Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 6, 1891, Page 4

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THE balance of trade is in America’s favor for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1891, by $112,036,868, ns against $86,690,- 735 for 1890. T'his ought to bo satis- factory answer to o great many criti- cisms of the American protective policy. RECKLES has actially made war upon the Havemeyer sugar trust, Spreckles is not doing this for the hene- fit of the consumer of course, but it will please the public to know that the Cali- fornin sugar king has nerve enough to fight the Philadelphia monopolist. is inquiring as to the A SPECIAL agent Rosebud Agency, S. D, ownership of ponies taken from the Indians in 1876 by the war department, preparatory to paying for them. Tho government is very slow in this matter and before payments are made two- thirds of the former pony-owners will be riding celestinl ponies after ethereal buffaloes in the happy hunting grounds. at KANsAS confidently counts on net pro- ceeds from her farms this year aggre- gating $65,000,000. This will largely go to paying up indebtedness incurred dur- ing the past ‘ew years of bad crops and low prices.*Kansas, like Nobraska, is all right. Her farmers can pay their debts and what is botter they will pay them and before two years many of the furm- ers of the state who are now paying in- terest will bo loaning mon HASTINGS claims of a 15,000 and if this be true is unquestion- population ably the third city in Nebraska, From the appearance of her streets and tho vim and vigor displayed by her public spirited citizons one would think the little city had oven more people. Hast- Ings is metropolitan in many particulars and the various aspivants for the honor of third place 1n the consus of 1895 will do well to keop both oyes directed toward Hastings. SENATOR REAGAN was very recontly appointed chajrman of the Texas board of railway commissioners. The appoint- ment was commended very generally because Senator Reagan is a rocognized authority upon rate legislation and rail- way rates. Ilo has sot the slow going board of transportation an example by announcing a schedule of commodity rates. The railways ave very much agi- tated, of course, but they know Reagan understands his business and cannot be swayed by any sort of influence from the performance of what he helieves to be his duty. He is a democrat, but the average Nobraskan wishes some of Rea- gan’s energy and determination could be instilled into the weak decoction of state officers and salaried secretavies compri ing the state board of transportation in Nobraska. — HARRISON KELLEY was the hair-trig- ger-tongued member of an otherwise able delegation from Kansas in the Fifty-ficst congress. Ho it was who shook the bloody shirt hardest in the fight over the election bill and he it was who eritised Senator Plumb for dissent- Ing with the republicans of tho senate on several party questions. Mr. Kelloy was & rampant partisan in everything. His garrulty and fondness of radical harangues against democrats was pro- verbial. The Kansas cyclone which lifted Peffer and Simpson into the upper air spread the remains of Kelloy all over the praivies of the Topeka district after a brief and inglorious career in Washington. When he had gathered himself together he found himself re- built on the alliance plan and he has just renounced his allegiance to the republican par Horeaftor republi- cans will not bo obliged to apoligize for his indiscretions or explain how so un- wieldy a mouthpiece bhappened *into congress from Kuansas. Good bye, Mr. Kolley, may the independents make the nest of you, CORN WILL NE KING. | Making rensonable allowanc for of the supply of wheat and ryo from this yoar's crops, and for of com- putation regarding requirements which unounts estimated for | ave an under estimate world's possible orrors would reduce the the world's wants, it will still appear that a deficit of several hundred million bushels is certain, If it shall amount to no more than one- half of the most conservative estimatos that have been made tho loss will mean great privation to many millions of people in Europe unloss they aro will- ing to accept the only substitute for wheat and o bread--that is, corn, The situation seems to promise the grontest opportunity for a world-wide distribution of American corn that has ever been known, Europeans have never taken kindly to this coveal for human food. The efforts tl w introduce it have been made into the domestic econ- omy of IFurope have met with s0 little ns to have almostdiscouraged the hope that it could ever be brought into general use even among the common people. An earnest effort was made at the Paris exjosition to attract popular attention to the palat- able and nutritious character of corn for table use, but the result was very far short of what was hoped for. Subse- quently like offorts were made fairs suCcoss at in England and Scotland, with somewhat better success. Yet while the people acknowledged that the brend and cakes made of corn meal were not impalatabie and did not question their who the idea of adopting corn broad as a common diot met with but very little favor. The most indigent people of continental urope will pay twico ns much for black and sour and unwholesomo rye bread s someness, sweet, nutritious corn bread would cost, not wholly because the latter is distasteful to them. but partly by reason of a prejudice, the vulgar notion being that corn is only suit- abie as food for animals, But when they are unable to get rye bread of any kind, and this is the outlook for millions of them, they will accept corn. When famine confronts them, as is now the case with the people with a number of Russian provinces and is likely to be the oxperienco in other countries, distaste and prejudice will give way, and corn bread will become the common food of people who have now hardly an idea of what it is, And once having found a place on the tables of the poor, it will remain, for unless the views of intelligent statisticians are greatly at fanlt Kurope will never again produce enough wheat and rye to mest the de- mands of hor people. Her available aren for the production of these grains is now practically exhausted, but the growth of population goes on. It would seem inevi there must he a very creased demand from Kurope within the next year for Ameri corn. Hundreds of millions of bushels of that grain will be required to make up the deficiency in wheat and rye. We shall undoubtedly have it to spare, and such a demand will mean that the profit- able that greatly in- able price which has provailed for soveral months will be maintained at least. The farmers of Nebraska and Towa can look out upon their fields of ripening corn with a feeling of con- fidence that there will bo a market for overy bushel of it at a price that will amply repay their labor. THE LABOR 1ROUBLE. As far as outward appearances go the labor situation is unchanged. No concessions have been proposed and none appear to be contemplated. The print- ors’ strike excites comparatively little public attention. It is gradually adjust- ing itself. Some of the firms ave at work with new men and others are con- ceding the demands of the strikers. This phase of the difficulty occasions no uncasiness. It is the lockout at the smelting.works which attracts most in- terest. The six hundred or ix hundred and fifty moen who are out wore pnid off " this morning. The statements made by tho managers to the ef- fect that the works ave closed indefinite- ly have been taken with some degreo of incredulity. The leaders ave whistling to keep up the courage of the men who re manifestly alarmed at the prospect of neither employment nor wages before the autumn. There have heen no incendiary specches and the working men have made no rash threats. The be havior of the men has been very commendable, especially in tho iaco of the hasty proclamation of the mayor. The advice of Tne Bee to refrain from intoxication, violence of speech and action and threatening be- havior of all kinds has been heeded, and we aro now approaching the end of the fifth day of the controvorsy with no serious complications imminent. This is to the eredit of the army of men who have participated in the demonstrations and ave interested in the result of the agitation. THe BEE vogrets to say that it sees no present probability of an early adjustment of differences. The lnw which it is sought to enfores is so inhor- ently weak that the workingmen natur- ally hositate to make a test of its con- stitutionality or to secure its interpre tation. On the other hand employers prefor to evade its spivit while not vio- lating its letter, lest an interoretation of its torms shall render it more distastoful to them than it ap- poars to be on its faco. The relations hotween employers and employes so long as doubts oxist and different views aro held as to tho full intent of the law must unavoidably con- tinue delicate. Extremists on both sides are likely to foment trouble and the labor situation unsettled. In con- sequence of these facts it is best for all parties to curh thoir feelings, to ba caro- ful not to invite further difMcultios and act with a considerate regard for honest differences of opinion. A legal in- terpretation of the law and test of its constitutionality should be ar ad for by mutual consent upon an agreed state ment of fucts, This would remove the uncertainty existing in the minds of both sides and promptly clear the at- mosphere for a satisfactory adjusumant of all interests to the changed conditions under the new law provided it be con- stitutional as it may be and probably is. hours work instead of ten involves an | increase of one-fourth the numbor of | | persons employed, and decrenses the THE OMAHA [ No groat soslal rovolution has been | accomplished in a single day withou t long and patient proparation. The | oight-hour day is a rovolution in the sital and labor, Bight Intions batw productive capacity of the individual laboror one-fifth, At the same pay for oight as ton hours, the employer must largo part if not all of his profits, Tho loss should not all bo upon the employer, On the other hand, with sharp competition among laborers and low wages prevailing, the eight-hour day if enforced involves a loss of one-fifth his earnings to the working- man, should the pay be correspondingly uced. This is a hardship which em- plogers must not overlook. The em- ployor and employe should meot on common ground, and aftera frank inte change of views, strike a common bal- ance which shall be fair alike to both, and shall not mean bankruptey or penu to either, But such a of mutual good will is not practicable so long as doubt and uncertainty provail asto the exact construction which the courts will sacrifice n place upon the law. and therefore the first step to a final, amicable and just scttlement of the difficulty is an appeal to the courts. Meanwhilo ench side should bo neutral and seek no advants over the other rrecing to abide by the result of the decision of the district or supreme court, This is prac- tleable now. It was the course propor at the outset, It is not now too late, so far as labor in genoral in Omaha is con- ned, to instituto the necessary pro- No other feasible way offers itself for an early and permanent sottle ment of the issues involved. THE CIRCULATION. According to the treasury statement just issued the highest per capita of cirt culation veached in this country was on January last, when it was $24.10, the amount of circulation at that timo being a little over $1,500,000,000. Since that time gold to the amount of about $70,000,000 been drawsn to Europe, partly in payment for merchandise, of which the importations were unusually heavy last fall, and partly for other settlements made necossary Hy the condition of the European money markets, This of cou reduced the civeulation and consequently the por capita, but still the former on August 1, $1.500,000,000 and the per capita larger than ever before in the y of the country except at the be- gining of the present yoar. Nearly half the sum lost to the country in gold was ceedings, ever replaced with silver certificates and other new currency was issued which brought the amount up to with- in £20,000,000 of the gold shipments. But for the latter the per capita of circuiation would now be over $25. The monthly addition to the currency from silver purchases hy the treasury @oes on, the national banks will swell the volume by an additional issue on the 44 per cent bonds extended at a reduced rate of interest, and there is every reason to expect that within the pext two months there will be a return flow of gold from Kuvope. The indica- tions are, therefore, that by the end of the current year the eir- culation will be much larger than at the beginning, giving this coun- try a higher per capita than any other great commere nation, with a single exception. This may not satisfy the ad- vocates of fint currency inflation, but it will everybody who de: s that tho money of the country shall remain on a sound and stable basis, The treasury figures utterly refuto the assertion of the more money champions that the cir- culation is less per capita than ever be- fore. A PERMANENT BUREAU. The success of THE Bik bureau of claims has been so entively satisfactory, ity business is growing with such vapid- ity, and its popularity 1s already so well attested that itis proper to announco that it has passed the experimental stage and became a fixed and permanent busin This bureau, it should bo un- derstood, is not a private onter- prise, but s under ihe ause pices of Tur Ber Publishing com- pany, which assumes all responsibility for claims committed to the care of the bureau, Its distinctive aim, as has re- atedly been stated, is to protect imants from the abuses and extor- tions practiced by unprineipled agents and attornoys, while at the same time giving prompt and eflicient sevvice in tho prosecution of their claims, when they are ascertained to be legitimato and just. The bureau is not limited in its scope, but is prepared to deal with every form of claim against the governmont for which provision has been made by law, aud tho facilities at its command for doing this are most complete THe BEE burean is in receipt of cor- respondenco which shows that an orron impression provails rogard- ing the conditions under which cluims may be made through the buveau. When first organized it was required that in o s its vices it was necossary for persons to be- come of ‘he burean by subscribing for T Bee, This requirve- ment has been abandoned, and now any one having a ponsion, Tndi tions, or other claim against the govern- ment, can have it prosecuted through s ordoer ure sor- members 1 depreda- Tue BEg burenu without veference to whother or not the claimant is a sub- seribor for the puner. The bureau is open to all, and every person doing busi- ness with it will stand upon an exact equality. Complinnce with the condi- tions of the law respecting the form of presenting claims is all that is necessary 1o secure for them prompt, careful and thorough avtention from THe BEE bu- reau, The bureau is a permunence. It has been of service to a large number cluimants, and thore is abundant evi- | donecoe that the object of its establish- ment is appreciated by the people whose | interests it is intended to subserve., Peor- sons submitting their claims to the bu- of | DAILY BE veau can rest assured that they will vo- celve prompt attention and the be vice that capable and experienced ut- torneys can give, Mg HAMILTON hus beun | sustained as : superintendent of and the diredtdds aro officious intermaddiers. the Kellom The declared | building, to be only difti- culty about this action of the board is found in the fadf the s T teactor are not in harmony. who drafted the, contract, the who inspected it, and the con the board whieh roported it ec the board itself; are all doing business, in an manner. that —— Mit. MARTIN of the board tion and Mr. Wehrer his man investigated the Kellom s troversy and unanimously sus! architects in face of the resolutions Superintendent the board dirocting Hamilton to superintend tho tion of that building. ever, changed his fon. mind in se: ords and the contract with the co to blame unbusinesslike ocrot The seribe | attornoy imitteo of rrect,and for of educa- co-committee- chool con- tained the of construc- Mr. Martin, how- oxecutive The gentleman’s mind veers a good deal but finally struck the proper equilibrium in this instance. made of SILICON wall ence known to the W council. An examin of incorporation and list of stc of the company intorested in torial will probably explain forms of wall plaster stand show in school buildingsand th plaster board Turk only proper course to why othe 80 its pres- education It has now shown up in the tion of the articles ekholders this m: poor o ceity hall, pursuo in the prosent exigeney is to appeal to the courts upon an agreed state of facts and ask an immediate heaving upor stitutionality of the with a legal construction of it constitutional, they have no common ground ment. ANTE-ELECTION regard to the licenses for saloc three mile limit. The board silence cor wht-hour Men eannot ag n the con- law s torms if o when of agreo- itinues in s in the of county commissioners must do its duty and save to the county the $10,000 or more to which the treasury is entitied rond houses and saloons just o city limits. AN AUTOMATIC timekeepo noxt extra which the council w orin connection with the eity hall. there are any other patent scl dissipating the ci should be on hand very soon or be too late for the surplu CArLaMITY Binn Dech wisel his remarks to. goneralities i dress to the working mon of O from the utside the r is the vill consid- It hemes for hall surplus they they will v confined n his ad- maha. In the mellow mouth of the statesman from ities are especially glittering they are so brassy. — the classic banks of the Wahoo general- g beca TiE man who can read the telegraphic account of the purade of the Grand Army boys at the national encampment at Detroit on Tuesday without exp periencing emotions of patriotism, must house a soul which is too small to be considered by that name. MAsoN’S JupGe adminis ration of the labor bureau thus far, has not boen disappolnting. thing from his administra Nobody expected any- tion, and therefore no one is disappointed. Trr Kellom school wiil still be in the courts when it should be completed and occupied, in all probability, because the board of edu do hasiness like busincss men. THE fumes of the smelting sometimes noxious, but Omaha noxious fumes of an $225,000 a year to her retail invaluable in other particu ALL is quiet on the Missouri 1y quiet so far as from 3 per month in wages for smolt employes is concerned. WIIAT can a sanitary commi industry and simply tion does not works are 1 likes the worth trade and --ominous- 36,000 to $50,000 ing works ssioner do but draw pay so long as the board of health has no rules for the conduct of its business? ABouT all the smelting works om- ployes have saved from the their Bacon, and he isnot wor MAYOR CUSHING'S proclam: useless and ridiculous. did no harm, PHILIP ANDRES as sanitavy commi; sioner is a vast improvement nredecessor. Canada’s Boo. Chicugo News. According to recent “boodlers” have floccod tho € ernment out of funds. Tt is evident ing to learn by annexation, Another ¢ e ma Ledger. Omaha is fivst in the fiold this y in bid for the next republican national cony tion. It has sen tend the meeting of an to Washin the national Fortunately wrock is th saving. ation was it upon his Boom. estigations dian g ov- about $1,000,000 of pubtic that Canada has noth- mpetitor, with a 1gton o at- | executivo committee, although that body has no power to fix the lace of NortHag that g cal gathering. There is no reason Why Tacoma put in a cluim for the convention, Nebrasica on s Us Omaha Brr state in the union atid'the most pre Chicago Trioune ' Typograph huppen 1n the most et printing of viously the intention of T that *Iilinois is theanost fertile Sioux City Jon Thero it is ‘ribune and Tis obviously v “lowa is tho most fartile, ete, Duluth News: Ofiésurso what t the Tribune and Wi Brr reall, say was that “Miguesota is the tile,” ete. op ————— Refuting a Standar New York Tribune. : Bk wi and politi- should not ual, Ncbraska is the most fertilo 0sperous. al errors flices, Ob- o suy ete, rain, The ant 1o say heJournal, y meaut to most fer- ie. The Fiity-first congress did not appropri ate “over a billion of dollars,” bu actly $6S5,410,129, or $170,448, 260 the iftioth congr Ot this 321,07 was for a pension the democrats of that congross left unpaid bills, thre 10 the treasury; 58, #7,007,140.70 times their cost, contracts for vessels thorized, and $62,005,535.99 to pay sions under tho author i new act The balance went expenses, harbor defenses aud imp and world's falr appropriations. people 1 1388, U just more ox than excess § deficiency which dishonestly $22,067,313.53 was for postofice ourths of which will be returned for chase of [udian lands that will sell $14,042,341.60 was to meot ther the pur for three tofore au. new pen ized by the in cen proy As to th rovonues, they were reducod, and unjust tax- ation was not continued. As we have alroady demonstrated in these columns, the peoplo aro enjoying under the MoKinley bill greater volume of trade than ever before, while they are paying less taxes - - Outrageous Journalism, Atlanta Constitution, Has any newspapor the right, when a man is sick and in such a nervous stato that any discouraging talk would have a bad efrect upon him, to porsistently print reports and predictions of his early death? Has aoy newspaper tho right to collect and publish opinions eoing to show thatthe invalid has an incurablo diseaso, and must suroly die! H any newspaper the right to do all theso things, especially when its information and opinions are gathered from persons who have noactual kuowledgo of the sick man's condi- fon! This 1s waat nowspapers aro doing in regard to Mr. Blaine, and it affords ground for the charge that thoy are just as guilty of an attempt to kiil him as they wvould bo if they used violonce or put poison 10 his food, some . . Omah d Troubadour, Now York Advertiser, ‘Indiana negroes are said to be hostile to the president,” says the Springfield Republi- 1. Itis not hard to account for it. Mr. Vaughan passed through Indiana on his way enst from lowa, and may have stopped off ostensibly to gather pawpaws, but really to drop a hint to the negroes that the president did not think ho hud time to contribute to the literature of his £100,000,000 pension enter- prise. Philanthropist Vaughan says he can swing the colored vote, and it looks as if ho wer doing it quite gayly. Reminiscenc = Demoerat, Rochester, where the New York republi- cans aro to hold their state convention five honee, is tho place whoro the same arty met in that historical gathering four- tecn years ago in which IRRoscoo Conkling castigated George William Curtis. This was one of the most memorablo incidents which ever occurred at an assomblago of this sort in that state. No maa anywhere was over move adroitly and effectively lashed by sarcasm than was the distinguished ‘*‘man- mitliner” by the eminent stalwart republican chieftain. e A Big Enterprise. Mithank (S. D) Review, T Ovsna Bee has ofened a *‘bureau of claims” for the prosecution of pension, In- dian depredations, land, mining, patent and postal claims at the least possible expense Tue Bee and the San Francisco Examiner have procured the services of an able and ex- perienced corps of legal assistants at Wash- ingtou, and will attend to the collection of claims at a much less tiguro than the profes- sionrl claim agents have boen herotofore charging. et BLAINE'S GREAT TRIUMPH. Brooklyn Eagle (dem.): The Blame doc- trine of American trade for the Americans is the natural outgrowth aud consequence of the Monroo dostrine of Amorica for Amori- cans. And, 10 spite of the bitter fight that has been made against it by the ephemera of politics, this Blaine doctrine will bo held by all Americans in future years as a funda- mental maxim of American policy, concern- ing which there is no room for partisan de- bate or difference of opiaion. Now York Sun (dem): We published yos- terday the president’s proclamation embody ing both the provisional and the definite agreements made with Spain regavding our commercial intercourse with her possessions in the West Indies. As an analysis will show, the reciprocal concessions are of great ctual, and stil greater prospective value to both parties to the contract, v Cuba in particular wo may predict with coufidence that a new era of productive activity is about to dawn, New York Recorder (rep.): The country will rejoice to find in the treaty with Spamui, published in detail this morning, realization of an important part of Secretary Blaine's grand project for facilitating exchange of leading” products of American countries to the mutual advantage of the treaty pow Under the arrangement effected our vrodus ers will find in the Spanish-American de- pendencies markets for grain and provisions iree of 1mport tuxes or at greatly reduced rates, while in return we will receive pro- ducts of those colonies that do not compete with our own, but which are desired by our manufacturers and consumers. New York Commercial Advertiser (dem.): Decidedly tho most important of the re ciprocity agreements thus far entered into by the daministration under the terms of the MecKinley bill is toat announced this morn- ing. By its torms the United Statos makes a valuable gain in the area of its markev for both manufactured and agricultural woods, and Cuba and Porto Rico, whose ports arc opened to us, must also benefit by the new arrangement. The new treaty is decidedly a triumph for the administration, and especia for Mr. Blaine, to whoso genius tho recip- rocity ‘idea is attributed. It will not onl benefit tais country, it will benefit the world It breaks through™ the priucipal remain wall erceted by the colonial policy of the I wo conturies. Springticld (Mass.) Republican (ind.): Mr. Blaing's greatest trinmph in the way of se- curing trade concessions from neighboring countries is proclaimed by the president in another column, Cuba and Porto Rico bear boar no eot parisor with Brazil and their population is only about a sixth of that of the new South American republic, but their foreign trade is more than one-half as sreat as that of Brazil and not much below that of the Argentine Republic; and th trade with the United States has been larger than the commerce of cither of those two nations with this country. Heuco satisfac- tory reciprocal trade arrangements with no South or Central American nation, aside perhaps from Brazil, could offer larger pos- sibilities in tho way'of trade expansion than with the Spanish West Indies, S INING JESTS, Smith, Gray & Co's monthly: Bagley—How are Bronson's twins coming on? Brace—Badly: the one that was so cute but the one that had the fits Is coming i loks like the survival of the [ fitiest, doesn Kute Field's Washingtor: First Voter You are bound to admit e thing about nitor Buncombo- he dossn't put himself up highest bidd Chat's trug at anetion for th Second Vote bought privately. e has to be vune: The Romans must ine as well as wrestling, d for, Now Orleans Pic have understood =1y The Roman punch s often ¢ Batthmoro Amerlean: It I8 no wonder that the spring chicken can boast of a large erop when 1t takes evorything tn by the poek. & Co's Monthly timid tellows aro 1 “1 wonder arrying Gray hese brinettes? obubly because tuir lady." " ‘taint heart no'er won Washington Post: An Ohlo man has been cnught with a stolen office conconled ahout Wis person. Mo very generously offered to rosign A VALID EXCUSE, Chicago Herald, “'is seandnlous!” the father Wis danzhier found Within the parior with her beau in shadows suid, who had quite profounds “Yes, 1815 enndleloss,” suid sho—his words did wot afriznt her “But, pi. wo muke It dark, you see, so gas bills will be lighter A VARIATION Cinetnnati Commereial wmy dear old matd?" “Where are you £olng, “U'm 100k Ing for & min," sho siid WiLyou take me, my dear old mald?* “Yos anybody, Lord " she sild flarper's Bazur: Physiclun- 1l glve him somethin g Lt Il get B on his foot. and then wo'll increase his appotite, and he'll be all nical Wifo—Got him on his teet, doos or ~never mind the other. Atlunta Journal: As the moeroury elimbe up the persplration rolls down. SCHEMES OF INDEPENDENTS. Unsuccessful Efforts to Use Senator Poyuter of Boone, WOULD ARRANGE LABOR TROUBLES. Plan by which a Deputy Labor Com ssioner ¢ Have Been Ap- gh Other Than ch uld pointed Thr Regular nnels, LaxcoLy, Neb., Aug. 5.—[Special to Tk Bre.)—Today's occurrences in Lincoln af: ford a brittiaut opportunity for a fake sensa. tion. Senator W. A. Poynter of Boone county left tho eity yostorday afternoon, after having transactad " tho private business which called him hither, urd started toward homoe by way of the Union Pacifie, He pot as far as Columbus, and this morning v« turned to Lincoln. This afternoon a confor o of prominent independents was held at tho Lindell hotel. Among thoso prosent woers W. H. Dech of Ithaca, Jay Burrows, J. M Thompson and 8. . Thornton of Lincoln, V O. Strickler of Omaha, John Mefford of Schuylor and €. H. Pirtle of Walioo, Mr. Decharrived in the city this morning with the resolutions adopted at a labor m fngin Omaha last night, which o nd on Senator Poynter, as acting governor, to ap point u deputy labor commissionor to arbi- trato the labor troublos in that city. Thoso resolutions woro considered in the confor- ence, and it was agroed as a mattor of party policy that the indopendents should, fif pos sible, force somo a t0 a settle- ment, Tho hot heads urged Se net as governor and mak “The adyocates of the schoms assumed. thon that Governor T er and Lioutenant Governor Majors both out of the stute, fon lookine ator Poynter the desired to move, or at least ono was and the whore abouts of the other was not known, and they insiste that it was Senator Poynter's right and duty as dent of the senate to exerciso the gove prerogatives at least long enough 1o give the laboring men relief. Senator Poynter objectod to making him- self the laughing stock of the state, He haa no kuowledge, oficial or otherwise, that Lieutenant Governor Majors was out of the stato, nor would he make a public svectaclo by doposing Judge O. . Mason as deputy labor commissioner to appoint another man in his place, oven if it was Mr. Doch who ex- pected the job. After long and serious discussion Senator Poynter was almost porsuaded. He agreed t0 Visit the executive oftice at tho stato house and if ho did not get a satisfactory assurance that Lieutenant Governor Mujors was in the state ho would consent to act. He would go | to Omaha personally and in nis oficial | capacity as acting governor and acting labor | commissioner, there tender his assistance in arbitrating or otherwisn settling the labor troubles. He based his decision on the ground that a grave emergency had arisen, and that | prompt action might prevent bloodshed and ton his shave of the pia out of the stato bank ing board. W, B, Thorpe naving rosignod s baak examiner, H. M. Wolls, editor of the Croto Vidette, 'was tod place. Mr. Thorpo was Leose's appointes, ana under wn old agr ment, which permittod each member of tho board to name one examiner, the nomination of 18 successor foll to tho prosent attornoy genoral, appointed to his al Attornoey (one AN EXPENSIVE CONCERY, Auditor Bonton has refused the applieation of the supromo lodigo of the Bay State Loaguo for a cortifieato to do an insurance business in Nobraska. The annual statoment shows that the concern rocolved about &4,000 lnst your and paid out only $80 for losses. Divi dends to the amount of #1456 were returned to the mombers. I'he commissions to agents figured up §27,002, and other items brought the oxpenses of Lo concoru up to &35, 744, AVRIL RELIEF, Tho stato relicf commission has finfshod its roport for April, and the financial statement is as follows . Balance on hand L] 57716 75 From W, COT0 U Talmage . 5 0 From A. ). Sawyer 7 00 From sule of bondy 100,25 00 Total 158,028 15 The dishursements were Forgrafn and potatoes $ 70,01 71 T'OF provisions, 12704 44 For frofeht EOr ex prossags For coil For ofice vxj Total Balanee, May 1 5 08,620 0 During April 4,935 families received pro visions and 7,258 familics recoived grain, Ono item of receipt is not included in the above statement. Senator R. 5. Mooro of Lincoln donated £18 worth of postage stamps which were due him as a mombor of the fato legis lature. The commission is unable to tell tho act amount loft in its fund, as Clork Calla \ left the accounts in a mixed condition when e disappeared, and they have not beon quite strafghitened. 1t is ostimatod that about #,000 remains in the velief tund. HOUSE NOTES tho secrotaries of physicians’ diplo- STATE the absenee of ard of heaith During the stato b mas roceived at the capitol ure stored in - the vault of t rxocutive partmoent, I'he secrotary of state compliments (i, W. Marsh, clerk of Richardson county, for have ing sent the neatest and bost arranged list of oid solaicrs for the biennial roster, Ouly threo teachers out of eighteen candi- dates won state cortiticates as a result of tho examinations at Lincoln, Norfoik and North Platte. "They are J. W. Jones of Palmage, W. H. Gardoer and €. Ellwangerof No- braska City. T'he schuol district comprising the town of Tobias at its annual meoting voted to chango to a high school district and eloctod six trus- tees by acelamation. Superintendent Goudy has boon ealled upon for an opinion of tho legality of the now board's actions. Ho holds that the election of tho board was invalid b cause it should have boen by ballot, but that 1ts members ave defacto officors of the dis. trict and thoir acts are bindin:, Bonjamin Birdsall got a judgment for 2,912 in Buffalo county against Jolin S. Har rington aud Daniel A, Dorsey on account of aland deal. The defendants have appealed to the suprome courton error. g DRIVEN INSANE BY BRUTALITY, A Young Woman Terribly Ab ¥ tep- Mother. Moust Canwet, Pa., Aug, 5.—Mrs, Rose asstruction of property, Senator Poynter went to the stato house about 5 o'clock, followed by a small erowd of tho independents. Licutenant Governor Majors had arrived an hour before, and at that moment was attending a meeting of the board of educational lands in the commission- er's oftice. 'The presidentof the senate called at the governor's oftice, inguired if Mr. Ma- jors was in and was directed to the board meeting. The senator thon pulled from his pocket tho Omaha resoluvions and said: [ *“These are for you and I will leavo them with you.” After a short consultation departed und returned to hi ator asserts most empha to Lincoln Monday on privatd busmess, that ho knew nothing of the allezed absence of Mr. Majors from the stato and that he had no thought or intimation of any scheme to seize the governorship. 'The first tin of sucha proposition was after he his. hotel. When asked what ho would do in case both tho governor and licutenant goveruor were absent from the state he naturally said he would assume the duty imposed upon him by the constitution, which was to act as gov- ornor, The fake, however, sccms to have sot tho independents to thinking, and it probably put them up to calling Mr. Poyuter back after having cone as far towards home as (olum- bus, But they all ridicule the proposition to cull an extra session as_an undreamed of ab- surdity. Senator Poyuter says ho wili leave for home in the morning. Lieutenant Gov~ ernor Majors expected 1o be in Lincoln yes terday, but was detained by illuess. It is hardly necossary to say that he has ot boen out of the state siuce last Iriday, MEETING OF TITE BOARD, The state board of transportation met this afternoon to take necessary steps to give tho warehouse act effec ‘T'ne yearly license fee for warehouses was fixed at £50 for class A, $10 for class B, & for class C. The fee ' for iuspecting gram willbe 75 cents vor car. The charge for storage is limited by tho following rate. The maximum ¢ 0 and hand- of recelving and th firs ysor | @ cent per bushol Gaoh enator Poynter hotel. The sen- ily that ho came thereof 1d fo ton daysor part thereof aftor the first ton days threc-elzhths of ono cent per bushels provided, however, thut grain damp or linhie to enrly dumnze, s indicated by its nsp tion whon received, may be sibjeet to 2 cents per bushel storaze for the firat ten and for each additionnl five diys or pirt thereof not excoeding one-half of 1 cont per bushel. A sotof rules was adoptea, of which tho following is a synopsis: Applications for licenses must be made in writing to_tne state board, setting forth the class, location and me of the warehouso and the namo of each person interosted as owuner, or tho names of the officors, if owned by a corporation, A bond for 10,000 must be filed before the licenso will be' insured. Any person may complain agninst a ware- house and the state board will fix a time for a nearing. The board may revoke a licenso after such hearing, and no new license shall issue for a year thercarter. Complaint against inspectors or other persons employed under the warchouse act may bo made to the board, which will order a hearin Avplications were received from J. R. Bing of Liucoln and J. L. Watrous of Clarks for appointment as assistant grain inspectors, d they were referred to the ehief inspoctor No appointments were made to tho positions contemplated by the act, and the board ud- journed to meet next Wednesday for that purpose. In rosponse to @ request from the governor for his interprotation of scction 16a, Attorney General Hustings has returned an opinion, of which the following is the essene ubdivision 1, section 10a of the warehouse et would seen 1o fnfer that there was (o o chlof inspector of In every eity or in this st which ~ there is [ o A or B Himited, the provisions that no sueh alninspector fo countios in which aro located wire- Lass 3, shall bo appointed, oxeept pplication and petition of two or mon of class B, dofng husl while subdivisions cltics or houses of wpon th more winrehouse ness in sueh City or county. L UL IV, YV oind VIE of the same section cloarly presuppose there is to be . chief in- Speetor and Lhit a8 many assistants ns may Do required. Tomy mind it is cloar thit ft was the intentlon of the lexislture to hive but one ehief Inspector, however unfortunite they were in Choosing words (o express thit inténtion, In construing a statute, that con struction should be adopted which ' whil carry Toot the Intent of the legislature cront- it If such intent can be gathered from the ot AN EDITOR GETS A PLUM, Attorney General Hastings has finally got Qa A\ oo ! Sheshinskie was | Amelia’s father died when | indpendence arrested here today, and there develoned & most horrible story. There has been living with hor Amelia, u step- daughter, a young woman of twenty-five, sho was throo years old, leaving hor a largo strip of land worth many thousands of dollars. Since then Mrs. Steshinskio and her two brothers bave been working to sceure the property. They made the xirl go out and pick up coal and beat her every night. Sho mado seve: fruitless attempts to escape. For many months sho had not been seen tiil today, wh the citizens of the town started out to sear for her. In an old house in the Polish part of the town they found the girl, Sie was locked in tho house,n raving maniac, bogging of everyono not to kill her. The only cloth- ing she had was made of an old salt, bag, and on her neck was found several large red scars mado by tho step-mother who burned the girl in many places with a red hot poker Evidenco has been seeured o prove that the woman and her brothers have tried to poison tho givl, whose property is now snid 10 be worth £30,000. Mrs. Snoshinskio was held in $,000 oail. Hlinois F rnament. Lixcony, T . 5.—At the second day of the Illincis firemon’s tournament the woather was favorablo and 5,000 visitors waore present, In the trials Tuesday the 100 yard foot race was @ tie botween Mendota and Polo. The hitching contest was won by Geuesco. The ladder climbers’ contest was won by Savannah. The novelty hose raco 5 was won by Mount Pulaska. In”tho bicycly s races today O. N. Snydor of Chicago wou tha free-for-all, Third Party Not Enthusiastic, SeiNarieLp, 0., Aug. 5.—~The nooplos party delegates are not arviving as rapidly as many sanguine leaders anticipated. Thero are about two hundred here now and tho conservative ones say they will bo satisfied if a delegation comes from each of the fort tickots in_ the field, soven counties with Meetings of all districts was held at 11 o'clock, They were well attended. - Dr. Emmett on the Ieish Question New Youk, Aug. 5.—Among the passe gers who arrived on tho Majestic this morn ing was [Smmett, president of tho Ivish national federation in America. Dr. lmmett hus been in London studying the Ivish ques- tion. He said he was never more hopeful that Treland would soon gain her legislativa Crops, the doctor said, wera never better in 1 BUSINE Havry 13 Smi h. 0 an’ see play dey got down derel Beteher life! r der proper steer. why don’t De y 1t it a daisy P'm givin® L sat up in der peanut loft 2 Last night. an’ say, I woulan’t missod Der tun [ had, You oughtor heard How mo an’ Bill der villun nissed. Der hero was a nifty cove, Der kind dut mashes all der gals; But he got snagged becauso of plans aked by der villun and bis pals. Dey made out dat der hero bloke Wuz always up ter crackin’ ¢ finally dey ot him pinchod r knifin’ some old party’s ribs, ibs, Woll, sny, T jes sat dero an’ oried T'o s dat good chump done up so, An’ Bill he boohooed out 5o loud Dey heard him on der stage below, Der leadin’ villun wore kid gloves Aw' smoked cigavs, an oily cuss, An’ he'd Lwo tarriers fer pals Dat looked an’ acted *bout like us, So when dem two tough luds como on o fix Vings wid his nibs high-toned You coulan’t hear & word doy said, Cuuse me an' Bill we nisscd un groaned, Dey cracked a crib an’ stole some swag, Dat worked us up inter a I wuz 50 mud 1 blame near Urow Mo brau now junmy ou der stage. » stayed it U'roush, an’ when dey pinched Dem villuns wo set up a shout An’ here's o pockethook I swiped As wo wuz crowdin’ our way out, Highest of all in Leavening Power..—Latest U. S, Gov't Report, Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE 4 od by T o + >