Star. Little balls of gasness, Biown up in the air, Will start the gontle tainlet To falling anywhore. So they say1 Kate Field's Washington: wheat?" “Intend to before long.” “Intend to what!" “House nly wheat.” Washington Post: Judins has one hobby, and that is gns. He hates a gas bill worse than ajury summons and he loses sleop thinking about how many cubic feot he is cousumiug. Tho other ovening ho stopped into the hallway, which is just over the meter in the cellar. A wasp had strayed into the place and was buzzing in groat ex- citement. “What on carth can that bel” his wife. 1 know," Judiins answered with a groan. “1v's the wheels in the meter.” New York Weekly: Floof Walker— Madam, may I inquire Why all this paraphor- nalia is'sproad out right in the way of cus- tomers? Madam (calmly)—This is my portable table, folding chair, alcohol lamp, lunch basket and sewing bag. I havo bought a svool of thrend here, and I thought I might as well make myself comfortable and im- prove my timo whilo waiting for my change, “How's your oxclaimed Somerville Journal: “I've dono everything for that young man,” said his employor mournfully, “and now seo how he treated me.” “Isu’t he gratoful,” asked his friend. “No," was the sad reply. “It is I who bave been the great fool.” Detroit Free Press: Waitress to landlady —Oh, maam, Mr. Spitiire has left the table in a rago. Landlady—I'm glad of that! thing I ever knew him to leave, - HeLosta New York, July L.—Under the will of tho grandfather of Georgo T. McCormick, the late John H. Schoonbergor, the Ponnsylva- nia millionaire, was appointed trustee of a fund left for the benefit of young M:Cor- mick. As he did not have time to attend to tho matter himself, he povsuaded young MeCormick to copsent to give the trust into the hauds of Algernon A. Bell, agreciug to bo responsible for auy loss resulting from Bell’s management. It turned out after Mr. Schoenberger's death ‘hat Heil had dissi- pated $150,000 of the trust fund, and McCor- Inick sued tho executors of Schoenberger to recover this sum, basing his claim on tho agreement made with Schoenberger. The executors demurred to the complaint, and Judge Lawrenco of the supreme court, before whom the case was tried at a special term, rendered a aecision yesterday sustaining the demurer on the ground that tho ngreement is Void because agaiust public policy and with- out consideration. It's the first ortune. - CONMENCEMENTHENT ESSAYS. Springfield Graphie. I heard the essays. That one on The Magna Charta and King John, “Pho head girl wrote. She with thé wreath Described Lear's Wandoring on the Heath Quite prettily. Another one xplained *“T'ho Spots Upon the Sun," iThe Influence of Browning and The Early Writings of George Sand; T'he ‘I'rancende 1 Movement: How It Touches German Letters Now. All theso I sadly listen to: SWhat earthly g00d can theso things ol 1 ask myself. ~“*Does old King John Teach you to sew a patch upon A coat! Or can tho spotted sun Say when a roast is rarely donel Do Browning's tangled poems tell The way to mend a stocking well While I was wondering sadly thers, A sweet girl rose, aud 1 doclare, 16 talked about all homely things rom washtubs down to muftin riugs! Sno had ten pages all on pis Sae knew the cholcost way 1o fry An oyster, tud how best L0 bake A good old fashioned johnny cake. Next day the girl was asked to share The fortunes of a millionaive, She now reads Browning's wondrous books, And loaves the cooking to hor cooks Tho girl who wrote on Brownine's work Is married to a gentlo clerk. Whose income’s small. No girl have they; $3he serubs and cooks the livelong day, And sigh's while bending o'er the range, The fall from schoo! sublimities ‘Lo tattered books of recipos The Law Must Be Oarried Out at the World's Fair, ANOTHER MINERS' STRIKE SIGHT. IN Fifty Thousand Men Likely to Be Locked Out — Chicago Sausages Made of Descased Horses and Mules -Trainmen Talk, ' Cnicaao Orrice or Tur Bee, ) Citicago, July 1 Eight hours will make a day’s work in the world's fair. That is decided. This is to be | no merely theoretical construction of the state law in tho agrocment botween tho world's fair commission and tho reprosenta- tives of tho labor organizations. Pay, by the hour or the day, as tho commission may please or the men olect, vight hours is to bo tho work for the day—no more and no loss. ‘I'he concessions granted to the exposition commission by tho legislature of the stato and tho council of tho city have all been based upon the cloar understaading that tho eight-hour Iaw should bo carried out. When a short time ago a special committee of iuvestigation was sent to tho world's fair site for this purpose by three carpenters’ unions, it was found that tho men were be- ing worked ten hours a day, mstoad of eight, by the contractors. Thoy sent a delegation to tho board of directors. The mattor was referred to the ground and building commit- tee, which has reported back that the eight- hour rule must b strictly followed. THE FOREIGN COMMISSIONERS, The special commission to visit the princi- pal cities and manufacturing and art cente of Kuropo in the interests of the Columbian exposition has been formally organized. It will be styled the “national commission to Europe.” Messrs. Buttorworth, Handy and Peck wili sail from Now York July 0 and Mossrs. Waller sud Eustis will probably fol- low on a lator steamer. MINEKS' LOCKOUT IN PROSPECT. Coal operators declare thoy will closo up their mines if tho new law requiring coal to b weighod before it is screened isstringently enforcod. If thoy carry out thoir determina- tlon, as o prominent operator says they ce tainly will, more than fifty thonsand miner in this state alone will 106 their omployment The McLean county coal company at Bloom- ington has already announced its determina- tion to closo down teday, this being the date upon which the law goos into operation. DISREPUTALLE SAUSAGES. The sanitary authorities are trying to lo- cate a concerii said to bo in operation on the West Side, whore broken down horses and mules aro converted into wiererwurst and bologna. There is no ordinance against the salo of horso flesh, but the authoritios say that tho stock must be prino aud on this ground such places can provably be closed. THAINMEN NOT CONCERNED. Northiwestern trainmen profoss not to bo grontly concorned over tho action of the su- preme council in expelling the brotherhood of trainmon for conspiracy against the switch- men, The trainmen say they will all stand together and that it will bo impossiblo for the council to injuro them. WESTERN PEOPLE IN THE CITY. Among westorners in Chicago today are the following : _At the Auditorium—Mr. and Mrs. Willinm Krug, W. Gallen, Georgo W. Winder, Omaha; J. G. Wieble, Beatrice. Atthe Wellington—H. G. Cady, . John- son, Omaha; A. H. Statman, Thomas R. B. Berry, Fromont. At tho Palmer—Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cox, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Casby, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Egermayer, Cedar Rapids; W. 1. Cameron, Deadwood: 'J. W. Penglas, Butte. At the Grand Pacific—J. E. Hannigan, Cedar Rapids; J. V. Mahoney, Sioux City, . Ex-Vice President W. H. Holcomb of tho Union Pacific who has been in the city sov- oral days 18 interested in a local street rail- way deal and thinks of locating hore. Lyman Tower ot Omaha who has been in tho south the past six months for his health is visiting fricnds on the north side. _ Fred R. Baleh, late of Barker hotel Omaha, is negotiating for the Revere hduso in this city and if his_plans aro carried out will probably take charge in a short time. F. A. s ikt GUARDS PROCECT FUNERALS. Burial ot Murdered Miners with a Military Escort, FrANKLIY, Wash,, July 1.-—Yesterday was a day of quietness in the camp of the strikors, The funerals of the men killed in Sunday’s | riot occupied nearly the entire day. Every white miner in the camp marched in the pro- cession from here to Black Diamond where the interment took place an es- cort of military being furaished toprotect them while passing through the negro camps. A patrol was also put on the | flats to protect the howmes of the white miners during their absence, ns the negroes had threatoned to seizo the first opportunity of cleaning thom out. Reports from Newcastle, Black Diamond | and Gilman lead the ' authorities to foar more froublo beforo long. A | special train i3 being kept in readiness at Franklin to move the troops to Newcastle, thirty miles away, on o moment’s notice. A small force of men is at work av Gilman under guard. Tho military guard will b keot up until the miners give up the fight. Japanese Cabinet Changes. New Youk, July 1.—Yokohama corres- pondence states that there has been a change in tae Jupanese cabinet, resulting, so the nativo papers say, from tho incident at Itsu, where tho Czarowitz was attacked, The minister of foreign affairs, Viscount Aiki. has beon succeeded by Viscount Enimito: Count Saigo, mimster for home affairs, is succecded by Viscount Shanagwa: Mr. Yoshikawa, minister for education is suc- ceeded by Count Oki; Count Yawmada, min ister for justice, is succeeded by Viscount Tantka. _For soveral days the cause of the ohanges havo been wrapped in my v, but the native papers are now publishing & reason. It 1s said that as a matter of courtesy the Russian prince wired from China asking permission to take bis fleet around the isiand of Kagoshima. As a matter of fact no such permission was needed, but the request was made through the RRussian ministor at Tokio to avoid giving offense. Tno Japanese ro- fused permission for any but the prince's own vessel to visit Kagoshima, whereupon the RRussian minister informed the authorities that the other vessels would accompany the flag ship and for them to stop the floet at Tolio. Japan's display at the world's faw assured by the appropriation ot §500,000. Held an Inguest An inguast was held yesterday at McCar- thy & Conroy's by the coroner on the body of litwle Bortie Richards All the lads who were with tho child and saw him drowned told tholr story again. Then quite w number of the residents and property owners testified as to the existonce of tho pond and their fruitless efforts to have the ity authorities fill in the hole. "Phio jury returned & verdict of accicental arowning. Funeral services will bo held this morning and the body interred in Forcst Lawn. is | fezezez0) | EIGHT HOURS A DAY'S LABOR. | AT TWO PER CENT. 'he Rate at Which Bonds Will Frob- ably Bo Continued. New Yonk, July 1.—A Washington dis- patch says: Two por cont Is the rate of in- torest at which the outstanding 41§ per cont bonds will probably bo continued. The decl- sion is not yet absolute, but the subject was fullv discussed at the cabinet moeting yestor- day. The woignt of opinfon was strongly with Secretary Fostor, wlo favorod tho 2 per cent rate, Tha seorstary ropeated what ho was told in New York--that the national banks would be disposed to purchase all of bonds that they could got at2 per cent for the purposo of Issuing now eirculation, but they wore unwilling to give any such assur- ancos if tho rate was less, Tho presidont was anxious to make the rate a little lower it possible in order to eseapo the charge of sub- mitting to the dictation of the banks, Ho was disposed to think that tho rato of 1.8 would enablo the banks to take out increased circulation, but it was pointed out that the margin of profit would be so small_as to be hardly worth while, and at less than 3 per cont was likely to result in disappoiutmont whon the bonds came to bo issued. Secrotary Rusk was naturally disposed to favor a low rate whetlier the banks liked 1t or not, but the othor mombors of the cabinet gradually camo to tho views of Secrotary Foster. “Tho mattor was_practicaily left in the secrotary’s hands and ho will probably prosent tho draft of an offer by the govorn- ment to tho bondholaers at the cabiuet moet- ing on Frida; Secretary Foster is confident of tho as. surances given him by bankers in all parts of the country that with a 2 por cent rate bonds held by privato ownors will bo largely pur- chased by the banks and that thoy iwill bo doposited in the troasury with 8 viow to tak- inir out increased eirculation. An estimate made in the oftice of the comptrolier of the currency places the amount of new circula- tion which will bo taken out in this way in Septombor and Octobor at about $15,000,000, The secretary of the treasury, by continung these bonds, will bo able to make a valuabla addition of £30,000,000 or theroabouts in pur- chasing 4 per cent'bonds and so decraaso the bonded dobt and increase tho volume of cur- rency. REACHED HOT SPRINGS. gton Opens Its New Line— Railroad Notos. The B. & M. will open a station at Hot Springs on July 3 and trains will bo run over the new branch on that ante.” H. T. Catlin, formerly of Blue Springs, will be in charge of tho now station, which is twelve miles from the main line. A new station, to bo called Erskine, half way botwoon the maiu line and Hot Springs, will be opened on the same date. Excursion partios havo been arranged for from numor- ous points along the Black Hills branch to go to Hot Springs on the Fourth. Moorcroft, the terminus of the Merino branch, twenty miles from the lntter, will ve opeaed July 3. The Union Pacific rocoivod u circular authorizing the use of 4 $10 basing rato be- tween Omuha and Chi through busi- ness from points in the interior of tho state, Dasing on Leavenworth and Kansas City, to take effect on the 4th inst. A similar rato on through businbss from Denver is suthorized to take effoct July . The freight rate war on west-bound busi- ness from New York to the Missouri river still concinues. Gould’s latest acquisition, the Piedmont air line, has mado a cut to 95 conts on first class freight into Owmaha, tak- g offect today. The other roads will follow suit as soon as the cut becomes known and Jay will probably go them ono bettor. hairman _Blanchard has authorized tho lines in tho Central Traflic_association to ro- duce the rate on_dressed beef from Chicago to Boston from 404 to 45 conts per hunared, to take effect Juue 3. Vice President Clark has gone to Now York and will not be in Omaba until the lat- ter part of the month. Colonel 5. M. Ford of DasMoinos, travel- ing passenger agent of tho Union Pacific, was in_the city yesterday. W. H. Hurlburt, assistant_goneral passen- ger agent of tho Union Pacific at Portlaud, is 1 the city, having come to meot his family, who have beon east, and escort them home, Ho was ot headquarters yesterday. 5. W. Lee, ex-genoral passongor agont of the Pacific division of the Union Pacific, now manager of the Interior land and omigration company at Denver, is in tho city. He was about the Union Picific headquarters ronew- ing old acquaintances. General Passenger Agent Charlton of the Alton has written a foreivle lotter to Chair- man Finley upon tho latter's circular setting forth the arrangements for the meeting of the Society of Christian Endeavor, to which the signatures of all tho genoral passenger agonts except that of tho Alton wers at- tached. Mr. Charlton plainly states that such action wil only force the Alton to issuo its owu circular and protoct itself in its owp. i J The Bu he traMic managers of the Westorn Froight, association, in_session in Chicago, aro trying to agreo upon points from which Chicago, Peorin and St. Louis rates shall apply on tradic to the Missouri river. "Tho Omaha Wheol club will travel over the Burlington in a special coach attached to the 7:10 p. . train on the 34 inst for York whero tho touranment of the Nebraska division League of American Wheelmaa will be held, A spocial slocpor and a conh will bo at- tached to the Burlington flyeron the Gth inst, for tho accommodation of a larzo party of deRgates from Omaha to tho Buptist youug people’s national convention whicn meots in Chicago July 7 and 8. ———— ANNOU AMUNTS, Among the leaders of minstrelsy, who can name the superiors of Georgo Thatchor, Lew Dockstadter and Burt Shepard! These throe great minstrel kings will bo seon for the last time together this season aud possibly for any future season av the Grand opora house Tuesday and_Wednosday ovenings of next woek. In addition to these great namos thero will appoar on the programma all tho lessor names of artists who have conspicu- ously aided in making for Georgo Thatcher's minstrels tho raputation of being tho most superb minstral organization in its entirety that nas ever appeared in this or any other country, ‘They promise the most brilliant miustrel performance ever given in Omaha. el Ll Criminal Court Notes. The trial of the case of tho state ugainst Georgo K. Morchouse, charged with ombez lomont, was concluded In Judge Estello's court and submitted to the jury last night. Charley Maloy, earged with the erimo ot petit larcony, ploaded guilty and was seue. — tenced to ten days 10 tho county jail. Gooreo Willinms was avrainged, charged with stealing $165 worth of jowelry from Jumes M. Hutchins, He pleaded not guiity, Thomas Brown, chiarged with stoaling $144 worth of jewelry from Catherino Floming, was arragned and pleadoed nov guilty, Wilson Will Resign. Chris Hartman of the roal estate exchanga was ut Piattsmouth Monday, and while thero ho met E'rank Wilson, seeretary of the exchange. Wilson will boin Omaha nex! week, ut which time s resignation will be tonderod aud acceptod. Kor the present, Mr. Hartman statos that the exchange will close up shop, but about Septombor 1 it will scrub up tho floors, burnish the windows and open out on o grand scale. U that timo the members will dovoto their energios to ndvancing the interests of the proporty owners' assoclation, Highest of all in Leavening Power. —Y.atest U. S. Gov't Report, Baking Powder . ABSOLUTELY PURE