Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 21, 1893, Page 4

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Tzachinck cretary of Toe REE publiah- Ation of THE DAILY 111 for the week end 5, 1803, win 48 follows Sunday. July 0. | Monday, July 10 Tuesday, July 11 Wednenda: Thri Friday -t SWORN — N The Bee In Chienzo. Tae Doy and Suspay Bee is on sale in Chieago at tho following places: Palmer house Grand I Auditc fum hotol. orthern hotol kR can ho seen at the No- nd the Administration build- rowns Average C) A ToN of dynamite and no rain. Holt rounty rain-makers are indeed in hard lines. ONE more democeratic postmaster in Nebraska. Onemore democrat rejoicing, but many more democrats hopelessly sisappointed. THE emperor of Germany is taking a pummor outing, Sois Pr land. The United States must keep up with the proce: sident Cleve- Taz Australian bal far south us Flovida. That the election went strongly democratic does not nee- ossarily w nst it. 1ot has traveled as NEBRASKA'S buildine may not be the handsomest on the World's fair grounds, but it will remain open as long as any of them, all foolish talk to the contrary notwithstanding. THR rs ago the finances of Doug- las county were in wretchod condition. Today the records show them to be in botter condition than ever before. This means somethin, Ir 1S worthy of note that Comptroller Eckels, in naming states most affected by financial stress, omitted Nebraska Irom the list. Nebraska is strong enough to weather any storm. WHILE the banks are assuring the people that everything is lovely it might be a good idea for State Treasurer Bartley to tell the people just where he has deposited their mone; LATEST estimatos shortage of 130,000,000 bushels yeur's American wheat crop. figures avo to be relied upon, the wheat grower will do woll to hesitate beforo export indicato a in this If these lling his wheat at |y nt prices. KANSAS CITY and Denver have re- cently indulged in a spirited bout with tho financial cyclone und both are con- pidorably disfigured. Howevsr, both are true western cities and will soon re- cover from the disasters of the panic. I7 18 hardly ble that the extra session will be able to avoid aserimmage pver the pension quoestion. Prominent mombers have challenged the legality of the recent rulingsof the pension de- partment and a conflict scems unavoid- nble. pos: THE laboring men of Kansas have pschewed strikes and gone into polities. The ballot is a more potent weapon than the boycott and the new movement will be far bettar for the laboring man if he will not stop work to tatk politics. THE ¢lose observer of European affairs will notice that the diplomatic relations between England and France are bocom- Ing decidedly distant. Stranger things have happened than that Europe should be plunged into war by the troubles be- tween Gaul and Briton, THE park commissioners have altered the course of a proposed boulovard out of consideration for the Driving Park as- sociation. The owners of the driving park might reciprocato tho favor by paying a few taxes out of consideration tor the remaining property owners, WALL street shivers with appre- hension every time the T casury dopart- ment dircharges its obligations to the The slearing house with gold coin. 0t unconcern with which S Carlisle disburses gold is one of the lew intoresting features of the financial tuation, RALWAY officials now say that it will require soveral months to complete the aew tariffs under the maximum freight rate law. Thoy have known ever since the governor signed tho bill that the law would go into effect on August 1. Why was not work upon the construe- ton of the new tariffs begun long ago? T World's fair directory does not Intend to return to the United States government the sum which wus advanced on condition of Sunday closing. They 10 not think the fow open Sundays which proved such a failure are sufficient to void the contract. The experiment so lar as the World’s fair was concerned wassimply a little scheme of heads I win and tails you lose. The statement from Washington on the authority of the acting postmaster genaral, that the postal service of the country is being erippled and its effl cioncy impaired in consequence of the parsimonious policy of the lust congross | turnichos an interesting and instructive lesson to the country. Tt seems that many postoffices throughout the countr; are in need of additional carriers and clorioal help, but the department is un- able to supply this demand because con- gress did not make a sufficient appropriation to meet the increas- ing wants of the service. Although a safe and conservative ostimate was mado by Postmaster General Wana- maker of the requirements for the fiscal year of 1804, the Holman economists in | congress thought it was too high and re- duced the figures. It was a part of the gencral policy of ‘“retrenchment” by which the demoeracy expected to mako al capital and po notwithstanding the fact that the to of all the appropriations of the Fifty-second congress was in excoss of tho total appropriations of the “bil- lion-dollar” congress. Thore was every reason pate an excoptional vostal business of the year. Tho groater number of peo- ple than usual absent from th homes in attendanco at the World's fair was reasonably counted upon to add materially to the don.ostic corre- spondence, and bosides this tho large numbor of foreigners coming to the country would make a further increased demand upon mail facilitios. Doubtles: the growth has not been so lnrge as w anticipated, but the ¢ has been sufficlent to overtax the facili- ties of the servico at many voints, and this being the case, the efiicioney of the ico is mecessarily impairod. The revenues of the depurtment aro being increased, but they are not availablo beyond the appropriations of congroess, and while it is quite possiblo that there may be a considerable surplus at the closc of the fiscal year—the last post- mastor reneral estimated that it would amount to L.000—the people can get it benefit from it. All elasses and conditions of the peo- ple have a greater interest in the postal :o than in any other department of the government, and a liberal poli with respeet to that service, so that its cfficiency shall be maintained at the highest standard, will always be ap- proved by the people. It is one of the most ereditable fe in the record of the Harrison administration that the postal service was made more efficient in every branch than ever before, and the good effects of a liberal and business- like policy were shown in the unpre dented increase of revenue for the four ¥ of ov 70,000,000, an amount more than $15,000.000 in ss of the entirerevenue of the department for the last year of the first Cleveland adminis- tration. The department promises to do what it can toward meeting the present demand for increased facilities, but it 1s plain that it will bo able to do vor littlo, and unless the coming congross Lmake early vrovision for the urgent that cannot be met out of the ap- tions now at the command of the arvment a deterioration of the ser- would seem to be inevital The condinon of affairs is an exemplification of the working of the Holmun principle of economy which ought to be instruc- tive. to antici- in the ountry this 3 idenco is that it ures ars propr. de COLOGADO'S RESOURCES. Tt may be that eventually will reap material be ver agitation in the effect 1t is having in calling the attention of the country to her other resources. The people of the Centennial state are by no no mean: wholly dependent upon silver mining, though such has boen the very genoral impression. Of course silver production has played a vory large part, porhaps a larger part than any other one thing, in the development and prosperity of the state, yet if the mining of silver were to pormanently cease, Colorado would not necessarily become depopulated nor her meople become im- poverished. The stoppage of sil- ver production is unquestionably a severo blow, but not necessarily fatal to the state or one from which it will not be possible to recover in time. It has rendered & large amount of capital for the time being unproductive, has thrown a great number of people ont of employ- ment, and it will result in permanent loss to both capital and labor, and if Colorado possessed nothing more than silver as the foundation upon which to build and maintain a commonwealth her situation would indeed bo hopeless, but she is not so barren and destitute as this. As was said in a rocent interview by Mr. Henry R. Wolcott, *'if every silver mine in Colorado should be closed there are other resources in the state that would oceupy every citizen within her borders and a million besides.” Colo- rado has unlimited deposits of iron and coal, oxtensive oil-preducing lands, great stone quarries, largo fire clay d posits, productive gold, lead and copper mines, extensive wool-growing interests and a considerable agricultural area that is being steadily cniarged. *We have more coal,” said Mr, Woleour, “than Pennsyly, > us good ¢oke and have for it. Wo will eventually make substantially all of the rail and Qv pr duct used west of tho souri viver. Our coal business must grow from year ta year, as most of the western half of ths United States, a country that can and some day will support, if any- thing, a ulation than the rn half, must depend upon Colorado for its coal supply.” This is practical, dense | eas common sense talk, in notable contrast to the reckless utterances of Governor Waite and others, whom it is now known do not represent the more judi- cious und thoughtful element of the peo- ple, and if nothing else had been said excopt what Mr. Henry R. Wolcott has spoken it is not to be doubted that the financial situation in Colorado would not be 50 bad as it is, We have no data at hand showing the value of the various produetions of Colo- rado, including silver, but it 1s entirely safo to say that the people of that state derive @ lurge part of their prosperity sibly did make | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 21 1893, compelled for a few years to prosecute a more vigoerous development of those other resources than they have yet done the material growth of the state would be greatly advanced. Most of the en- ergy and enterprise of the people of Colorado has been expended in silver production. Thishas been their main dependence. If the silver prop should be knocked away and they were com- pelled to look to other things to sustain them thore is every reason o beliove that the results would be highly bencficial. At any rate the country seems likely to get better in- formation than it has had regarding the resources of Colorado other than silver, and it is quite reasonable to expoct that this will eventually be to the advantage DARY EDUCATION. The paper of Miss Mary A. Jordan upon reforms in secondary education, prosented befors the Kducational con- gress in sossion in Chicago, offers sev- oral suggestions that might well be con- sidered in connection with the reorgani- zation of local high schools conducted as parts of the public school system. The aim of these schools is threefold 1n na- ture: First, to fit pupils for their active lifo work: sccond, to get them ready for technical pursuits; third, to prepare them to follow a course of higher edu- cation in some of our colleges or univor- sities. To do their duty to all three of these classes at one and the same time, and with a limited staff of instructors, requires a delicate management not gonerally found in our institutions for sccondary education. How to adapt these institutions to a policy that prom- ises to succeed in every purpose is the problem that demands solution. The first reform advocated by Miss Jordan is to consolidate the means by which the three different aims are to be attained. She evidently thinks that a single coursoe of study can be devised by which the youth who has completed it will bo placed in a position to either startout in life, continue a technical education, or enter upon a college carcer. With this suggestion there is amplo room for disagrecment. If tho ond- ary school in fact wastos two years of tho pupil’s time, as Miss Jordan is con- vinced, then that fact seems to be due to an attempt to drive students of different aptitudes and with different objects in view over one and the same path. The tendency now visible at least in our high schools rather to differen- tiate the work so that boys who peet to go to college pursue different studies in many respects from those who have no such expectations. if they could commence this specializa- tion a little carlior than they now do they might achieve the same results without ~wasting the time to which reference has beon made. The second reform must come in the teac! force. The ing not as a rule had the instructors have higher education for which they are preparing their pupils and, consequently, have only a yague idea of what tho latter require. Again, the social status and salavies of instructors in these schools are so much lower than those attaching to college positions that there is little to attract th encrating forces that are desired. Specialization among the teachers must precede specialization among the pupils. Joined to these difliculties wo have the hampered financial condition of our secondary schools. The peo- ple who support them are as a rule willing to have their usefuluoss en- hanced, but do not always have the meansat hand. The development has, however, boen constant and in the right direction. Co-operation with the insti- tutions of higher education and encour- agement from tho patrons whose chil- dven ave boing educated will togethor under an enlightened guidance insure a marked improvement in the schools for socondary education, The commissioner of pensions appears to have become somewhat annoyed at the published reports regarding the suspension of pensions and has published a report to corrset what he claims to be misrepresentations. Those who are especially intorested in this matter are referred to the statement of the com- missioner, which has the appearance of being absolutely straightforward and candid. Judge Lochren concludes by laring that pensions have only been suspended where it appeared upon the face of the claims that they were not warranted undor the laws, and he say that in every caso of a questionable pen- sion the pensioner has had and will have an opportunity to be heard. There will be a general disposition to accept what the pension comurissioner says and to believe that he has no other intention than to deal fairly and hono ably with the old soldiers. He must ex- peet, however, chat his eourse and pol- iey will be vigilantly watched. Thero are very few now who pretend to believe that rybody who is receiving a pen sion from the government is justly en- titled to A very large number of old soldie themselves admit that frauds have beon perpetrated upon the government in pension mat- ters and that there are undoubtedly many names on the rolls which should be dropped. The generosity of the gov- ernment in this direction—a genorosity without a parallel in the world’s his- tory—has unquestionably been imposed upon by unserupulous persons, and if these can be discovered no good ¢ A whether he be an old soldier or not, will complain if the bounty they have un- justly obtained is cut off. But th must be a perfectly f and straight- forward policy in this matter of purging the pension rolls, and no resort t» pretoxts and devices by which the veterans who are justly entitled to the beneficent aid of the govern- ment shall be deprived of it. The pen- sion charge isa heavy one, and the people will welcome & reduction made by cutting off unworthy recipients of the national bounty, but they will bear patiently and uncomplainingly whatever is demanded of thewm in behalf of the worthy pensioners. COMPTROLL assistance in his pow LS offers all the r to tho embar- ROLVAS ECONOMT EXSMPLIFIED. | trom othar resources than silver, and it | rassed banks at enver: Any bank, is altogether probable that if they were | however sound, wdkld be vinable to with- stand a senseless withdrawal of deposits by the greater portion of its patrons. A bank which sucdutbs, not on account of mismanagement (g lack of financial backing, but be the people have been seized with unreasoning fear, do- serves every encoffagement to resume which the government may offer. = THE fact that $he, distribution of fed- eral patronage hasmot sufficed to allay the yearnings of,the horde of hungry seeking demoorats could not have been expected to diminish the throng that hangs around the doors of the capitol waiting for congressionsl plums to fall. Disappointed in the nomina- tions to places at the disposal of the president, the downcast bourhon, ady to serve his country in lucrative positions, has hastened to offer himself as a candidate for one of the minor offices at the comand of the majority in the house of representatives. Before congress convenes in extra ses- sion three weeks hence, the important duty devolves upon the democratic cau- cus to fixa slate for the elective offices of the house. With so many would be doorkeepors, sergeants-at-arms, post- masters and so forth, this task requires no small amount of delicate manipula- tion. [t is indispensible for every con- g ressman who expeots to have his sis- ter'sson employed as a page with a mu- nificont salary to happen to vote for the successful doorkeeper. Whenover the dominant party changes, the caucus has toseloct & whole slate from speaker down, but when it remains unchanged the officers are ordinarily retained. Speakor Crisp, howaver, was elected by a veculiar combination, so that neither faction is anxious to keep the entire staff unaltered.. Under these conditions the scramble for minor places is begin- ning to assume a warlike character. As the ammunition employed consists chiefly in promises of positions to politi- cal followers of the individual members of congress, the people may rest assured that the best men will got the loaves. The best men in these contests are al- ways thoso who can most successfully distribute the greatest number of prom- ises and at the same time make cvory one beliove that all his promises will be kept. ever ‘WHEN the Minnesota legislative com- mittee last winter hunted the members of the coal trust to their holes the price of bituminous coal fell noticeably. Now they peep out liké a et of ravenous wolves to find that the hunters have gone, and the price has risen again. It is stated that last winter's prices will provail all throughsthe summer. The wholesale price at’'West Superior has boen advancod from,$5.60 per net ton to $6.10, which is the same as last Decom- ber figures. 'The retail price following the wholesalo npw stands at $8.7 per ton. But the: most outrageous act of the ' dealers 13 the adoption of & . new regulation of the trade, which will not permit the consumgr, to contract for coal for future delivery. The-new formula “Our prices are for the month’s de- Lhis is only an illustration of the inereasing arrogance of the trusts of overy description. They have reached the conclusion, sometime ago arrived at by the public, that the authorities upon whom devolves the sworn duty have no intention of interforing with the methods of capitalistic combines, hence their brazen effrontery becomes daily more glaring. A CHICAGO paper maintains that Sce- retary Gresham was logally president of the United States for a fow hours the other day. when both President Cleveland and Vice President Stevenson were eoincidently taking cruisos outside of the territorial jurisdiction of this government. As s matter of fact, the constitutional disabilities of the execu- tivo eannot be recognized until the legal forms necessary for their declaration are observed. Just let a cabinet officer assume to act as president under such circumstances and soe how promptly the courts would pronounce hisacts inopera- tive and iltegal. Giv Kearney Impeachment procecdings will prove a ver- itablo mightmare to the state officials for the balanco of their terms. It is already that to the republican party when the approaching campaign is viewe : o Lost wause, Philadelphia Press. If any of the silver men think to gain any- thing for their cause by holding the country in its prosent condition thoy wil makw a “The most_serious mistako for thomsolves, silver cause would not long survive su polioy; it would instantly and justly loso that conservative support which gives it its greatest strength, The best friends of silver will bo those who act for the best interest of the country, and that now demands the repeal of the silver purchaso act. et Itlad to s Vote of Thanks. Lincoln News, Tt is exceedingly gratifying to learn that the railroad companies have d th ded to oboy law and will put in the maximum rate ule provided by the Newberry bill on 15t of next month, ority of the railronds have so long disregarded or evaded 1 luws that were not enacted for their spe- cial benefit that the propie of Nebraska ought to riso up and give thanks bacause they have finally coneluded to obey a law that was going to bring ruin and desolation unon cach road, but which it is now evident will not hurt them mugh Surv.val ol t Fite Line.tn News, The Alhance Leader, the populist weekly run by Jay Burrows aud J. M. Thompson, as tomporarily suspended. In announcin fact the publishers frankly state that step is taken becayse the income of tho or comes ot from 3is subscriptions, but E ortising; that Jjust at present adve tising s 50 slim that }d run the paper now would eutall 2 loss ey cannot afford to sustain; thoreforo they will suspend pub- lication” until noxt Sybtember, when they hope the times will bo' more in joint. The scheme is a new one for newspapers, but will doubtless appeal strongly to the populistic press, t. th th Strike Out r Gold. Philadelphia Record, The best way for the silver-producing states to meet the decline in tho value of their product would be to drop silver for the time being and turn their attention to gold production. By siopping silver production they would limit supply; and by increasing the gold output they would add to supply This is the only way in whih tho relative ue of the wotals can be changed in the direction of makuwig silver dearer and gold cheaper. This is o possible way. It can't be doue by international confereaces nor by statutory regulation of any kind. Happily for mankind, the power of tixing the prices of things has been a reserved power, which ueither syndicates, potentates nor parlia weuts can permanently disturb or overtura. THE DENVER CRASH. Denver News: This financial storm is the direct result of the crime of 1878, Kansas City Journal: The veople of Col- orado, like the peopls of Kunsas, have recog- nized when too late their blunder in electing a populist governor. Globe-Domocrat: Denver's half a dozen bank failures are the logical answer to the blood and repudiation rantings of Governor Waite and his fellow-blathorskites. Indianapolis Journal: It is said that it was the insano speech of the populist governor in the silyer convention which caused the run upon the Denver bank which forced the closing of its doors. The populist in ofice is much like a bull in & china shop. St. Paul Globe: The financial episode in Denver yesterday gives Governor Waite a little foretaste of what might be in store if ie could oarry out his threat and run a prin- cipality of his own. Kven Colorado could scarely prosper if all the world stands aloof from her. Denver Republican: We believe, there- fore, that so far as tho banking situation is concernad in Denver, the crisis is past and there will be no more failures. The business outlook is still gloomy and forbidding, but as soon as confldence is restored in the bank: relief can bo afforded to all good busin concerns which have been greatly crampea for ordinary accommodations during the recent period of unrestand aistrust regard ing the ability of the bauks to withstand the strain of dwindling deposits and, therofore, double good can bo safoly exj don account of the improved condition of our surviving financial institution Philadelphia Rocord: The failure of throe savings banks in Denver, announced yester- re be any credence to be given to the statements of assots and liabilities, ought not to create much alarm. Tho total of assets is sot down as $1,720,566, and of lia- bilities at §1,455,634. The stoppage seems to have been preconcerted, with a view to the ultimate protection of depositors. It isa pecutiarity of the vresent business condition that the stoppages do not arise from insoly- encies, but from the failure of our financial There is monoy enough. But the complex system of banking upon government credit has broken down under the strain put, upon it by a raid on the gold supply. There has been a partial restoration of confidenco; but the conditions in the silver states will hardly improve uutil there shall have been definite financial legislation by congress. - PEOPLE AND THI It is as much as one's life is worth to roc- ommend the gold cure in Colorado, The mercury clings tennciously notion that there is room at the top. So far the faithful hereabouts have re- coivea the laugh rather than the oftice. The fecblo minded institute yawns and yearns for the fool who 1ocks the boat. What doos it profit a man if_he gains the w hole world and puts it in a Denver bank? The run on tho postofiices of the country subsided as soon as Maxwell took @& vaca- tion. Tho vagaries indulged in comet strengthens the impression that it is a populist planet wandering in space. American haymakers are working up a profituble business in Europe, but the politi- cal haymaker is excluded from the deal dips his pedals in the Pacific and Grover ditto in tho Atlantic. Thus the equilibrium of the continent is maintainod President Cleveland is industriously fish- i Buzzard’s Bay, but care is taken to svent a diminution of the stock of con- gressioual bait at the white house. St. Louis is talking pavements with a ten- dency toward modern blocks. The old metropolis of the valley scems incapable of shaking off a weakness for dry rot. Witliam 1, Walters, a mine boss in one of the Reading collieries, died at Ashland, Pa., last w Ho wore the quecn’s medal for meritorious service in the Crimean war. Samuel Edison, the father of the great in- ventor, will be 91 years old in August. He lives in Port Huron, Mich., and has a little daughter § years old, of whom he is exceed- ingly proud. Buttermilk drank with moderation is said to be a preventive of sunstroke or heat prostration. ‘Tho statement is made on tho authority of an lowa wan who has scen 1t successfully tricd, Mayor Willard of Argentino, Mo., at a meeting of the council of aldermen the other night, stopped some unparliamentary re. marks from oue of the members and re- duced him to subjection by unstrapping his wooden leg and giving the alderman what may be termed a few hand-dirceted kicks with it. The marks he left on the legis- lator were quite leg Mr. Henry Ewart William E. Gladstone, guest of Patri fund started at the mass meeting hold there recently in aid of the Irish home rule move ment. Mr. Gladstone, who is years old, s been making a tour of the United States for the last six months, and will sail for Lingland within the next two weeks, -New Jersoy grows more and more liko the ypt_ in the jovial times of the f atly a swarm of flios swooped down upon Elizabethport. They filied every store and house that had an open window. Horses went frantic in the streets and pedestrians rushed mto saloons, and for onco the excuse was valid. But Now Jersoy went the land of Pharaoh one better, for the insects had a bite similar to a mosquito. book of porsonal reminis- ady for publication. Hor hopes Ulysses Graut, son of Colonel “The’boy was born the Fourth to the by the Bonum of July twelve years ago in Chicago. His grandmother wishes him 1o bo a West Pointer. Mrs. ( ith Colonel Fred Grantand his family and Mrs. Sartoris and her children, intends making a trip this autumn to all the places where thero are wonaments to General ( s Lo LT NEBRASKA AND NEBKASKANS, The ‘Tecumsch Republic has oeen reducod in size. ? Union open air services are tho stylo for York churches auring the hot weather, 1t costs a drunken man 85 and costs to ride his horse on the sidewalks of Gothenburg, A bucking broncho is responsible for the broken collar bono of Kd Sparks of Banner county. The World's Gospel union Las opencd an eight days session at tho Crete Chautauqua grounds. Ashland will vote soon on a proposition to issue §5,000 in bonds to erect an addition to the High school. Callaway's second annual fair will be hold September 20, 27, 28 and 20, und 4 fine pro- graw has been arranged. ‘T'he pulling of a tooth caused the death of Daniol H. Cavaty, a woll known Pawnoo county farmer. He dicd from loss of blood. Columbus voters will decide on August 19 whethier the city shall 1ssue $6,000 1o build a canal from the Loup river 1o furnish power for city industries, While the I4-year-old daughter of Farmer David Young of Murray was horsebuck rid- ing, she wasthrown to the ground and so severely ipjured that she died two hours luter. Tho otd soldiers of York and adjoining counties have made arrangoments to hold i baskot picnic in & grove near York August 3, Robert Anderson post will have cuarge of all details. The Moderu Woodmen of Stromsburg, David City, Shelby, Osceols, Benedict and Arborville held a pi b Stromsburg and onjoyed thomselves. Lhore were 2,000 e ple present, “The pastoral relations between Rov. W, I Brooks and tho Secoud United Vresbyterian church of Pawnee City have beon dissolved Mr. Brooks believed in divine healing aud his people aidu’t. Dressed in the uniform he wore during the rebellion, the body of Captain Duvois of Creto was lald awuy by his comrades of L Grand Army. He was 60 years of age aud had been an invalid for eight years, Arrangements are being made at DeWitt for the anuual encampment of the district nd Army early in August. ‘The district comprises the counties of Saline, Gage, Jof- forson, Johnson, Pawnee, Richardson and Nomaha. The grove is located on the banks of a stream of runuilug water aud the beau tiful ouk trees furnish magnificent shade. ‘Phere is in the grove about ton acres of level blue grass sod. Special arrangements for speakers bave been made aud the committee vas secured the following and others prom ised: Governor Lorenzo Crounse, ex-Gov ernor Johu M. Thayer, Hon. Church Howe, Hon, Wesley Tucker, Hon. J. G. Tate, Judge Church, Hon. H. C. Kussel and Rev. Deiffen bach of Wilber. OMAHA POSTOFFICE BIDS Supervising Architect 0'Rourke Opened a Number Yestorday. VARIOUS ~ ESTIMATES OF THE WORK Stone from Many Statos Oftered by Differ- s Throughout the Country ~ Peculiar Specifiontion trom Field of ha, WasuiNatoy Buneav or Tne B 513 FOURTEEN (11 STREET, Wastixato, July 20, Bids were oponed this afternoon by vising Architect O'Rourke for struction of the new foderal building at Omaha. The bidders in the order in which they opened were as follows Jobst Bros., Omaha, using Michigan sand stone facing, $220,000;. using limestone, $205,000; timo to complote, eigiteon months, Portage Entry Quarry company, Chicago, Michigan sandstone, £321,450, twelve months. Ploiger Stona company, St. Joo, Mo stone facing, Warrenbug, Mo.,quar a 014 Arizona brown J000; Bodford, Ind., blue sand 60; Nedford, Ind., light sand ; davk bluo sandstone, $239,- John A. MeGonigio.Chicago, savdstono % uper- the con- facing, $200,366, cighteon months to com- plete. The Drexel Stono comy Omaha, using Minneapolis graniteand lote in two . 310,000 Ohio bluesandstone, comploto 0 yoars, $14,408; Bedford, Tnd limestone, co ting in two yoars, $2! Portage red sandstone, $221,182, two yc Bedford, Ind., buft limestons, ° $1 390, two years; Arizona sandstono fac- ing, & 5 Warrenburg, Mo., blue limestone facing, two years, $184,0676: Evans’ pink South Dakota sandstone, used in all wall facings, two vears to complote, § sandstone, 'using fvans' pink Dakota, $106,600; Lake Suporioc sand- stone, $100,004, also two yed Geddis & & Denver, using .1('1%1 'S county, Colorado, granite, pleting wi hin two year: Arizoua, eichteon Messrs, ustruct bui ing of g o for 825,000 if c. omitted. Ioster & Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota, granite, & : Wisconsin or Ohio sundstone, 00, complete eighteen months, £ John Ifield,Omaha, put a filled-in specifics tlon for granite structure, but neglected to ve amount of bid. Mr. Field's bid, using renburg, Mo. ndstone, was §203,80 $28800; Portgo red sand- i Indiana limestono, #: to complete in months. L. L. Leach & Son, Ch Cloud, Minneapoles granite, $318,853 ; burg, Missourd, sandstone. $203,057; Bedford, Ind.; limestone, 1080 vcach guar toes to complote the building in tw. and put in five supplementary bids lows: 1f blue Bedford is used, Minnesota limestono, $204,757; red sandston Arizona brown standstone, §2 Oliio sandstone, $20? Nows for the Army, The following army orders were issuod today: An army retiring Board meet at the call of the president thereof at Lort Huyachuca, Ariz., for the cxamination of such oficers as may be ordered before it. Detail for tho board: Colonel Abraham K. Arnol 10thy 1. W k M. Crandall, ptain Kudolph sistant surgeon ; Cap- tain Morris C. Wessels, Twonty-fourth - fantry; I Lisutenant Alvarado M. Fuller, Second cavalry, recorder, Post” Chaplain Winfield Scott, U. will roport in person to Colonel Abra Arnold, First cavalry, president of the a i board at Fort Huyachuca, wl rd for examination by it. #o C. Sufarans, is detailed to attend the en- mpment of ‘Kentucky Na‘ional guards at Bowling Green, Ky., during August, 1 ve of absence for fiftoen days is gri ouzales S, Benham, Niuth ofticer. sy of wbsence for two months is granted t Licutenant Jam rons, regimental quartormaster, Twentieth infantry. Leavo of absence for three montns on surgeon’s certificate of disabihty is granted in John Anderson, Lighteenth infantry. leave of absence’ granted First Liou- tenant John C. I, Tillson, Fifth infantry, is guaranteeing is appointed to oxtended one month. Leave of o for three months is granted Fir: utenant Letcher Harde- man, Tenth ¢ Leave of absence for fifteen days is granted First Lieatonant Richard B. Paddock, Sixth cavalry. cer Leons Strupp, troop G, t Niobrara, Nob., will be d list, ve of absence for two months is grantea PFirst Lioutenant Francis C. Shunk, corps of engineers, Leave of nee for certi » of a Andrew H. Iry, Placed on tho reti Lo one month on sur- ability is granted Russell, orduance de- of absenco. for three months on surgeon’s certiticate of disubility is gi Captain Charles R, Barnett, assi; BROWN! Lurgest Manutact than to waists woman ; waists) world. It's not often will gofor 75¢; the genui flannel boys' w~' A lot of ki *fHron . for All above prices for clean them out. BROWNING, Store open every eveniug 1l 680. | § Buturday till 1 The leave of absonce o urgeon's cortificate of disability grantec oat Chaplain James C. Kerr, U S A ) tonded four months on surgeon's certificaty of disability. Major John 1. Rodgers, Fourteenth iery, inspector of artillery. Dopartment of California, will procced to Fort Canby, Wash, on officlal busimess during tho artil lery practice season of battories A and C Fifth artillery. Leave of absence for one month i ocond Lioutenant Charles k. Tyweuty-fourth infantry hoe following transters in the Bighteonth quartermaster. s artil tod ‘ayman, infantey are ade irst Lacutenant Chatles McClure, from company H to come pany I; First Lioutenant J. Harry Duval, from company I to company H Will Return Notts to Nebraska, City Dotective Malona of Lincoln in the city this evening armed with requisi. tion papors from Governor Crounse for John T. Botts, n colored man who forged tha namo of Alexander West to a check for 173, drawn on the Iirst National bank of Lincoln in May last. Botts was approhendod in this city by Detoctives Lacay and Rhedes soveral days ago and tho Nebraska authord ties notified. Dotective Malone will leava with his prisoner for Nebrasks tomorrow morning, rived Western Fensior The following ponsions granted are ro. vorted Net well, Tow Saint, | widows, fath Cyras « aska: Original -Richardl B, Hart. corge Shoup. | sue-—James Jones. Orlginal “Georgo Huxford, Jamos 1 Suiith, Thomas M. Pinley, Origi ftes - Anna Embree, Joseph Jucoby iinors of Honry Jaquiss, minors of Jamison, Julia Bva Backen, Kato Mary A, McCauloy. nal—Byron F. Nutten. laneous, retary Sims today afirmed docision of the commissioner of tho land o in tho case of John I3 Caroy against Roso B, Davis, mvolving a_ tract in the Al 0, eb, district —the decision rondered suswined Rose 1. Davis' title to the tract in question ‘L. G. Morgan was today appomted post- ounty appointed L. B, fonal bank ex 1 be ordered to ( rof the First which failed tod 1 Another Happy Nohraskn Domoorat. WasniNaron, July 20 —(Special Telogram to Ik By Morgan was today ap- pointed at Clarks, Morrick county. master at Cl Comptrolle v of Lincoln, Nob., Mr. Hooy wi hi Ha aminer. Colo., to take bank of that ¢ postmaster - COOLING COMICALITIES Philadelphta Tim As nle ol-In-tho-slot aholishe Atlantio one that would elve n hthing suit In thy wekage of tutti-fruttl will bo longed for 15 In vain machines have been City, Tho e r s of the « get upan aid her bo 1t is more of an effort to rding-house OFL It Costs to s maintain that et 1t down. Wishington Star: A wan nov how hard his 1ot re aspade into 1t and » Somorville Journ 1 lar s 1 fishorne to think itr Mhe Lord 1c tho wiy s be numeless ap- Dotrolt Tribune have so much inte 11, no. He' does: st In the rac putting the 't seom t 518 ho used principlo there " ins tho widow Tones PV it b denl of personal property.” “What it “Six Philadelphin Record: [ children.” Washington Star: A certaln young lady named Liz was suspected of undérhand bizi blo to oaf at the table, but in 00 whiz! < Smithkins sat in his i in at the open Tndianapolls Journa| pedon’ t-hlow sl w Jon't you want to Hut-the-gas slgns?” asked d the hotel kooper, 1d it only costs us about 10 ¢ A little” waste dodsn’t mat; its & thousan: . SIE SAVED WIS LIFE, New York Leconder. He was a daring acronaat, And fine halloon He'd put his woalth ull in t6, And hoped to go up soon. The day came—It was missing, His grief none could reliey His wife had gone and u For the pattern of a sl New York sun, ON GRADUATION DAY, Oh, tor t Oh. for a qu; Hoyond O, for th Of the vas *Tis this, and onl hat can My lotigiig soul appoase. sing zlimpss TWO YEANS LATER, ON, for a safoty s sufo! 1t would make my lifo all joy. Oh. for i food thit Will not give The eramps to my little boy ! O, for the hoon orice more of Of xolid, squaro reposo! y douly this, I want: a0 i old-thuo doze! NG, KING 1 Rotallers ighe 1rors 0l Clothidg 1u the World. Every woman knows That there's nothing will make a man mad quicker put his shirt on and then find that a button is off or a but- ton hole torn out. know more about shirtsand shirt Women all than men do, and every knows that the Star Shirt Waist and the Wilson Bros’ (boys’ are the best in the wide hat you get'em ata cut price, but for Saturday these waists, the $1 quality ne article. Our $1 outing eday at just half price, 50¢c. 50c. None of these sold for less than $1; some as high as $1.50. SATURDAY ONLY. All men's and boys' straw hats for half price to 59c hats, 26¢. $1 hats, 50c, KING & CO., . W, Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts,