Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 4, 1893, Page 4

THE OMAHA THE DAILY BEE. e e — — B ROSEWATER, Fditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ey et TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIO uily Beg (without Sundny) Ono Year.. Ig snd Sunday, One Year Ix 4 . . o opthe ...t «:n 7 e, O .v urday Boe, One Your leekly Bec, Ono Yeur OPFICES, Omaha, The Bee Dullding. Ffl"\‘l'llh Omal o orner N and 26th Streots Counell BlnfMa, 12 Pearl Stroet, Uhamiber of Commeres. 2o Oftige, 317 ork, fooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune ¢ Now York, Fuilding. Waslington, 513 Fonrteenth Stroet. CORRESPON DENCE. All communications relating to nows and ditorial matter should be addressed: To the 88 LETTERS. have the Rir order at this offic SWORN STATI hraska, s my presence this 18t day of by N. P. FriL, Notary Publi The Bee in Chicago. Tne DAILY and SuspAy Bee s on sale in Chicago at the following places: Ainier louse, nd Pacific hotel. or hotel. Northern Lotel. Gore hotol. Leland hotel. 15 11, Sizor, 189 Stato stroot. 4 of Tue' BEE can bo scen at the Ne- building and the Administration build- Brask: n| position grounds. TopAy s America’s day at the ‘World's fair and the crowds of spec- tators will be the most interesting part of the celebration. PROFESSIONAL train robbers make a mistake in coming to Omaha to be ar- rosted. A fifteen-ycar sentence to the penitentiary is Omaha's limit. THe Commercial club is mustering members. A special invitation has been extended to all who may wish to become members to call at the club rooms tc- day. A GREAT many eastern cities have new cause to bo jealous of Chicago. Not content with the World’s fair the Windy City has captured the Corbett-Mitchell fight. E times of financial distress and uncertainty some people should be reminded that cheap talk about ‘‘con- spiracy” goes but a little ways in 1estor- ing confidence. ==~ I1's ALL well enough to make the tariff question a political issue, but in discussing the measuves for the relief of the financial situation partisanship ought to be ignored. CONGRESSMAN BRYAN and other sil- ver lights propose to hold a great free silvor demonstration in Omaha some time next month. It's a clear case of whistling to keep their courage up. AT THIS distance it would appear that Governor Tillman is about to encounter as much difficulty in filling the public bottles of his state as other governors have in filling the public offices in theirs. ALL that might bo written or said as A note of warning against the careless use of firearms and fireworks today would have little cffect. Fatal acci- dents may be expected asa matter of course. Whoever may be held responsi- ble for them should be called to a strict accountability. . THE fact that no bids were received for the new issue of sewor and paving ds yesterday will occasion no sur- prise. When eastern men refuse to loan money on government bonds they have no funds to invest in municipal so- curities, even if they are as gilt-cdged 88 those of Omaha. ENGLISH financiers are as greatly per- plexed over tho situation in monetary oircles as their friends in the United States. The protest of the middle classes against the action of the Indian council 18 as emphatic as in thiscountry. If the distross is not as great it is only because England supports no great siver mining industry. THE Chicago Inter Occan has beon gathering statistics and cstimates that $20,000,000 have already been lost to the wool growers of the United States since *‘the chango” in November. Inaddition their flocks which they yot rotain are also to he sacrificed should *‘taviff re- form,” as interpreted by the changelings, got full sway. This is indeed an object lesson of rigorous import. — I7 18 a significant fact that the home rule bill s in more danger of being throttled in the Houso of Commons by the very men who are clumoring for it than by the tories who aro openly opposed to it. The concessions de- manded by the small clique of profes- slonal agitators are greater than even Mr. Gladstone can grant. The fate of the bill seems to depend upon the nine votes held by the professional agitators, THE International Irrigation congress, the last session of which was held at Balt Lake City in September, 1891, will meet at Los Angeles, Cal.,, on October 10. The last congress was attended by 700 members and it is expected that the approaching session will be even more ‘dumerously attended. A number of del- egates from foreign countries have promised attendance. The people of the United States, especially in the west, have recently awakened to the impor- tance of irrigation. Many extensive en- terprises for the redemption of arid lands have been inaugurated within the past year and the results of this convoca- :15- are sure to be preductive of further ort in this direction, THE DAY WE CELEBRAT This is the one hundred and seven- teenth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The recurrence of the natal day of the republic finds the American people confronted by practi- cal problems involving their future wel- fare and prosperity. The nation is at peace with all the world, but within its boundaries there is financial distrust and commercial depression. The machinery of enterprise and trade does not move with its accustomed vigor and the wisest are unable to see what may be beyond for the mate- rial interests of this most favored land. 1t is & period of doubt and apprehension in which capital and labor equally share. Yot the invoeation to popular patriotism which this day makes will not be un- heeded; the devotion of the American people to free institutions and their faith in tho high destiny of the republic are not impaired Becanse stern questions of practical policy trouble and perplex them. Inevery quarter of the republic the appeal which this anniversary brings to the heart and the thought of every true Ameican citizen will be heard and respected. Not only in cities and towns, but in farm houses and in mining camps, on mountains and in valleys, wherever men livo who know aught of liberiy the Fourth of July will bo remembered. It is the one day of the year which the whole American people, regardless of party or section, can unite in honoring. There are unlimited suggestions of patriotic sentiment springing from this anniversary, and whatever may be said in depreciation of the old timoe way of voicing this sentiment it cannot be fairly charged that it ever did any harm. The day of the spreadeagle orator has gone, but the time will never come, it is to bo hoped, when the call to American patriotism will not be deemed proper, in whatever form it is made. If thero is one idea which on this day should have precedence in the popular mind it is that we are a nation, that we are one people, undivided and indivisi- ble. One of the greatest men this coun- try has produced suid that this idea should be printed on the banner of evary party, taught in every school, and made the political north star by which every political man ager should steer his bark. ‘“What the sun is in the heavens,” said Oliver P. Morton, ‘‘diffusing light and life and warmth, and by its subtle influence holding the planets in their orbits and preserving the harmony of the universe —such is the sentiment of nationality in a nation, diffusing life and protection in every part, holding the faces of Ameri- cans always toward their homes, pro- tecting the states in the exe of their just powers and preserving the harmony and prosperity of all.” This i of reflection for the intelligent this anniversary and it need not preclude him from appreciating, though he do not participate in the noisy ebullition of popular enthusiasm which is character- istic of the day. HISTORY OF THE SHERMAN LAW. The universal public interest in the act known as the Sherman silver law, and the fact that misleading statements are current, made for a partisan purpose, regarding the origin of that act, render an authoritative account of its history valuable for the popular enlightenment. Such an account is furnished to the New York T'ribune by ex-Congressman Walker of Massachusetts, who was a member of the committee of conference on the part of the house of representatives which framed the silver purchase bill of July 14, 1890. The other members of the house committes were .Con- ger of Towa and Bland of Missourt, the senate bsing represented in the conference committee by Sher- man of Ohio, Jones of Nevada, and Har- ris of Tennessoe. The committee was thus equally divided between determined advoeates of free coinage and no less de- termined opponents of that policy. A bill had been passed by the house providing for a larger use of silver by the United States. The bill was amended in the senate by striking out all after the enacting clause and substi- tuting a bill for the free and unlimited coinage of silver by a vote of 42 to 25. That bill was sent to the com- mittee on coinage and reported back to the house with a rec- ommendation that the house insist on its bill and ask for a committee of conference. The vote in the house, sub- stantially on the free coinage of silver as provided in tho senate bill, given, however, on subsidiary motion, was 135 yeas and 152 nays. One hundred and sixtcen demcerats voted for free coinago and nineteen republicans. One hundred and thirty republicans voted against free coinage and twenty-two democrats. The anti-free coinage mombers of the conference committee believed, Mr. Walker says, that three voters ontof five in the country would bhave voted yea had the quostion of free and unlimited coinage been submitted to & popular vote. They felt assured that in the house a majority of at least forty did not personally believe in the policy of the free comage of silver, while a majority of the constituents of at leust sixty mombers who could be re- lied upon to oppose the free coinage of silver by indirection carnestly desirved it. There was no doubt that President Harrison would veto a free coinage bill and it was equally certain that such a bill could not be passed over his veto, but it was felt t be important to avoid making a divect issue on free coinage and thereby enable members of congress not in favor of that policy, though rep- resenting constituencies that were, to escape committing themselves by vote to free coinage. This being the situation a compromise was manifestly necessary. It was first proposed by the anti-free coinage men that the monthly purchase of silver should be 4,000,000 ounces, but Senator Jones insisted that the amount should be 4,500,000 ounces, maintaining that if that were done it would surely bring the commereial price of silver up to $1.29} per ounce. After a good deal of discus- sion the anti-freo coinage men agreed to this, and Mr. Walker says: *“This final agreement upon the bill was held back till Mr. Sherman could determine that it would be immediately acted upon in the senate, 80 as to give as little timo as possible after it was reported, and be- fore the final action, for adverse criti- oism in or out of congress, for each one of the three felt that it was sure to be defeatod by free coinage sentiment if it was not immediately onacted.” It is stated by Mr. Walker thatduring the discussions in the conference committes Senator Jones, for himself and the others who favored free coinage, de- clared that this was the last and final ex- periment to bring the commercial price of silver up to $1.20¢ per ounce, or to the coinage ratio of 16 to 1. If the Nevada senator gave this assurance it would seem from his late expressions that he has forgotten it. This statement makes plain the fact that the opnonents of free coinage, in accepting tho silver purchase law, did 80 from the conviction that it was abso- lutely necessary at the time 'to save the country from irrevocable committal to free silver coinage.” Such being the case Mr. Walker defends this legisla- tion as being as wise in its time and cir- cumstances as any ever enacted. IT REQUIRES no special business sagac- ity or knowledge of financial matters to see that the sooner the country cuts loose from the delusive economic schemes that now engage popular attention and settles upon some decisive policy, the sooner will trade move on in its proper channel. Uncertainty as to the future of the currency system and import duties is the main cause of the present distrust and consequent business stagnation. A Toronto capitalist, Mr. Walker, epitomizes the situation in & manner so clear and truthful as to merit attention. ‘There never was a time,” he says, “‘when so much English capital was secking investmont. The desire is to come to the United States with it. England has suffered in South America, in Australia and in other fields. Her capital has been drawnout of them. I have it from some of our most eminent financiers that they want to bring their money to the United States if they can be assured of stable currency. The people I represent lond from $5,000, 000 to $6,000,000 in this country. We lend it in the west and south as well as in the east. This strong sectionalism which is developing in your country we can’t understand at all. Gold is the standard of my sharcholders and cred- itors. Iam bound to maintain that for them. We wouldn't care if gold went to a premium in the United States. We would do business here. We loaned money here in 1872-79. We managed that condition. We can’t manage the present condition of uncertainty.” THE secretary of the treasury did not make the usual Monday purchase of sil- ver yesterday and it will depend upon the market whether he buys any tomor- row. The policy of the department has been to make regular purchases on Mon- days, Wednesdays and Fridays, but the matter is entirely within the discretion of the secretary. The law requires that the treasury shall purchase 4,500,000 ounces of silver monthly, but does not specifiy ' any time within the month when this must be done. The practico of the department has been one simply of convenience, and in the present un- settied state of the market, when the tendency of the price of silver is down- ward the secretary is clearly justified in changing a policy which afforded an op- portunity to speculators to take advan- tago of the government. Abandonment of the practice of purchasing silver on fixed days will prevent gombinations of sver owners against the treasury, and as tliere is no doubt the government will be able at any time to get what the law requires there can be no danger in post- poning purchases for a few days or even a week.. The action of the secre- tary will very likely be interpreted by the silver men as an evidence of hos- tility tojthe white metal and that the treasury has joined in the ‘‘conspiracy against silver,” but it will be approved by everybody who believes that the gov- ernment ought not to pay any more for silver than private buyers or than the legitimate market price. PERHAPS after all some practical benefits may result from the late cow- boy race. It is known that Europe is sadly deficient in horses with qualities for cavalry purposes. Even the mounts of the celebrated Horse Guards are de- ficient for field work, as imposing as they may appear at the annual ‘‘troop- ing of the colors.” It is though that the late demonstration of the powers of en- durance possessed by the hardy and spirited prairie animals may lead to the importation of them into Europe for military purposes. The prices they would bring in England weuld hand- somely repuy the western farmer, with his abundance of pasture and cheap foed, for raising them. The price now paid for cavalry mounts in that country ranges between $150 and $200 and the supply comes from Ireland. With the present low cost of western horses the suggestion is made that there might be a profitable investment in the experi- ment of exporting them. Profitable re- turns already attended the driving of these animals to the eastern states and there disposing of them. The cowboy raco has directed greater attention to them now than ever before in this country, and a comparative interest has doubtless awakened in Europe, IT WAS an impressive commemora- tion of the thirtieth anniversary of the decisive battle of the late war that oc- curred on the historic field of Gettys- burg on Sunday. New York state's monument to the heroes who fell there was dedicated and Governors Flower of New York, Pattison of Pennsylvania and Generals Greene, Sickles and Slocum paid eloquent and fitting tributes to the fallen herces who, during those three memorable days in 1863, gave their lives in defense of the union. It was the valor and patriotic devotion of these fallen heroes and their comrades that rendered it possible for General Bickles, the most conspicuous sur- viving commander of the battle, to 80 satisfactorily congraulate the impos- ing assembly over a union saved and a nation perpetuated. As he feelingly said: “If the sacrifice made on this field was greater than in any other com- bat of the war the results were compen- DAILY BEE: TUESDAY satory. We rejoice, as all our country- men may rejoice, fh's, union succossfully dofended; In a gowernment whose au- thority was herd” Mfintained: in a con- stitution firmly ostablished; in ropubli- can institutions made imperishable.” —eeee "R LOCHREN has made sufficient progresé'in ~his proposa sys- tem of pension refdrm for the public to understand what will;henceforth be the policy of the buréan.. This policy will commend itself to every honest veteran. There is no peril to the pensions of beneficiaries who terit them, but pen- sion thieves aro to ho stricken from the rolls, as they should be. One day last week fraudulent entries were taken from the list. Of these eleven were notorious deserters, some had not served ninety days in the army as required by law; several were women who were receiving their pensions after having remarried, and one had never been in the army at all. THur BEE has heretofore said that it would be strange if in the multitude of pensioners on the rolls the names of some not entitled to place there could not be found, and when found they should promptly be stricken therefrom. This is all that any honest veteran wants. THERE has been less chango in light artillery guns in the revolution in weapons of war than any other arm of the service. But the new invention by M. Turpin, the discoverer of melenite, seems destined to render the artillery now in existence altogethor useloss. It is a verylight gun and carriage, easily drawn Dy two horses, - and four charges can be fired within fifteen minutes, each of which throws 25,000 bullots over the surface of 20,000 square yards at a range of about two miles. This will at least do away with the cumbersome caissons and gun carriages now used for light artillery, each requiring six horses to move it in field operations. But think of the havoc that 100,000 bullets from a single gun in quarter of an hour would be likely to creato in the ranks of a massed army of men! Shrapnell and Cannister must herecafter be relegated to the past with chainshot and grape as deadly missiles of warfare. Merely n Loss of Water, New York Recorder, A fact to be remembered: The actual wealth of the country is as groat now as it was before the recent flurry in stocks and bonds. e An Overworked Industry. Kansas City Journal. Train robbing Is not altogothor tho “soft snap” it scemed to be some wecks ago. A few more instances of determined and suc- cessful resistance and the occupation will lose most of its seductiveress. i Journallstic Enterprise in Rome. La Tribuna. The managers of this periodical have en- tered into a treaty with a’considerablo num- ber of wealthy heirosses, both spinsters and widows, who have ‘solemnly bound them- selves to bestow their bands upon no one who is not a subscriber to our paper. gestal i Just & L.ittie Rallroad Spite. Tobiax Tribune. The railroads in Nebraska are cutting down their expenses by taking off a number of their passenger trains, and compelling the people in_many places to put up with poor train service. They claim it is a necessity, owing to the maximum rate bill. Time will tell whether the maximum rate bill be the legitimate cause, or f¢hdther the roads aro simply venting ' little spite at the people for tramping on their corns. - ey Give 1t to the “Gang.” Kearney Journal, Gorham F. Betts has been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for his connec- tion with the asylum frauds brought to light Jast winter. Now if they will give all of the others known to be connected with those frauds the same medicine, it will meet the approval of the citizens of Nebraska, but Betts should not be the scapegoat for other scoundrels mgre guilty than he. Turn on the light and "givo the rest the same treat- ment. ——— Cowardly Assaults, Globe-Democrat. If the administration wishesto turn re- publicans out and put democrats in, let it do 80 in a straightforward manver, and there will be no complaint. The thing that is objected to is the cowardly evasion of the truth. Men have been removed from office for partisan reasons under every administra- tion in the history of the government, and such will probably continue always to be the practice. But the plan of making removals on alleged charges of incompetency or dis- honesty without allowing the accused per- sons to yeply to them or even to learn what they are’ was never known until Cleveland became president. e They Like a Straight Man, York Press, Judge Maxwell is receiving more compli- ments now than any other man in the state. These compliments are coming from the common people, They are not confined to any party; republicans are just as enthusi- astic as democrats or populists. There 1y a meaning behind it. It means that tho over- burdened taxpayers are guuing tired of con- tinuing the sameold grind for subsistence and daily bread under those conditions which continue to breed !mmm in the ranks of industry, and fatten fawning sycophants in the circles of power and authority. The people are coming to realize that brave, in- corruptible old men like Judge Maxwell are growing fewer. Whether the people prac- tice the purest virtue in their own methods it may occasion considerable doubt, yet they enjoy an occasional exhibition of it ‘in those in authority over them. — The Future of Silver. St. Louss Globe-Democrat., But right here a factor would step In to stop the decline. The low prices would close up most of the mines, and, the supply being diminishied, the drop would at last end. Mines would not be worked when the; ceased 1o pay expenses. The mines whic could produce silver cheapest would have all the trade, and cost, of production would eyentually determine;price. Then, too, the chances for an internaslonal agreomeat on a common ratio between'the metals and a gen- eral remonetization of'si|ver must be kept in mind. The stobpage 6f silver purchases by the United States " probably hasten such un arrangement,, England would suf- fer more than this country from the di turbance in international trade, which the withdrawal of our prep 40; the silver market would cause, and might:then be compelled, in her own interest, ta juin with the United States and the Latiniamien to rehabilitate silver. Germany undoubtedly would follow England's ulm:rln, ~Of course, & general remonetization of siiver on any ratio, would send the price of that'metal up. A Falthfal 0 St. Louta“Ropublic, Nebraska's auditor #us been going through the acconnts of the state's World's fair commission with a hxu pencil, He canuot find a necessity for fifty employes. He does not agree that the fund should be charged with raflroad fares when the porsons pre- senting the bills traveled on passes. There is too much carriage hire, and #6 a day ap- pears a little hau:d' for hotel bills. loye received $150 a wonth for salary and for expenses. The auditor paused on the $00. He thinks that m‘,lnfl the room rent of employes in addition beral compensa- tlon is beyond the customs of business. This auditor has ideas which may be fol- lowed with advsutage by officials in other atates who pass upon the accounts of World's fair commissions. Froni the cen- tral rds d the management of World's fair funds has been rogarded as private snap. The introduction of a du( of com 1 striotuess into the auditing J will at lenst save some doficiency appropria- tions In futare loaislaturcs. It is 10 be ex pected that tho ofMcials will use the funds to give agreoable vacations to porsons who have Im]ll!r‘nl and tamily pulls, but there is a limit to a snap —— No Radle nts of Difference. Losvit'e Courder- ronrnat Indeed, the whole idea of essential differ. ences among tho people of the Unitod Statos is false, born of provincial prejudice and lack of travel. We aro the most homogeneous people on earth, Such differcnces as do exist aro purely local and_external. [t takes but x days and and a change of raiment o con t a typieal Vermonter into a typ an, and two South Carolina lawyc aided by six Massachusetts detectives, coul vot tell the differe betweet. the Algon- club in Boston e Palmetto club leston, m., tosave thei - - NEBRASKA AND N The sporting men of Hebron have organ- ized a gun club. 3. Miller has purchased the Niobrara bune of Z. G. Sherman. Thieves broke into the depot at Waco and carried off a lot of railroad tickets. A general overhauling of ail tho Porkins county is now in progross. A populist paper prints the nameof the seerotary of agricultuce as “J. £, Morton.” The Seventh-Day Adventists of north- wostern Nebraska will hold a campmeeting at Crawford July 11 to 18, A lodge of Ancient Order of Hibernians has been organized at Platto Center with fourteen charter membors. Bishop Bowman of Chicago will be on tand to dedicato the new German Evangeli- cal church at Harvard on vhe Oth inst. Old Man Oliver of Utica is suffering from a broken log, the result of a conflict with J. E. Murphy. The latter is under arrest. Judge S. A. Holcomb, who has been quite siclc at his home in Broken Bow, attributes his illness partially to chewing the ends of penholders and poisoning himself, After a honeymoon lasting from Saturday night until Monday morning a Curtis bride deserted the bed dnd board of her husband and fled to the home of her parents. There is o lot of gossip and a divorce case is in prospect. The Sw books of an City mill, five miles south of Wilber, belonging to the DeWitt Milling company, was struck by lightning and totally destroved. Loss about $10,000; in- sured for §,000 on building and machiner and $1,000 on stock. This was the oldest mill in Saline county and one of the firsy built west of the Blue river. The Chadron Citizen reports an attempted suicide in the Crow Butte neighborhood, Dawes county, o week ago. A young fellow named Charles Jones had become infatuated with a girl by the name of Smith, who lived near by, but it seems one of the older Jones b had aleeady married into the Smith family and the girl’s folks thought that was enough. They objected su_ strongly that imagined life had no further charms and ho attempted to end his grief with a dose of arsenic. A Crawford doctor ‘was summoned in time to save him. osas et v TRAIN ROBBERS' TRIAL. Commissioner Dundy Gives the Baudits n Prellminary Hearing. Squires and Bennington, the men who conspired to rob a Missouri Pacific train a week ago, were arraigned before United States Commissioner Dundy for a prelimi- nary hearing yesterday forenoon. Chief of Police Seavey, Sergeant Ormsby, Detectives Haze and Hudson and J. O. Phillippi ap- peared as witnesses. They told the same been published since the rob- bur Bennington, the man wh gave the ofticers the tip leading to their ar- rest, was placed on the stand. Bennington said his home had been, until about two months ago, in Penn- sylvania, He came to Omaha in April. He met Squires at his boarding place, 1024 South Fourtcenth street. Was introduced to Squires by a man named Standard, who boarded at the same place. Standard came home in a state of intoxication one night and informed Bennington that Squires and an- other man were going to hold up the Mis- souri Pacific train. The next morning Bennington, Standard and Squires went together to the Diamond saloon and there they met McClure. Squires introduced McClure to Bennington and after a short conversation they walked down toward the river. Standard did not_accom- pany thom. While under the Council Bluffs motor bridge they sprung the piot to rob the Missourl Pacific train and Benning- ton agreed to take a hand in the job. He re. lated how he had given the conspiracy away to the Missouri Pacific authorities and to the Omaha police, and all about the various conversations of the two leaders in the plot. They wanted to make a rald on the railroad station at Florence one week ago last Fri- day night, but gave it up because they thought it would hardly pay for the trouble, Theyhad visited the scene of the hold-up near the poor farm twice prior to the night upon which they were to put the plan into execution. The witness described the manner in which they had agreed to accomplish the robbery. They first planned to commit the robbery on Saturday night. McClure was to hold the engineer up and after the express car had beén cut loose from the restof the train McClure was to blow it open and swipo the swag while Bennington and Squires were to make the neighbor- hood very unhealthy for animal life by a fusilade of bullets from their guns. They finally gave up the Saturday niglt job be- cause McClure and_Squires could not agreo as to the details. He sald also that McClure argued that Saturday night would not be as good a night as Monday for the reason that the express trains carry more money on Mon- day, haying the Sunday mail orders to fill for country banks. “McClure said that he would have money out of the scheme or there would be blood on the moon,” said the witness. ‘‘He said he had been in the business for some time and he did not propose to have any monkey work about it.” The witness related ""’VYIM“ that wera laid by the robbers for the Monday night at- tempt and all about the arrest at Hanscom park. Hesald his life had been threstened by both Squires and McClure sinco the ar- rest. Commissioner Dundy then fixed Squires' bonds ot $1,000. He was remanded to jall to await trial and the case of Bennington'was taken under advisement. His bounds will be fixed in a few days and it is thought that the follow will be let off pretty easy because he turned evidence against his comrades, —_— . FIRE AND POLICE BOARD, Regular Seasion Last Evening. All of the members of the police board were present at last night's meeting and the business was rushed through. During June the police lost 114 days and with the exception of twenfy-eight days the men were on annual leave. The sick list was very low this month and the patrolmen are now all in good health, A report from the police plenic committee shows that the net receipts amount to $1.285.75. This amount has been placed to the oredit of the police relief fund. Ofticers Cory, Hudson, Brady, Hoft and Drummy were each granted ten days an- nusl leave, Firemen Daily of hose company No. 10 and Dan Murphy of truck No. 1 were each granted ten days leave. Sevaral ministers filed a protest against the extension of the limits of the ournt dis- trict- as requested by u number of property owners in that locality. Complaints wero also filed against the present loca- tion of Annie Wilson's place and it was claimed that the resort was outside of the district. Commissioner Smith admitted that he had erred in reporting that the Wilson place was outside of the lines laid down by Mayor Broatch. Reference was made to the records and it was found that the place complained of is inside the limits. The matter regarding the extension of the districiwas reforred to tho mayor. Chief” Galligan reported that William Gorman of hose company No. 4 quit the other day. The ehief also reported that he had taken six men from the preferred list and put them on regular duty totake the places of killed and {ujured men. At the conclusion of the session the mayor ap&olnmd the following committees: n Property—Hartman, Strickler, Coburn. Ou Fioance—Strickler, Coburn, Smith. On Laws—Smith, Hartman, Strickler. Oun Meu and Discipline—Cobura, Smith Hartan, NEWS FOR THE ARMY, Changes In the Kegular Servico As An- nounced Vestoraay, Wasimxarow, July 3 —[Special Telegram to Tur Ber.]~The following army ordors were issued today : Private Willilam Sutter, hospital corps, now on duty atv Fort Niobrara, Neb., will bo dischargad By direction of the secretar commanding officer of the Army and Navy General hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., will nt a furlough for thirty days to Hospital teward Patrick Mahon on duty at vhat station of war the Leavo of absenco for ono month is granted Major Joseph W. Wham, paymastor, Loave of absenco for two months and oleven days is granted Captain William D, cavalry, ance of the rosignation of Firsy ant Graham D. Fitch, corps of engi- s, has been rovoked by the pr ptain Bdward C. Knower, ’ aving boen found by an d incapacitated for active sory count of disabilit retired from ac The leave of ab cate of diss C. Taylor, month on surgeon's c Leave of absence threo m effeet on or about August 1, 1 Iirst Licutenant John McMartin fifth infantry. Leave of absenco from July 15 to August 1, 184 ted First Lioutenant William sventeonth infantry. Tho ieavo ofabsence granted Major James R. Roach, paymaster, Department of the Missourd, is extended throe months. scave of absonco for four months to take effocton or about July 1, 1503, with per- mission to appl fon of two months, is granted Cay Washington 1 Sandborn, Twenty-fifth infantry. Leave of absenco for ono month and ten , 10 take offect on or about July 15, 1803, is granted irst Lieutonant William Black, Tywonty-fourth infantry. By direction of the prosident the following naniod officers of the army dotailed for duty as acting Indian agents ut tho agencies sot opposite their respective names, are hereby relieved from said duties and upon the as- sumption of the samoe by their successors will proceed to join their companie tuin Homer W. Wheelor, Fifth cav the Choyenne and Arapahoo agenc Joseph Hale, Third infant Colville agoney,state of Washington ; Cay Cyrus S. Roberts, Seventeenth infant the Southern Ute agenvy, Col > Willtam . Rogers, Seventeent the Warm Springs agency, Ore. Lewis Johnson, Twenty. relieved from duty ng Indian agent at tho San Carlos ageney, Ari: upon the assumption of his duti successor, Captain Albert L. Mver, infantry, Will turn over the public property in_his ‘charge to that officer and proceed to join his company. The following oficers of the United States y are detailed to act as Indian agent: the agencies set opposite their names: Captain Albert L. infantry, at the San Carlos rvice this date. nee, on surgeon’s cortifi hs to take is grantod Twenty- the Colville agency, Wash.; Major Henry B. Freeman, Sixteenth infantry, at the Southern Ute agency, Colo.; Flirst Lieutenant 1. E. Benjamin, First infan ot the Warm ngs agency, Ore. t Licutonant k. E. Hatch, Eighteenth infantry, at the Chey- enno and ‘Arapuhoo agency, OKl, Loave of absence . for two months is granted Second Lieutenant Richmond Me A. Shofield, Fourth cavalry, aide-de-camp. The suit of the recruiting service will cause twenty-five recruits at Columbus bar- rachs, O., to be assigned to the Fourth in- fantry and forwarded under proper chargo 0 such point or points in the Department of Columbia as the commanding general of the department shall designate, ‘The superintendent of the recruiting service will cause twenty-five recruits at Columbus barracks, O., to be assigned to the Twenty-second infantry and forwaraed under proper charge to such point or points in the Department of Dakota as the com- manding general of the department shall designate. The superintendent of the recruiting ser- vice will cause ten colored infantry recruits at Columbus barracks to be asslgned to the Twenty-fifth infantry and forwarded under proper charge to such point or points in the department of Dakota as shall be desig- nated. ‘The superintendent of the recruiting service will cause thirty-tworecruits at David's is- land, New York harbor, to be assigned to the Seventeenth infantry and forwarded uuder proper charge to Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. The superintemdent of the recruiting ser- vice will cause ten colored infantry recruits at David’s island, New York harbor, to be assigned to the Twen- ty-fourth infantry and forwarded under charge of a noncommissioned ofticer to such point or points in the Department of Arizona as the commanding general of the department shall designate. deutenant William W. Galbraith, till 9 ave of absence at Carlisle, will report by letter to the superin- tendent of the recruiting service, New York City, to conduct recruits to the Department of the Platte. Upon the completion of this duty he will join his battery. First Lieutenant Charles P. Elliott, Fourth cavalry, now on sick leave of absence at Lawrenceville, Pa.,will report by letter to the superintendent of the recruiting service, New York City, to conduct recruits to the Departmeat of the Columbia, First Lieutenant Frank P. Avery, Third infantry, now on duty with his company at Fort Snelling, Minn., will report In person to Major George M. Randall, Fourth try, commanding the in ry battall Jackson park, Chicago, TIL, for duty wil company F, Third infantry. ORI DELAY IN PAVING. Judge Post Startles Omaha Counollss with Some News on the Subject. Judge Post of the Nobraska supreme court wasin the city for a short time yesterday. He did not come for that purpose, but some- | [ thing he sald has created a genuine sensa« tion in “‘councilmanic” circles, and soveral of tho city fathors ave exceedingly wrathy over what™ tney have learned. Councilman Saunders interviewed the associate justice, and ho learned something startling. Mr. Saunders inquired as to the probable time that the paving case would come up in the court. Judge Post informed him not un tit September, as Mr. Connell and the at- tornoy on the othor side had stipulatod that the case should go over until that time. ‘This was news for the councilman, and unox- pected news, too. The council had directed Mr. Counell to bring suit in tho supreme court for a weit of mandamus to compel the Board of Public Works to execute a contract for tho paving of Twonty-sixth street from am to Half Howard stroets. As the entire paving question hinged upon the de- cision in that case, it was the intention to soctre an opinion at the oearli moment from tho court. laverything de- pended upon the docision of the court s to whether any paving would by Jone in Omaha this year. With the delay caused. by the caso going over until September {t pretty well sottles sho fact that Omaha this yo est possible no paving will be done in ', Or not at least upon any of the strects whoro the proceedings have com- menced. Mr ounell’s action in the matter is rather surprising, and Mr, Saunders, Mr. Howell and other members of tho council aroat a 1oss to know what it means and why tho delay, whon it was expressly agreed to securo with as little delay as possiblo an opinion upon this very important subject. Mr. Connell is at the World's fair and will not return for soveral days. The attontion of the council will be called to the matter at tho next moecting. MOMENTARY MERRIMENT. u invests his money ally expects to do a ho start. o ho nati leavy business from BufMalo Courlor: Tho fitness of things Is intalned when the fmpationt dinor is o0d propared in a chating dish. Gulveston Nows: When you s06 a_wmossen- or boy running you may Know ho s Tost his er Ocenn: Dabbs—You nct as it wdd of Killing theso mosquitoos. s—Lam: you forget we have. tho samo blood in our veins, Trath: Castl to Miss Bigzerolie, tho girl you went Lorseback with xo much last summer. you manage 1t? Sunmit—I conldn't holp 1t, old man. were thrown together so much. 1 hoar you are engagod How on varth did We New York Pross: “Do you think citizons should bo compelled to vote?” “I would hardly €ous far as that.” “But you are In favor of getting out the full voté?" “T am-—the full vote on our side.” Hoston Transcript: Skig 1in of youth 1 hoar 50 © such i thing? age—1t you had four children, as T have, and every one possessed of un unquenchable thirst for soda wator, you'd never ask that quostion, What Is this auch about? Is COUNFOUND MM, Detroit Free Press. When wo aro busy through tho day * And so0 th lit Wo searcely not As ho gocs buzz o ily, m at all by. He is so very, vory small, 'hat we can hardly sco Him as he flies from place to place As hard at work as we. But in the morning when we wish To take our parting snooze, He's bigger thin an olophant’ With tac polnts In Lis shoes, YOUNG AMERICA’S FOURTA. N New York Tribune, We put him to bed In his Nttle nightgown, The worst battered youngster there was in the town; 3 Yot ho yelled, as he opened his only well a{ “Rub, rah, for the jolly old Fourth'of July!" Two thumbs and eight fingors with cloths were iod up, Onlits hedd was a bump like an upside down cup, And bb'smilod as ho best cquld with nose all awry, “I've had Just the bossest Fourth of July." Wo were glad, for ho had been up with tho sun, Right Into the midst of tho powder and fun, Wliere the boom of the cannon sent | to the sky, Young American like, was his Fourth o July. smoke 1 said we weroe glad all the plecus were thore, 8o we plastered and bound them with tendor- o3t care; But out of the wreck came the words with & slgh, “If tomorrow was only the Fourth of July!" Ho will grow all togethor agatn; novor toar, And e ready to colebrato freedom noxt years But, tho' it 4 selfish, we're thankful thoro lieg A ¢rackorloss twelvemonth twixt Fourth of ulys. We kissed him good night on his powder- spocked face, Woluid his bruiied hands softly down In thotr bluco, And'hio niurmured, as sloop closod bis one open oyo, “I wish every day was the Fourth of July. BROWNING, KiNG Laurgest Munutacturors and Retallors ol Olothing 1 He Got One. One of those $9.00 su n the World. Its that we placed on sale Saturday. Rain interfered with the sale. in m made This is the best offer en’s suits that we have this season. Sale con- look well. Btore open every evening till 6.80. Batu, tinues till they’'re all gone, Our fine tailor made stylish men's suits, sold all season for $12.50 and $15. Faotory prices those are, but for this sale they'll be in one lot at only $9.00. They are all sizes, light and medium weights, all eolors, Cheviots, worsteds, homespuns, and cassimeres, sizes, 33 to 46, sacks and cutaways. Our Own Make and every one of ‘em worth in most stores $15 or $18. High class goods nicely trimmed —made to wear well and See 'em in the window, BROWNING, KING & CO., ay uill I |8, W, Cor. 16t2 and Douglas 8ts.