Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1894, Page 4

o S AT AT S 15 PUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BUDSCRIPTION. hout Hunday), On Wl Sunday, One Yenr fonthy Baturdny e, ¢ Weokly Ties, On nty-fourth 8ts. ¢ Commorce Tribune BIOg. er and edl- ANl communteations relatin » the BAItor. sorial matter should he add BUSINESS LF AllL buginess lotters and remittances should be adidrossed to i Publishing company, Omaha, Drafts, ehecks and postoflice orders to the order of the company. PUBLISHING COMI STATEMENT OF CIRCUL George Tt Taschuck, secrotary Hsiing company, beinz iy sworn. Actual number of full and con The Daily Morning, Livening and 8o printed during the month of May, 1564, follown 1 £1) 18 Dally avernge net eirculation *Sunda; 7 GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Bworn to befora me and subscribed in my pres- ence this 24 day of June, 189 (Seal.) P. FRIL, Notary Pablle. That decision In maximum freight rate case must be due before many days elapse. the more Tho racing season Is now upon us, and people who are fond of sport do mot mind the temperature, even if It ranges in the 90s. 1t is lucky for Denver that the teague meeting was over before the boycott was begun. The average tourist would not relish riding in coach or In the emigrant sleeper sake of glory. national Pullman political the day for the Why don’t some of the numerous county paving Inspectors suggest what is needed to make the new macadam roads corre- spond to the specifications? Is it because none of them ever saw a macadam road in course of construction before? The supreme court declares that there s nothing in the constitution or laws of Ne- braska that prohibits a woman from holding the office of notary public if properly ap- pointed. No, nor nothing to prohibit her from supervising her own household. After the county commissioners have had thelr say upon the canal proposition the voters expect to have a small word in the matter. In framing any proposition to be submitted for the assent of the people the intelligenco of the rank and filo of the voters must not be left out of consideration. w., Itis to be presumed that the State Board of Transportation will need another month on two to decide what step it shall take mext to secure the enforcement of Its orders in the transfer switch case. In the in- terval the railroads will continue to defy both the law and the board as they may ples Decisive action of the police commission on the useless detective force cannot longer bo deforred. The dishandment of the force 13 essential to promote the efliciency of the police, and s demanded, moreover, as a measure of retrenchment. There s no need of elght detectives fn Omaha any more than there would be of eight police captains. The vote on the Income tax scheduls in the senate shows that the income tax is more popular in that body than the tarift Ul itself. Forty senators opposed the mo- tlon to strike out the entire schedule, while a large number of amendments have been accepted or defeated by a smaller margin than this. The finance committee will not succeed in getting forty senators to swallow the bill as a whole. The Whisky trust will not be allowed any postponement of the increased tax upon spirits beyond the time when the new rev- enue bill goes into effect, but It gets the ex- tension of the bonded period for which it has been working so hard. This concession 13 worth to it more than the Increase In the tax, particularly since the increased tax will be paid by the consumer in an increased price. The Whisky trust has no more cause to complain of the treatment received than the Sugar trust itself. Several resolutions looking to the regula- tlon of sleoping car companies have been in- troduced in congress as a sequence of the Pullman boycott, but we dare say the Duke de Pullman fs not very much alarmed. He understands well enough that these outbursts are intended to be harmless. They would scarcely have been thought of if we were not In front of another congressional elec tion. There are too many sleeping car passes In the capacious pockets of our great statesmen to disturb the friendly relations that subsist between the Pullman company and the national law makers, Fixing Sunday for the funeral of the dead French president will enable the working people to participate in the ceremonles, thus making them an cccasion for a gen- eral demonstration. Sunday in France is the workingman's holiday, and while many would doubtless refraln from work upon whatever day the president were to be burled, they will be enabled to do so with- out unnecessary sacrifice. It will enable them to give evidence of what a held the republican form of government has upon them, ' Rich and poor allke will express thelr grief over the mation’s calamity, but the homage of the masses will be the sig- nificant feature of the ceremonles. Omaha ought to take a just pride in the diploma awarded to the exhibition made by the puplls of her schools at the Columblan expositicn last year. The work of the schools {n all the larger cities of the coun- try were there displayed side by side, so that the competition was not only keen, but also extensive. In the comparison Omaha sohools held their own quite generally and in addition secured an acknowledgement of highest merit for several points of ex- cellence, The possession of a World's fair diploma ought to stimulate the schools, both teachers and puplls, to maintain the stand- ard that has been set and to improve it from time fo time. It ought to be only the be- gluning of a collection of trophies to at- test the eficlency of the Omaha schools. CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR + The fiscal year of the foderal government closes today. It has been an eventful and trying year for the national treasury and it onds with conditions prevailing by no means satisfactory, notwithstanding the assurance recently given by the president that there s no reason for apprehension. In his last an- nual report tho secretary of the treasury es- timatod that the revenues of the government for tho year would amount to $430,121,365 and that there would be a deficit at the close of the year of $28,000,000. The revenues, however, have not reached $300,000,000 and the defleit fs not much below $80,000,000. The recelpts of the government for this fixcal year have been the smallest for fifteen years, They amounted for the year ended June 30, 1803, in round numbers, to $461,- 500,000, and twlce before in the past dozen years the annual total has risen above $400,- 000,000. The secrctary of the treasury est- mated that the receipts from customs for the closing fiscal year would be $175,000,000, but they have been only about $130,000,000, the smallest in fifteen years and less by over $70,000,000 than for the preceding year. The estimated recelpts from internal revenue were $150,000,000, but the amount from this source will not exceed $140,000,000, which 1s ,000,000 less than for the preceding year. There has been a considerable falling off, also, in receipts from miscellaneous sources. Expenditures have kept steadily in excess of revenue. The fluctuations in the treasury gold re- sorve have been a marked feature of the flscal record of the year. When the present administration came in the free gold in the treasury was in excess of the lawful reserve and it was subsequently still further in- creased by exchanges of currency for gold with the banks in different parts of the country. The large demand for gold for ex- port depleted the reserve for the first time in April of last year, but fn August it was again fully restored, only to remain so, how- ever, for a short time. The depletion went on steadily until February last, when the reserve, having declined to about $65,000,000, the secretary of the treasury sold bonds to replenish it. But the gold drain continued and the reserve was agaln reduced to the danger point when the New York banks de- cided to come to the relief of the treasury p the draln on it by providing gold for export. Had not this action been taken by the banks the treasury reserve would now be less than $60,000,000. As it is it amounts to about $67,000,000, or $33,000,000 below tho amount required to be held. The course of the banks at least deferred another issue of bonds to provide gold, but it is by no means certain that it will not yet be necessary for the secretary of the treasury to an- other sale of bonds. The recent statement of the president regarding the financial con- dition of the government is not so roassuring as from a superficlal reading one may be led to think. Unguestionably the treasury is in a better condition now than it was when bonds were sold last February, but the situ- ation Is not so strong as could be wished, and the fact that expenditures are still run- ning ahead of receipts, with the certainty that they will continue to do so for some time to come, hardly warrants the optimistic view of the president. Nobody can say how long the New York banks will supply gold for export and if the demand, which it has been assumed was about at an end, should be maintained it is quite possible that the banks would return to their former policy of keeping their gold and paying exporters checks in legal tender notes to be exchanged for gold at the subtreasury. There is no reason to expect improvement in the reve- nues of the government until the new tarift goes Into effect and the Impression now Is that this will not be before September, and possibly not then. It is said to be the gen- eral impression among members of congress that another bond issue will sooner or later become absolutely necessary. There 1is, of course, nothing iIn the situa- tion to create alarm. The secretary of the treasury has ample authority, whenever he shall deem It necessary to exercise it, to restore the gold reserve, and having done that he can use the reserve, as he has done, to pay the obligations of the government. But it is another thing to say, as the presi- dent In effect says, that the situation is sat- isfactory. and s EXTENDING APPROPRIATIONS. The senate yesterday adopted the joint resolution’ extending the appropriations for the present fiscal year until the new ap- propriation bills are passed. This action was necessary in order to enable the gov- ernment machinery to go on. Not a single general appropriation bill has passed the senate, and it is said that never before in the history of the government has it hap- pened that a new flscal year began without a single appropriation bill having been passed. It has happened a number of times in contests between the house and senate when the former was democratic and the latter republican that all of the appropria- tion bills did not get through before the new fiscal year began, and that resolutions had to be passed to extend one or more of the appropriation bills in previous years, but there is no precedent for extending all the appropriation bills. The fault in the present case is with the democratic majority in the senate. So in- tent are they In pursuing the attack on the industries of the country, or more properly of the north, that they have not been dis- posed to give any time to the extremely important matter of providing the appro- priations for carrying on the business of the government. A few hours daily given to the consideration of appropriation bills after they had passed the house would have enabled the senate to dispose of some of these measures before the close of the flscal year, but to have done this would have taken some time from the tariff bill, and this would not be allowed. Therefore nothing else could be done than to extend the old appropriations, bad as the precedent thus established may prove to be, and the work of the government for the new fiscal year will go on at the same rate of ex- penditures provided for the closing fiscal year until such time as the regular appro- priation bills can be passed. According to Senator Cockrell, the chair- man of the senate committee on appropria- tions, the regular bills cannot be passed in less time than thirty days. He stated that until the tarift bill is out of the way the senate cannot take up any one of the six appropriation bills on the calendar, but as soon as that obstacle Is removed the senate will at once go to work on the appropriation bills. It is guggested, however, that unless tho appropriation bills are passed before the tarift bill is finally disposed of it will bo a very difficult matter to keep & quorum in the senate. The weather in Washington 1s very hot, and it s not likely to become more endurable, as the summer advances. The older senators aro risking their health, to say nothing of the discomfort, In remain- ing there, and they will leave the city as soon as possible. It Is sald that both the democratic and republican senators of ad- vanced age, Whose health is endangered by the excesslve Leat and the long hours of confinement in the senate chamber, will €0 a8 soon_as they are unable to accomplish anything more with the tariff bill. Others are anxfous to get away to look after the campaign work in their states, upon the re- sult of which their future political fortunes largely depend. The condition of the appropriation bills is another striking evidence of the incom- petency of the party in control of congress. There was unnecessary delay In acting upon these bills in the house, due in part to a lack of practical ability and judgment and in part to a desire to make a record for economy, but still the senate might have found time to act upon some of these meas- ures, With both branches of congress in control of the same party there Is no excuse for such a state of things and it is in nota- ble contrast to the Fifty-first congress, which was in control of the republicans, THE CANAL PROPOSITION. The request of the Platte River Canal com- pany to have the proposition submitted to the voters of Douglas county to authorize the ls- sue of $1,000,000 of bonds as a bonus for the construction of the canal has now been under discussion before the commissioners for more than ten days. While the sessions have been held with closed doors and members have been reticent concerning the conditions which the board desires to embody In the proposition, enough is known to warrant the statement that no definite agreement has been arrived at between the commissloners and citizens committee and the officers of the canal company. The commissioners decline to take action for calling an election to sub. mit the proposition unless specific guaran. ties are Inserted therein to protect the ta payers and future patrons of the company. It is the height of folly for the promoters ot the project to ask the board to omit these safoguards. They ought to know enough ta know that it would be utterly impossible to carry the proposition at the polls unless it fs coupled with certain clearly defined obliga. tions and restrictions. 1. It may as well be understood now oy later on that the citizens will insist upon having the capaclty of the canal clearly de. fined, and they will insist that the promoters shall guarantee to bulld a canal of dimen. sions to glve us the largest amount of powes that fs obtainable from the rivers that are to b tapped. We do not want a mere ditch te bo enlarged and doepened in the dim and dis. tant future, but a ditch deep enough ana wide enough to supply us with all the powes we can get out of the Platte and its tributa. ries, We must have specific guaranties that tho company will construct reservoirs of ample dimensions to insure a steady supply of power year in and year out. 3. We must have specific guaranties that the company will provide the necessary power houses and plant for generating and distrib- uting the power at the terminus of the canal at South Omaha or in the city of Omaha. 4. We must have a specific limitation of rates for power and water supply. The promise of reasonable rates is too indefinite to be entertained and would keep us per- petually in the courts to ascertain what is or is not reasonable. 5. The right of the county or city or both combined to acquire the canal at a fair valu- ation, excluding the franchise, should be reserved and the amount donated should be deducted from the purchase price. Such a condition after a period of twenty or twenty- five years would still make this franchise very desirable. In exacting these conditions the commls- sioners will not hamper the project, but on the contrary give it a fair chance of carry- Ing at the polls. A PRICKED SOAP BUBBLE. A few weeks ago a handful of political nondescripts located at Des Moines startled the country with the announcement that they had organized a new party and fulminated as their platform a series of well worn plati- tudes which had done service in nearly every wild-eyed political combination since the de- funct greenback party saw its birth twenty- five years ago. Why a new party purporting to represent the workingmen of America should have its birth at Des Moines, where only a baker’s dozen of factories and mills exist, ssemed as Inexplicable as was the announcement that the incubators of this political bantling had chosen George P. Bemis as their president. Upon inquiry it de- veloped that Mr. Bemls had not been con- sulted and knew absolutely nothing about the political soap bubble that had been blown at Des Moines and had not been apprised of his selection. Apparently the whole thing was a political fake begotten in the Omaha fake mill for the purpose of queering Mr. Bemis and casting slurs upon him, The fact that nobody of prominence at the Towa capital knew any of the pretended godfathers of the soap suds party and that all the information seemed to find its way only through channels that led in and out of the Omaha fake mill naturally more than confirmed the surmise. Weeks and months passed on and yet the new president re- celved no motice of the exalted honor con- ferred upon him. Meantime the Omaha double-ender kept on “harping about Presi- dent Bemis and the Des Moines huggermug- ger. A week ago Mr. Bemis addressed a lot- ter to the headquarters of the United States Industrial party of nondescripts protesting against the use of his name in connection with thelr venture. As might have been expected, this letter found its way at once into the fake mill with comments and specu- lations as to the possible or probable politi- cal course which Mayor Bemis would pursue in the near future. One thing Is apparent from all this— namely, that Mayor Bemis is in somebody's way and causes that unknown quantity a great deal of political stomach ache, The Jacksonians have unearthed another dlsgraceful surrender of democratic prin- ciples on the part of the local federal au- thorities in the employment of republicans to draw $6 a day from the federal treasury for serving as deputy marshals in quest of train-seizing Industrials, In fact, the recrulting officer seems to have forgotten to inquire after the politics of applicants at all. Then when it became necessary to reduce the force, by some unaccountable ac- cident more democrats than republicans were dismissed. This, of course, is treachery of the most repulsive kind, A salary of $5 a day, no matter how short lived or pre- carlous, would come in so handy to so many eager-to-serve-the-country democrats, cspecially after such a long and valn wait for something to drop. To discriminate against democrats and in favor of republicans in a matter of such grave import calls for a sturdy rebuke of the administration. The Jacksonlans intend to protest. If the offices don't speedily come their way they propose to know the reason, New schemes for advertising must be very scarce when the president of a well known life insurance assoclation rosorts to cabling the sympathy of “Iifs assosta- ot A e N Py Sy tion” to Mme. Cirnot and the stricken French nation. #E#buld be perfectly proper for him to send his individual sympathy It ho 8o desired, for the subscribets to adopt resolutions @Mthat end, but the sym- pathy of an * tion,” aside from the members, s a far-fetehed. It 1s & sad commentary @HAmerican methods that an occasion of t ind should be utilized for advertising pui@ses. Will Santo, the assassin of President Car- not, have to havé®™fe one to avenge him after his execution? If #o, where will the work of vengeanch ‘stop? On this theory, once set the ball Prdlling and it will keep a-golng until the #nd of time. With gold ||unu§ ‘At 273 at Buenos Ayres, the beauties of a depreclated currency must be appreclated by all, No! The new tarift will not go into effect on July 1. OURS. In consequence of the decided and angry tone taken by Germany, Great Britain has made up her mind to relinquish an impor- tant part of her gains by her recent treaty with the Congo Free State. Reserving but A few insignificant privileges, she has sur- rendered her lease of a strip of land twenty- five kilometers broad belween Lakes Tangan- yika and Albert Edward, which would have secured for her an uninterrupted chain of possessions from Cape Colony to Egypt. This rather mortifying step may be interpreted in two ways; It may mean that the British government is full of the most peaceful and conciliatory intentions—so much o that, hav- ing unwittingly glven offense to other pow- ers, is anxious to placate them, even at the price of considerable sacrifices; it may mean —and this is the more probable explanation— that England has purchased German acqui- escence in order to have her hands free for the graver dispute with France. If this be the case, 1t is very serious. Already, through the vehement speech of the ministcr of for- eign affairs, supported by the unanimous vote of the Chamber, France has committed herself to such an extent that, to escape public humiliation, she must obtain extensive concesslons, and nothing could make her more intractable in her demands than the fact that Great Britain has just yielled to Germany. On the other hand, English pub- lic opinion, smarting under discomfiture, will be very sensitive to anything resembling subservience, and to the French above all people. Much tact will be required on both sides to cope s fully with the difficul- ties of ihe s tuatf n. e Moroceo was the gateway of the Saracens into Spain when they planted the standard of the crescent and upheld it for 800 years, being driven out finally by the armies of Ferdinand a little before the discovery of the American continent. A good deal of history of cne sort and another has been wrought upon that spacious and fertile North African territory, most of it now ly'ng dim under clouds of tradition and Mediterranean fogbanks of partial oblivion, and it is pos sible that other Important episodes of action and change are yet to take place there. Its present political situation is contemplated with much interest by the European powers and bids fair to;become the pivot of the customary amount of intrigue and interna- tional jealonsy. bt may in time come to have its political, affairs administered by European authority like Egypt and Algiers, and the change would be a beneficial one, as it really has been fn both these coun- trles, reseuing their populations from con- tinual violence and disorder, and from the bas- tinado of the taxgthbfer, who left the peo- ple nothing that terror and pain could extort from them. The Oriental, except in China, has never learned the art of stable and equitable government, and when it has been found practicable to take it out of his hands his affairs have gone on much more pros- perously, with less rapine and vio- lence ‘and bloodshed, and with a civilized order *WHidh he has never been- ablo to imstitute. -~ The death of the late sultan and the installation of the present boy sultan in Morocco have been ac- companied by the customary outbreaks of disorder and fanaticism all over the country, and are not yet wholly allayed, although the one-eyed brother of the new ruler, himself a pretender to the- throne, has been dili- gently occupled in cutting off heads ever since the old sultan, his father, drew his final breath. They are undoubtedly a strik- ing and interesting people, picturesque to a degree on horseback and on the stage and in romantic and historical literature, but some of their political and social ways, most of them, in fact, are capable of great im- provement. o The fact that in the reconstructed cabinet, with which Sig. Crispi resumes office, the post of minister of finance is no longer filled by Sig. Sonnino, indicates that the premier hopes to carry out a financial scheme which he re- gards as a solution of Italy's difficulties, but which Sig. Sonnino refused to sanctlon. The project is this: To reduce the interest on that part of Italy's national bonds which are held at home from 5 to 3% per cent. The face value of the 5 per cent bonds Is $2,560, 000,000, of which about four-fifths, or, say, $2,000,000,000, are in the hands of Italian in- vestors. A reduction of interest on these to 3% per cent would obviously mean a say- ing of $30,000,000 a year—a sum sufficient to avert a deficit and even to assure a surplus, without cutting down the national armament, Of course, this conversion of securities will be resisted with the utmost veliemence by the representatives of the bondholders in the Chamber of Deputies, and the resistance may be rendered effective through the sup- port of the friends of the deputies implicated in the banking frauds. It is the knowledge of the widespread corruption of the leglsla- ture and the difficulty of obtaining a major- ity against the combined efforts of the ac- cused and suspected persons which have made Sig. Crispi hesitate to sanction the de- mand for the expulsion of ex-Premier Glol- litti, and other ex-ministers and® deputies, against whom iIn the trial of bank officers now proceeding strong evidence has been presented. e Mr. Mulhall, the English statistician, gives a dublous account of Buropean finances in the current number of the North American Re- view. He finds that the average annual revenue of the sixteen con- tinental states for nine years past have aggregated £696,000,000, while the average expenditures have been £660,000,000. This makes an_average annual deficit of £64,000,000, or $320,000,000. At the same time the public debts of the sixteen states have increased £580,000,000. About 60 per cent of the new debt, is accounted for by the state purchase” or building of rallways and other reprodugtive public works; but tho remainder, oOr" over $1,000,000,000, is due to military establishments, where every dollar has been sufik heyond ail recall, with nothing of value to sholy for it. Of the pres- ent gross debts of sz continental states of over $20,000,000,000, "Mr. Mulball estimates that little less than’ $15,000,000,000 (or over seven times the amount of our public debt at the highest point,and over twenty times what it is today) has-keen used to carry on wars and maintaln,the existing armaments. It is hardly to be wondered at that the talk of disarmament grows dally In intensity. It is disarmament of' fthancial ruln, and that not far off. ] Teer The plague now: raging in China is un- e doubtedly a Aith diseaso, for it mado its first appearance and has been most viru- fent In the dirtiest and most crowded sece tlons of those ocities whoro it provails Hong Kong is being rapldly depopulated by it _and by the flight of the people. One report glves the number of deaths fn that region alone as over 100,000. Nine out of ten of the natives attacked with the dis case die, while forefgners seem to escape In Hong Kong up to ten days ago only a dozen British soldfers had been stricken and only a few other foreigners. The progress of the plague Is rapld; three days Is usually the time between the coming down of the native patient with the disease and his death, while a week Is an unusual duration There Is little danger of contagion here or in Europe, for Infected persons would be cither dead or recovered before they could cross the Pacifie, and the germs which might be brought in other ways seem to be easily destroyed by disinfectants. Cleanliness and climate seem to be our surest safeguards, especially the former, and they seem to be sufficient. —— NEBKASKAAND NEBRASKANS, A new bridge crossing Plum creek has Just been completed at Seward. Democracy 18 stirring ftselt to securo the state convention for Grand Island. Aurora is to get a new $60,000 court house. Bids for its construction are being consid- ered. The product of the Fremont woolen mill Is meeting with ready sale these days in Towa as well as in this state. The squirrel scalp business in DBuffalo county 1s assuming most wonderful propor- tlons. An average of almost $50 a day las been paid out for some time for scalps. The old soldiers' reunfon, which will be held at Battle Creek July 2, 3 and 4, prom ises to be one of the largest gathorings of the kind ever held in northeast Nebraska. Now that increased power from the en- largement of the canal Is assured, the own- ers of the Kearney cotton mill are arranging to resume work. The capacity of the plant will bo enlarged. The Fairmont creamery made a shipmoent of butter last week which amounted to 9,600 pounds. Now that the pastures aro so much tmproved by the rains a decided increase in the butter business is noticeable. Rumor has it, says a Columbus scribo, that parties from Omaha agree to put in a sugar factory equal to the one in Norfolk for a bonus of §50,000, or will build the factory for the free use of the canal power for the term of five years. The assessed valuation of Norfolk town ship and city, as found by the board of equalization, is as follows: Lands, $127,003; lots, $289,080; personal, $131,802; total, $547, o The total assessed valuation of the county is §2,350, Never since the establishment of the sugar beet factory in Grand Island has the crop promiscd so favorably the 1st of July. The weather has been exceptionally fine this spring for thinning oat and cultivation, the weeds coming too late to impede their growth. ebraska City will have 150 ¢ and Iox Indians at the Fourth of July hoodoo in that city. A mail coach with ecight teams of mules and a large band of cowboys will help to make things lively. It will be a regular wild west show and Buffalo Bill will have to look to his laurels. The second artesian_well has been struck on the farm of I. B, Wolf in the southwest corner of Burorws township in Platte county. The vein was found at a depth of 100 feet and has such force that it throws the water out of a two-inch pipe to the height of thirty feet above the surface. — - Maximum Freight Rates. Fremont Leader. It appears from the argument on the aximum frelght rate bill that the charge car from Chicago to Lincoln Fre- mont is $1X of which is paid from the Missouri river to Lincoln or Fremont, and as the route extends farther west the rate is increased to 60 per cent. That Is, from the Missourl river to Chicago, a distance of a little over 500 miles, the charge on each Ccar 15 a little over 10 cents a mile, while from Omaha (o Fremont, thirty-s=ven miles, the charge is $1.22 per mile, nearly twelve times the rates east of the Missouri river. And from Lincoln to Omaha the charge i §6.5 cents per mile, 85 cents per mile cast of the Missouri river. The railroads and their organs, in the face of this statement in court, contend that these rates are rew sonable and just and ought not to be re- duced. Theré seems to be no valid reason why the rates from Iremont to Lincoln should exceed $5 per car from these points to the Missouri river. Mr. Dilworth, one of the secretaries of the board of transporta- tion, was one of the principal experts called on behalf of the state to fix the amount - of the reductions made by the maximum vate bill. These he placed at a littie over 2) per cent, which he admitted still left the rates higher than in Kansas, the Dakotas or Towa. When asked as {o how much lower the rates were in lowa than they would be under the freight rate bill of this state he unfortunately had forgotten and fails to state, It is understood from others, th the maximum freight bill in force, the rates would still be about 30 per cent higher thar, they are in Towa. IU seems o the Leader that the attorneys for the state did all they could reasonabiy to bolster up the jurisdiction of the federal court, If they have not done so, then the proceedings us reported in the Omaha papers do them an lnfusnee. t is somewhat of a mystery why the Rock Island road was joined as a plaintift in the maximum rate suit, as it apparently had no interest in the result of the suit. As to that road, the case could have been Qiscussed on motion, which it seems was not made until the close of the argumenf ‘The mystery, however, was solved by Wool worth's argument. The road extends from South Omaha to Jensen, and it is claimed it cost $34,000 per mile to build it, and hence the argument is made by Mr. Woolworth that the other roa s cost the same and must pay @ reasonable profit on that amoun We do not know what terminal facilities the road has at South Omaha, although it is reasonable to say t they own consid- erable land for trackage purposes and de- pot grounds at that point; but it is a mat: ter of common notoriety that it condemned the Tight of way through the heart of tue city of Lincoln, a distance of about four or five miles, and paid jmmense sums to secure the right'of way. We find no reference to this in Woolworth's argument, but no doubt this accounts for the very high estimate of that branch of the road. The dismissal of the case left that testimony in the ree- ord apparently, so that the railroads have efit of it. Is it plain? are about 5,500 miles of railroad tn ,000 per mile, would NMr. Webster states that the income from’ freight of the railway Nebraska per year is $20,000,00 gross. passenger trafiic was not included in thi and, of course, this amounts to a very large sum. But suppose we take the $20,000,000 alone, and allow one-half for ops ting ex- penses, it would leave 10 per cent on the investment. Now, the roads come into court and plead poverty, and say the re- duction of rutes will not allow them reason- able comp tion for the investment. As ame into a court of equily pleading equitable relief, the people of the state have a right to them to account for the disposal of this vast sum of money. The case would seem .to be mewhat an- alagous to that of a Anki t seeking a compromise with his ¢ litors by making a full and complete showing of all his prop- erty., The only difference is that the rall- ways are to make a complete and detailed showing of the disposition of this vast amount of money. The people have a right to know the am pald out for operating expenses, for interest on actual borrowe money, for salaries paid and to whom, and the amount of the same, because 1t the peo- ple have to pay indirectly they haye a right to see that the money 18 properly applied, and the salaries are not I excess of their value. It would be necessar alse to state the number of t-lnfvluyn':( and what service they are engaged in, and the amount exp nded to control poli'ical conven- tions, as tar as possible, of all parties, and to support & lobby at each legislature. There are many other things of like charac- ter that require an explanation. It seems that no attempt was made to draw out how this vast sum of money was expended. 1t )t 18 sald the companies would refuse to answer the reply would be that any proper inquiry of the court would compel them to answer. If they refused (o lurs nish the information desired it can be seen they would have no standing in court, 352,500,000, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. THE SUNDAY BEER. of Tta Newa aturos. Outline of a Fow 1 Litorary Carpenter’s letter embraces an extended interview with Li Hung Chang, ‘‘the Bis- marck of Chin who Is the power behind the throne that governs nearly 500,000,000 people. “'Carp" ribes his ride to the palace, his reception d the personality of the great viccroy, whose opinion of the now treaty with the United States will be road with great Interest, “Will the Negro of a puper by Bishop Atticus G. Haygood, Who presents a view of the race problem which will attract widespread attention, He holds that the negro race will never abandon this country Appropriate to Independence day will be presented a symposium under the caption, “Patriotism’'s Bugle Call.” Some of the most talented writers of the day contribute to (his brilllant feature. Among them are Hon. I, R, Coudert, ex-Senator John J. In- galls, Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, Major Gen- 1 ‘Nelson A. Miles, Congressman Bryan Frod Douglass, Albert' A, Pope and ex-Attor- ney General Garland. Mr. Robert Widensall, well known In re- liglous circles throughout the west, con. tributes a special London lotter dotalling the groat oung Men’s Christian association jubilee, which was a most remarkable gath- oring of representatives of all the natlons of the world. A chapter on co-operative covers opinions of state sults of offical clations, Ida B. Wells recetly went to England, where she had lectured on the negro prob. lom, declaring that negro lynching in Amer- fea must stop. Mrs. Allle C. Willard writes from London to The Sunday Bee to denounce the agitator and thinks she should have first appealed to Americans. The text of commencement addresses of Crelghton collego graduates will appear in The Sunday Dee. Ample space will be devoted to the woman's department, in which the latest ideas of fashionable’ dress and headgear will be pre- sented Ideas from Europe as to approved methods of municipal housekeeping and the manage- ment of public works will prove of interest to_political economists. The Boe's cabla news service is pre-omi- nent. This fact has been fully illustrated by our complete reports of the Carnot assassiy ation and the election of his suc sor th st week. The news of the whole world finds a place in The Sunday Bee. 0 other paper in this section can compare with it in quality or volume of foreign or domestic tele- graphic news and local new: 2 e Credit to Whom Credit Is Due. on Star, 2th, o toda Emigrate?’ is the title home building inspectors and re- examinations of local asso. wWashin, Eighteen years Big Horn in Mon the Little and out of existence by an overwhelming force of Stoux Indians Eighteen years is only a moment in the listory of a nation, but in less time than that the northwestern frontier has be completely eliminated. This enormous task has been accomplished mainly by troops of the United States atmy, and history will do the hoys in blue the ¢redit which has, for some reason or other, frequently been withheld, No service rendered during the war of the rchellion was one whit more perilons than that so enthusiastically given on the plains and in the mountains of the sreat west. Siftings: It is not until a man reaches 50 (hat he bogins to wiap the small bills on the outstde of his roll nscri When an s her lithograpic liken old she does not depart there- Boston T young she h when' she from. Indianapolls Jour double yolk in th cook. “'Ah, more duplicity laid bare, the waiter had to say Galveston News: Woman's success as an engineer Is phenomenal. She gets many a washout on the line, but no disasters are recorded, “Hello, egs,” remarked there's o the was all Washington Star: The dalsies wave above nim now: the grass’ weeps tears of dew. One month ago he murmured “Is it hot enough for you?"” Chienzo Record: Her Mother—Did young Mr, Fa;n hart propose last night, Dorothea? She—No, but he acted awfully scared throughout the evening. Buffalo Courler: Skinner (trying to save $2)—1 say, doctor, if you had a cough like mine what would you take for {t? Doctor (promptly)—Some good physician’s advige, New York Weekly: from the club)—Hum! up for me. Wife (sw up to see the sun ris Husband (very late 1 told you not to mu ctly)—1 didn’t. I got Boston Courier: Sadirn—You say Reck- liss has sealed his doom. “Cooley—Yes; I just saw_ him lick an_envelope which con- tained a letter asking Miss Bossall to marry him. Atchison Globe: Take 30 cents worth of cotton wash goods, a rose or two, a pair of shoes and a hat, and put them on a 16- year-old girl and you have a great result. Harper's Young People: “I say,” sald the tramp to the scarecrow, ‘lét's swap clothes."” “Not " sald the scarccrow. ‘“Fact Is, B v not?” said the tramp. Well, the crows, seeing me, are scared. They think I'll run’ after 'em. ' But If they thought I was like vou they'd know I'd rather fall asieep. I teil you, old man, crows know a thing or two. They judge by ap- pearances.” UNHAPPY N JNE Why Is It Tt S0 My People lfi" % Miserable? A PROFESSIONAL VIEW. =« ally Observed of Lt ALl A Gontleman Who Has Tells The secret Cau “It seems surprising, but it is unfortée nately true, that many men and women who ought to fell bright, strong, active and happy at this time of the year, ure tired outy weak and miserable.” It was the eminent Dr. Clarke of New York who made this startling remark, « ““The number of people who complain of feeling languid, worn out, and generally under the weathor,” he continued, “who are foverish, restless, with uncertain appetites, frregular sleep and similar troubles, seems to be increasing. Why they are in that cofe dition neither they nor thelr friends know any more than many of the doctors do."* The physiclan paused a moment, reflected carefully, and then sald: “There Is generally but one cause, and ey (hat can usually be traced to some forgotten incident, a neglected cold, a chill, possibly the grip, but it has left its effocts on the system. It has acted like a bad spot In & chofce frult. The strange thing about It I8 that it almost always affects ono, and only onn, organ of the body, and from that the poison spreads over the entire system. Thi organ {8 the kidneys and this polson Is urle. acid. It the Kidneys are strong and healthy. and throw the uric acid from the blood, there s no rheumatism, no neuralgla, ne. nausea wnd sick headaches, no restiess feels ings, no ircegularities or coated tongues This 1s the seoret cause of all these troubles a nutshell,” I have spoken frankly, he continued, “yos, but it s a and aftects the i \d happin sands of people. Few people suspect the presonce of kidney discases, uric acld or possibly Bright's disease, because it 8 80 deceitful a trouble. It steals like a thiet into the system and robs the health before its presence fs known. I have had a great experience upon this subject, and I say to yon frankly that T know of bnt ono thing that will stop this trouble and keep the kids neys healthy, the body perfect, the health good. The remedy th which I refer is Wars ner's Safe Cure, which, of course, I8 now the staudard remedy of the world for kidney trouble, Bright's disease and the various afs fietions to which women are subjected. It 18 purely vegntable, it is powerful, and at, thy Sawg time harmless, but I advoeato its’ u promptly und without delay in every ‘casq where the first symptoms are detected, It was this remedy’ which restored and; haw ikept in complete health so many prominent men and women of this count nd which is endorsed not only by phy | but by inisters of the gospel, priests, and those who have tho spiritual ag vell phiysical well being of people at hHy “Then you think, doetor,” T avked, “that physical troubles about whioh you will say,* erions matter of thous most of the people are complaining during June can be traced to the cause that you have named? “I do, most assuredly, and I believe they can be avolded by following the suggestions I have made. I have seen so many oases where this was proven true that I have good ground for my belief, and if you, or any of your friends, young man, are out of sorts or have any of the symptoms of which I have spoken, 1 advise you to stop, reflect and aet promptly and in time.” DRINK !uflll ma(‘qu" the .. FINEST of all Vanilla Chocolate ties everybody desires to find in his food. If is as Nourishing as Meat, and still pleasant to take. It is a§ Delicate as a Luxury, and still cheap in price. R i It is by far healthier than either Tea, Coffee or Cocoa. Therefore it should be made a houses hold article for daily use, as it is o France. ; raris MENIER Lonno:' 69 Wabash Av., Chicago—80 W. Brosdway, N ¥ All-wool-Pants Free-wool-Prices You never bought a pair some of these very pants. ure the real light PANTS. These pantg afo of the very best late, styllsh cloths of l!g_g hol texture and afé lte cpts, %]_niog. theé stripes, checks, mixthry ~‘?}] complete lige of solld colots fro) hght creath to black, Ey- ery single pair is worth full twico tho money and gome ove threo times, and they're ovory thread wool and silk sewed, our own make. Saturday is the Beginning of our Sale of PANTS for $250 Some are pants from suits Some are pants in odd sizes Some are pants—only pants of pants for $56 that was as good and you have paid us as high as $8.60 for Your choicz $2.50. Browning, King & Co., S. W. Cor. 15th and LCouglas. At unites in a_perfect form all the qualle CHOCOUAT N 6 RUILIOR OO Menier B 3