Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY B PUBLISHED TERMS Of Daily Bee (Without Sundar) Daity Boe wnd Sunday, O Bix Months ............ Three Montl Bunday Teo, One 4 Baturiny O @l Weekly One ¥ . o | OFFICES | SUBSCRITTIO | Ona Yer 189 | 100 | 2 | » Year e Yen Pree, Omatin, The Bouth Oma Couneil 121 Chieagn O York, | netn and 2ith Sts mmerce. e Tribuce Bidg. I y wa and edi- All commun Torial matier To the Editor. LETTERS. | es should be | Publishing ¢ b ) post \ers 16 T the compny. | SHING COMPANY. \TION fhe Diee Pub ehples of Wi ENT OF CUICUI huck, secreiary of Sishitg company, being duly the actual nunber of full and the Daily Murning, Iivening and printed during the month of February, 185, as follows B, Txs 0,105 16 )19 sus doductions for unsold and returned Net Dally unda GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. in subscribed In my pres- 159 1L, Sworn to en fore this 24 day of M Notary Public. The Thurston Rifles did themselves proud and have given Omaha something | 1o crow over. If Dr. Hay is insane he ought to be coaxed out of the Lincoln asylum. If Le is sane he ought to be booted out. The United States supreme court is almost unanimous in its opinions now as it used to be in the days of Judge David Davis as The Washington Fencibles ns invincible as they used to be. are no flies on though it v phis. e not There the Thurston Rifles, al- 18 very hot down in Mem- The Vanderbilts ave preparing to take | possession of the Reading railroad and | afl the anthracite conl mines. The next | in order will be for them to take possession of the earth. The war on the Winnebago r is not liki orve v to require the calling out of ieneral Colby's militia. The indict- ment of Sheriff Mullen by a federal grand jury indicates that Uncle Sam will tolerate no more foolishness on the reserve. Chief Redell Intimated very broadly before the fire and police commission that deficiency of water supply is not the only thing that caused him to tender his resignation. The failure to make good promises of certain changes in apparatus and the secetarian dissensions and backeapping in the department had more to do with it than the small water Ut ants, Memphis will entertain the sound money convention in an auditorium that has a scaling capacity of 8,000, If| Omaha desires to become a convention city she must have a public hall | centrally located that has a capacity of seating from 5,000 to 8000 people. To be sure the Coliseum will hold more than 10,000, but the Colisenm is an old barrack, accessible only to one line of street railway car Members of the state senate drew $11462 for the last session in per diem and mileage, but the officer ployes of that body drew out of the treasury $21,227.50. Thus the thirty three senators drew on an averag $347 each for salary and mileage. The amount paid out for clerks and hang- ers-on averaged $673.50 for every sen- ator. Such a monstrous piece of legis lative looting is without a parallel in the history of Nebraska and it is safe to predict that it will not again be per- petrated for the next hundred years. and em- | The Ohicago Times-Herald this prescription for smashing the polit feal machine: Abolish the dieting contract of the sheriff and the treas- urer's interest In county funds and the county machine will fall to pieces. ‘Abolish the interest drawn by the city treasurer and take away the patrons from the mayor and heads of depart ments and the city machine will cease to exist. That reminds us forcibly of the advice to farmers to pour paris green on the potato vines if they wanted to get rid of a Colorado potato bug. submits Auditor Moore has compiled the ap- propriations voted by the last legisla- ture and the footings show an aggr gate of $2,784,030, as against §2,209,030 voted by the legislature of 1893, 1In other words, the late legislature voted $0T5,801 in excess of the total appropriations of the preceding legis latur Crediting back the 0,000 voted for relief the late legislature still stands charged with increas: propriations by $225,801 over those of the preceding legislature. And this ex- travagance in the face of a coudition unprecedented i the bistory of Ne- braska nz the ap- It will be well for the five and police board to bear in mind that an efficient fire fighting force is an absolute neces- sity. If the means af the disposal of the board to support an eflicient fire de partment will not warrant the purchase of necessary apparatus the council should be invoked to devise ways and means for carrying out the recommnen- dations of Chief Redell so far as may be within their power. We may not be able for some time to-iner » the water supply by enlarging the water maius, but there is no doubt that other defects <an be remedied this season without materially Increasing the running ex- | tained | sti penses of the department. THE WYOMING OIL FIELDS. The tecent rise In the price of potr leum has again riveted attention upon the oil fields of Wyoming, which prom- most prolifie source of the United Siates. The opinion among ofl expe Ohio and Pennsyl on the decline and t wells through the stimulant prices only hastens the exhausting pro The fact that the price of petro has recently also advanced in affords ble proof that the rise in oil is not altogether due to a corner gotten up by the Standard oil mouopoly, but the forerunner of shrink- supply by reason of the out of the prineipal oil the Wyoming oil attract more attention oil supply In consensus of ts s that the oil reglons are + opening of new rin Coss, leum Russia weneral wel ing giving At all will heneeforth fr events m eapitalists With the opening of Wyoming fields will come one of the rare oppor- tunities which, taken at the tlood, leads on There must be a dis- tributing refining center that will occupy much the position to the Wyoming oil fields which Clev land occupied Obio and Pennsyl- vanin oil fields. Why should not Omalia be that distributing point? Denver i alveady figuring for a pipe line from Wyoming, but Omaha more fayorably located for refining and distributing than Denve The oil lands of Wyoming are chiefly near the head of the Platte river, sequently a natural fall can be all the way down to Omaha. And Omaha should by all means put forth every effort to seeure a pipe line that will land the oil at her doors and cover our river front with refine Make Omaha a petroleum refining cen- ter and the manufacturing problem will be solved, canal or no canal. The feasibility of a pipe line from Wyom- ing to Omaha 1s not called in question. It Is o matter purcly of raising the necessary capital. 1 the Denver peo- ple can work up the Omaha surely ought to be able to mateh her. As refining center Denver would have equal advantages, but as a dis tributing center Omaha would be w ahead of Denver. The railroad Ine converging in Omaha would territory that has now to be supplied from Oliio and Pennsylvania, and the saving of freights in carrying the ofl Dy pipe line instead of rail to the Mis- souri river would afford a very decided margin in favor of Omaba. The ques tion is, will our capitalists strike while the iron hot? to fortune. and very sime to waters con- ob. project cover a CARLISLE ON A SOUND CURRENCY, There is not a great deal that is new to be said on the currency question. The field of argument las been pretty thoroughly traversed by both sides to the controver The most that the ablest exponent of a sound and safe currency system can do, therefore, is to give to well established facts in the financial experience of the civilized world a fair presentation and a logical application. This what Secretary Carlisle has done in his strong and ble address on the silver issue de- livered at Covington, Ky., Monday, the first of four specches he Is to make on this subject. It may be somewhat unfortunate for the influence of thes addresses that Mr. Carlisle seems to hold now a position toward. silver at varinnce with his attitnde of a few years ago, when he was in congress. but no fair-minded man, really d. ons of obtaining all the light possible on this great question, will make this a reason for not giving to the present views of Mr. Carlisle the respectful consideration they merit. What he said on the floors of congress in behalf of silver was undoubtedly spoken from convictions, according to the light he then had. Since then condi tions have materially changed and M Carlisle as secretary of the treasur has been enabled to study the cur- reney question from a higher and better vantage ground than the house or the senate. He bas had two years of pr tical experience with financial affai and with the operations of our mone- tary system, from which he has ob- ined a broader and more compre- hensive knowledge of the principles which underlie a sound and safe cur- reney. As the head of the national treasury, fairly presumed to have at heart the interests of the government and the welfare of the country, Sec- retary Carlisle’s utterances on the | amount question before the American people are entitled to the careful con- sideration of every intelligent eitizen. The salient points of Mr. Carlisle’s Covington address arve, that with the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 for individual account the government could not Keep the silver dollar at a parity with gold, because the volume of silver in circulation would become so great in proportion to the gold the government could pro cure that the attempt would necessarily fail; that the immediate effect of the adoption of a free coinage policy would be to contract the currency to the extent of about §625,000,000 by the withdrawal of that amount of gold from circulation; that this contraction would greatly reduce prices because it would alarm the country, destroy credit and produce the most serious financial disturbance this country has v witnessed; that the only persons who would profit by this condition of affairs would be the holders of gold and the owners of silver mines, while the people who owe debts and are un- able to pay them would be the ones to suffer; that in the erash that would be brought about “the laborer would be twown out of employment by the fail- ure or suspension of his employer, the farmer would receive less real money for his products, property would be sold at low rates under judicial pro- ceedings all the country, credit would be destroyed, and all industrial and commercial enterprises would stand awaiting the result of the new experiment with the monetary sys- tem,” These absolutely sound Secretary Carlisle supported by clear and logical argument, which cannot faill to impress all who have the intel- ligence to comprehend and the candor to fairly consider 1t Perhaps the is sincere ov over propositions of higher | fields | ;mflsl valuable portion of the dddress 18 that which poiuts out the fnjury | which the free colnage of sitver would | tnflict upon Iabor. The workingman | |ise at no distant day to become the | now receives more good dollars for | hig labor, and those dollars greater purchasing power, than ever be fore in the history of the world. Any poliey which reduces the value of this | | dollar, said the vy, lhas pre-| clsely the same effect upon the holder {8 If the amount paid for his labor were reduced. The contributions which | Secretary Carlisle will make to the sound currency eanse will be most help ful to it, at least in the south, where it is apparent he is still a most popular and trusted leader have a | seeret OMAHA CARRIES OFF ALL PRIZES. Omaha may congratulate herself on | the achievements of her crack national ardsmen in the Memphis tournament It was a sweeping vietory all along the | Tine and the boys are coming home cov ered with Iaurels. The Thurston Rifles have stormed and tured the citadel of Memphis and will bring home with them all the prizes worth compteing for. They have been awarded $4,500 in prize money and the cup the champion's trophy. The Omaha Guards are a good second to the Thurston Rifles. They lnve won the only prize they contested for, viz, the $500 prize for the Gatling gun drill. If there had been anything more in sight worth con- testing for the Omaha Dboys in blue would have brought it home with them. 1lveston s AN EXPERIMENT 1N STRE Chicago proposes to inaugurate a new departure by 1z Der street cleaning through the Civie Federation, an associ tion of business men and property own- ers who are endeavoring to bring about a radical change in the management of municipal affairs. The experiment of street clenning by the co-operative plan is to be tried in the district in which most of the large business blocks are | located and the fund for street cleaning is be raised Dy direct contribution from the owners of property adjacent | the that are to be cleaned. | At this distance the outcome of the ex- periment appe: to be very dubiotis. There may be enough money raised by | volun contribution as a starter, but it is extremely doubtful whether the | contributions would continue in season and out of s The chances are ten { to one that some of the property own ers would refuse point blank to partici pate and in due time the burden which should be equally shared by all would fall on the shoulders of the few public spirited citizens who were enlisted in the move either by sentimental impulse or beeause they hope to see a marked improvement in the cleanliness of the public thoroughfares. In the long run there is only one way of apportioning the expense of street cleaning and that | is by compulsory assessments in propor- jtion to the frontage of lots adjacent to the streets that are to be cleaned. The mode of doing the work by con- tract is responsible for its wretched performance. Under direct municipal supervision and with day labor the work would be more satisfactory, al- though perhaps more expensive. In the city of New York there been a very marked improvement recently in the cleaning of streets, and that can Dbe ascribed readily to the new broom in mmicipal government. When n- many was displaced In the manage- ment of municipal affairs the old ng of work-shirkers and tax-eaters had to give way to a class of.officers who were elected on the of municipal re- form. Very naturally these officers de- sired to show Dby their work t the taxpayers’ interests we in better hands, and Dbetter street cleaning was among the first substantial proofs of better government. ‘Whether Tammany ever resumes sway in New Yok or not the streets of the wetropolis will never again be as filthy as’they were for The Tammany bosses would not dare to risk defeat by resuming the old slovenly methods. The Chicago Civie Feder: ment will not survive, but if it results in giving Chic ner streets this son the municipal machine will be compelled to maintain the established standard. NING to streets 'S son. tion experi- sed DUTIES ON TEA AND COFFEE. The next congress will undoubtedly have to make provision for additional revenue for the government. The defi- cit for the current fiscal year will be not far from $60,000,000 and while it is to be expected that the revenues of the next fiseal year will be materially in- creased by reason of Improvement in the business of the country, it is hardly probable that the increase will be suf- ficient, without additional legislation, to Dbring receipts up to expenditures. Very little confidence is to be given to the op- timistic assurances of the supporters of the existing tariff law, becanse none of their past promises or prophecies have been verified. The revenue estimates of retary Carlisle have been far in ex- cess of results and Mr. Wilson and othe have been no more fortunate in their predictions of what the new economic policy would yield for the support of the government. The income tax fea- ture of that policy having been declared | void, there is a I of estimated reve- nue from this source, as first made, of $30,000,000, It will be necessary to make provision for that amount of addi- tional revenue in order to prevent a defi- cit for the fiscal year beginning July 1. There is already talk of putting a duty on tea and also, perhaps, on coffee. It is said that the Treasury department has received letters from importers of tea stating that they would not be averse to a duty and that they do not believe it would result In any increase of price to consumers, These importers claim that the abolition of the duty on tea demoralized the trade without bene- fit to any one, the effect of it having been to make the American market the dumping ground of the refuse tea prod- uct of the world. The cheapest grades of tea have been sent to the United States because no risk was involved by investment for the payment of duty, but these grades are sold at retail not much below the price at which good tea could be sold, even if subject to a mod- I wns reduced, | coffee in the United States is very much | 1804 having e | weaken {in the military and naval services of | in thes | eandidate erate duty. Up to 1870 there was a duty on tea of 25 cents per pound, when It 15 cents per pound, w.-d until the duty was abolished in 1872, It is proposed th the 15 cents=per-pound duty be restored, which would,yigld, on the basis of last $ Tmports, 91,000,000 pounds, $13, ),000, ln-:u‘hl equal to the estimated yield of the Mieome tax in the form in which it wag 1ot by the first decision of the supreme court, The consumption of where it ren greater thafi” oF tea, (he for | 1 550,000,000 pounds, so that a duty of # cents per pound would ¥ield $16,500,000 of revenue. Thus from | tea and coffee a reveénue could be ob. tained about equal to the amount which it was at first estimated would be de rived from the income tax. A proposition fo restore tea and coffee to the dutiable list would probably have in congress, but the re that it would encounter so vigorous popular opposition that no con- siderable number of the representatives of the people could be induced to favor | it. It would be an attack upon the “free breakfast table” which a large majority of congressmen, it is to would imports somie chances support refuse to favor. The order of President Cleveland re- tirin Admiral Meade contains a v buke of the couduct of that officer which is all the more severe because of the accompanying acknowledgment of his commendable caveer. An excel lent record is thus blurred and it more than likely that the calm judg ment of history will give unqualified approval to the president’s action There is an effort to exalt Adwmiral Meade's breach of discipline as an ex ample of patriotism, and the sugges- tion has been made that he ought to be given a place i the cabinet of the next republican president. All such talk is to be condemned as tending to respect for authority and to subvert the principles essential to obe dience, discipline and a proper regard for duty on the part of those engaged he nation. It is very well for the men » services to cultivate an Ameri- can spirit. They are better soldiers and sailors for doing so. But it well for them to mauifest this spirit in derogation of those whom the people have placed in authority, and indeed true Americanism is ine: e of doing 0. s not | | | | | One of the peculi the Board of ducation has of whipping the devil round the stump is to request the secr tary to cast the vote of the board for | or appointees. Why should member cast his own vote division is called and have that vote counted and recorded? The secret ballot is the prevogative of the American soverelgn, who is responsible to himself and his own econscience only for all political but the repre- sentative of that sovereign, whatever his calling may be, whether he is a congressman, member of the legislature, of the ¢ity eouncil, Board of Tiducation or delegate to a political convention, is accountable to his sovereign constituents for every vote he gives and therefore in honor bound to cast Lis vote so that It may be known and recorded. not every whenever a acts, Worse Than Rebel Bnllet New York Tribune. What Spanish troops have to fight in Cuba is an aggressive combination of yellow fever and courageous revolutionists. The chances are that pestilence will destroy more mem- bers of the iavading army than are slain by | rebel bullets. oLl “Enlightened Selfishness,’ Indianapolis Journal. A silver mine owner who did not favor the free coinage of silver under conditions that would make his product worth two for one | would be a much bigger fool than the man who sawed oft the limb on which he sat be- tween himself and the tree. e Mexican and Am rican Money. Indianapolis Journal. dnys ago a business man in this city received from Mexico a bag of Mexican silver dollars. Counted out, there were 100 of them. They were to pay a debt of $50. He took them to a bank, but all that its officers could do was to credit him with a bag of silver, the value of which could not be ascertained until the bank had sent them to New York. At the time the doliars were received they were quoted at 62l cents in New York. 1f Mexican dollars can be disposed of at that price the Indianapolis manufacturer will receive $52.50 for his Mexi- can debt, less the amount he has to pay for expressage from Mexico to Indianapolis and from Indianapolis to New York. If he gets that price the extra §2.50 will be about enough to pay for the carriage of the silver dollars, These silver dollars of Mexico contain about six grains more of silver than does our standard silver dollar, yet one of them bas only & little more than half the purchase power that our silver dollar has. Why s this? Because Mexico enjoys free and un- limited coinage of both silver and gold. No one will take gold to the mints of Mexico, but silver is taken in unlimited quantities The result is that for the purpose of pur- chase the Mexican dollar is worth only its value as silver bullion. On the other hand, the coinage of our silver dollar is limited, and limited to the number that can be kept on a parity with gold dollars. Make the ccirage unlimited and free, so that any person who has $50 worth of silver bullion can take it to the miuts and get 100 legal tender dol- lal and fn a short time these dollars will have the samepurchase power as the Mexi- can dollars. True, each dollar will pay a dollar’s worth*of debts, because it is legal tender, but wil purchase in the market only as much a3 it {s worth as silver bullion. A few days earlier the same business man had a demand against a Mexican merchant, payable in gold:or United States funds. Did the Mexican mefchant take 100 Mexican dol- lars to the bapk' to get a draft for $100 on New York? The flguring on the somewhat novel draft shawed. that the Mexican mer chant had taken te the Mexican bank rather wore than 200 Mexidan dollars to get a New York draft for $100'of United States mouey, which is as good’'as gold. If the Mexican doliar had been 85 good as the United States dollar the, Temitter would have been charged a small percentage for exchange, but at the outset he had to pay a percent- age for the changing of silver as a com- modity into goM’or United States funds as_mone 4 The free and unifmited coinage of silver for the sole benefit of the owners of silver bullion will bring to the people of this coun- try in some measure the inconvenience and the loss which it has brought to the business men of Mexico. A few WEDNESDAY, | heard above the roar of the political waters, 1 ing sound | respondent, Nellie Bly MAY 22, BOIES AND HIS METAL. I Des Moines Leador: made 1f the Boles A mistake wilt b-! letter is construed as a | declaration for the immediate free colnage of silver at 16 to 1. It is true that it tends in that direction and there fs an apparnt basis for such a reading, but it is hardly Justified by the categorical langun, Davenport Democrat: He (Boies) fs im- patient at failure of his party to take posi- tive action and says so. He wants sfiver remonetized and restored to its place of use. fulness. 1In this respect the Democrat agrees with him, but beyond f(his it ca t RO, Governor Boies prefers silver to gold if but one metal can b used for a ndard In this position again the Democrat is not alto- gother certain it can agree with its dis- | tinguished friend Chicago Tribune: While writing on this subj he should have stated what *“reason al feguard: for maintaining the parity of gold and silver at the rati, f 16 to 1 have been suggested at any time by “‘the friends of free coinage.” He can mention They want none adopted. They do not w to maintain the parity. They are furious b cause it has beesn maintained hey black guard the president because he sold bonds for that purpos They want no parity. They want the gold an silver s ated so0 the rer may leave the co y and the pur ¢« power of the latter be reduced one The majority of the people of lowa * not in favor of that, as Boles will find if ventures to run for office this fall ux City Tribune Ex-Governor Bofes' letter to the Alion Democrat is disappointing to the friends of sound money in 1 parties and it is especially disappointing to his fel low democrats who are standing up for the aditions and principles. of the demoeratic party. Circumstances createl the oppor tunity for M Boiss to raise the ba r of the democracy high in the political sky and had he done so the true and tried would have come unto him., It opportunity which the hero seizes upon to jump into th breach and save the people. Th» tide in the affairs of Mr. Boies was at its flood, but he chose to not let it lead on to fortune, nor t he go out with the ebb, but he stands all but concealed in the vapor and mist of hesitation and uncertainty, whil2 her voice is nt was th no assuring, no guid his voice mystify and but it gives no certain Rather does confuse. VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. Bdgar Post: The free and unlimited coinage of silver fever is abating. People will be ready for rational legislation by the time con- Kearney Hub: Kearney people are justly proud of their growing bicycle industry and of the fact that the Kearney wheel has gone to the top of the heap at the very outset Every local Nebraskan should make it his first aim in life to own a Kearney bicycle. Butte Gazette: No thanks are due the New York World for sending out that craz to write up the d has experienced s ensational lies in dis- last year. Boyd counly of the results of her posing of county bonds. The next fool cor respondent that comes this way to slande the state will meet with a cool reception. Arlington News: Evidently Governor Hol- comb not draw party lines so closely as to keep him from rewarding his friends. He has appointed Dr. Green of Norfolk, a staunch republican, to be first assistant physician at the Lincoln asylum. We can no reason why the populists should make any kick. Holcomb was elected by republican votes. Elwood Citizen: The jury failed to agree in the suit to recover $235000 off of ex- Treasurer Hill and his bondsmen, and it is thought there will be no further prosecu- tion of the case. Surely “justice has been turned away backward.” Did anything so utterly absurd ever occar to an American citizen, as the fact that ary man, who had been accounted worthy of such an important trust, would have the gall to put in a plea that he had never put up a bond, and was therefore not accountable for his acts? York Times: Chicory threatens to become a_popular crop in Nebraska rmers in divers parts of the state are quietly preparing to cultivate it, and it may be that many fac- tories will be erected during the next few years to prepare chicory for the market. In some respects a chicory factory is a better thing for a community than a sugar beet fac tory; it can be established for a great deal less money, and it gives employment to more people. There will always be a good demand for the product. The futurc of Nebraska eems very encouraging, with such crops as corn, chicory, beets and alfalfa within her re- ources. Scotts Bluffs Homes pointment of a secretary Irrigation has heen made and it went, where all thinking western people might have known it would go, to a man in the easte part of the state. An Omaha man got the place over wen who have spent years in helping to develop irrigation in the western part of the state. Our principal objection to the bill from the beginning was that it created a lot of new offices and that they would be chosen from the wmore populous part of the state and with reference to the amount of good they could do politically and not for the amount of good they could do the cause of irrigation R PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, does At last the ap- of the Board of The supreme court ficits. Some men are happicst when best by tria's. Judges, for instance, If the weather was much hotter those who are kicking now would sweat about it Comparatively few grafuates of Con's finan- cial school are willing to ackuowledge their alma mater. Boston, the immaculate, is to be “Lexowed.” If it follows the New York precedent, there is no occasion for alarm Owners of sk rare:s in Chicago have com- bined against stabling bicycles. They have troubles enough with wheels in their heads. Theo Roosevelt, the new reformer of the New York police department, is a believer in trology and is diligently studying the stars Owing to the stringent enforcement of the prohibition laws in Kansas, the beer privilege gr‘ Leaveuworth bace ball park brought oaly 800, It is now suggested that Coin Harvey would make an ideal 16 to 1 senalor from the new state of Utah, The professor was formerly a resident of Salt Lake City. Denver swooped down on a colony of free coiners the other day and broke up a very profitable mint. The main objection to the foundry was the use of cheaper metal than silver and a proportionate ratio of fiat. John Rogers, the sculptor, has presented to the city of Manchester, N. H., a statue of Abraham Lincoln. It is a seated figure of plaster, larger than life, and was upon exhi- bition at the Worlds fair, where it took a prize. “General” C. E. Kelly of commonweal mem ory threatens to invade the ersl with a prai- rie schooner and a petition. It might as well be given out now as later on that the supply of pie in this section is lnsufficient for home consumption. Still, should the general work his fluent tank of tears, there is no telling how it would bull the pie market. A little girl in Brooklyn who was deprived of both feet by a trolley car obtained judg- ment against the company for § 8.85. Her lawyers disputed the amount of their fee, and induced the court to award them $7,244.85, leaving the victim (he lesser sum. Her friends a indignant, and naturally so. Yet they ought to be thankful for escaping so well. Notwithstanding the fact that the gas com- pany of Des Moines withdrew its advertise ment from the columns of the Des Moines | Leader, and made its employes cancel their | subscriptions, the Leader manages to come out every morning. The Leader advocated cheaper gas, hence the body blow. There Is an abundance of mirth and unalloyed joy in the average run of newspaper life, but’ when a corporation or an individual withdraws sup port, expecting to see the paper gush for breath, their disappointment is an irresistible source of laughter fringed with pit is no respecter of de- Highest of all in Leavening Power.-— Latest U. 8. Gov’'t Report Roval ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder | a speedy closure of the doors in the bulkhead CALLS 1T SHERMAN'S SPEECH, Chalrman Tharman Comments on Car! Detense of Sound Money, COLUMBUS, 0., May 21.—Hon, Thurman, chairman of democratic contral committee, on being asked today he thought of Secr tary Carlis'e's sxeee), “To all those who are conversant with the | history of the question, It is simply laughable 10 think that the great secretary of the treas. ury in defense of the admini:tration a*d s und | moncy has be mpelled simply to ke the same specch that has been made by Hon. John Sherman each year for the last tweuty years 1t Is o a dead copy and has been answercd over and over again until the prople are weary The the o6 Allen W, state | what | the sail: | dishonesty loes which it lisle, and and act nr same fron: Mr. Ca mocrat xenators for the the nt vledge of pervades it is taken, hut Dbecause he pret then that dem among them my fath of he s trying to e the while by hi they did this with full kn what the bill contained, when he knew that every one of these senators and repressutatives (including the grand old Beck from his own state, whom he now tries by misrepresentation to help bolster up his own aitorous position) deni=d in open senate that they had any knowledge of what he tries this speech by fraud to make people believ hey did. ‘As for instance, Judge Thurman | said ‘I cannot say what took place in the heuse, but T know when the bill was pending in the senate we thought it was simply a bill to reform the mint, regulate coinage and fix up and_another, and there was not 1 single man In the senate, unless a member of the committee from which the bill cam who had the slightest idea that it w 1 squint toward demonetization Jeck safd: ‘It (the bill demonetizing never was understood by either ress. 1 say that with the full knowledge of the facts’ Nearly every member of the sen ate and house made similar statements. Why did not Mr. Carlisle tell the wholo truth? Can people belleve such a man h P “Do you think the speech will do the silver cause any harm “Well, as I said before, Senator Sherman has been making it for twenty years and the silver cause does not appear to be growing any less, and more, I suppose that Senator Sherman will make the same oid speech at the republican convention next week.” Senator Thurman is quite 11l at present and unable to keep up with the silver question which he and his son discussed for years to- gether and on which they fully agreed TO CLOSE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY. as N the nds ‘o be a cratic Senator | sliver) | house of con- Dovice to Prevent Repetitions of the Ter- ble Vietor Disaster. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Ever since the Victoria disaster, one of the most terrible fatalities in naval history, our naval officers have been giving much attention to the sub- ject of bulkhead doors. It is now conceded that the unfortunate British battleship filled and capsized by reason of failure to secure which are intended to prevent water from a compartment that may be crushed in, from flooding the others, and so sinking the Alp. It is now provided by the regulations that as soon as a distinctive signal, usually by a steam siren, is given by the officer of the deck the doors shall be closed by certain persons previously assigned to this duty. | But practice shows that in moments of great | danger and excitement there may be failure at some point in this vital moment, and Admiral Ramsey, chief of the vigation bureau, caused experiments to be made to ascertain whether it is not possible to effect the closure of all the bulkhead doors auto- matically at a moment's notice. The fir: result has been the preparation by Engineer in Chief Melville of a model of a seemingly perfect device to accomplish this end and it is probable that this will be practically tested by application on a large scale to one of our new vessels, The devices can be worked by compressed air or by electricity and by their aid the officer of the deck or the man in the conning tower of a vessel, when be sces that his ship is in danger of being rammed by an spponent or of being in collision by accident, may by simply pulling a lever first give no- tice by the blowing of a whistle or the ring ing of a bell for a specified number of sec- onds of his intention, o that the men below may escape the deck or at least get from under the heavy doors, and then close every door instantly. i BELLS TO CALL THE PAGE of BO Innovation in the House of Representatives that Almost Escaped Notice. WASHINGTON, May 21.—One of the char- acteristic features of the scenes in the house of representatives passed away with the clos- ing days of the Fifty-third almost without notice. That is the hand-clapping to call pages that has gon through the prosiest humdram of ordinary days, as well as broken clear and sharp into the noise and tumult of the most exciting occasions. Just at the end of the last session a house resolution was passed providing for electric bells for every desk. The pages will sit in the cloak room, one set for the republican side and another for the democratic, and will be at hand quickly when a member touches the button at his desk. This will cons'd>rably facilitate the transaction of business by 1 lieving the crowding about the sp-aker's desk. It has long been a source of annoyance, especially to the clerks who have scats just below the speaker, to find access to them blocked by pages seated on the steps and to congress be delayed at critical moments by waiting for the little fellows to get out of the way. The boys themselves wifl not find so much ooen- slon for congratulation, for It will take them oft the floor and deprive them of the privilege of hearing so fully what 1s golng on The senate will for the present go on In the old way VALIDS ARE DYING, TWO OF THE 1 Little Hlope for the Recovery of Genoral Cogawall or Gall Ramiiton. WASHINGTON, May 21.—Repressntative Cogswell of Massichusetts is dying. The end s expected time this The onscious much of the time and is sinking steadily. His relatives and fricuds realize his dangerous condition. Miss Mary Dodge, better known as Gail Hamilton In a very procarfous condition today and practieally hope of recovery has been abandoned. She Is sinking steadily, Secretary Gresham is about the same today, He rested well last night Representative Hitt's condition remains un- changed £omo afternoon general is unc Promotions Caused by e WASHINGTON, May 21.—The rotirement of Rear Admiral Meade promotes Commodore Lester A, Deardsleo to be rear adwiral, Cap- tain John A. Howell to be commodore, Com- mander Nieol Ludlow to be captain, Lieuten- ant Command:r Chapman C. Todd to be com- mander, Lieutenant Gottfreid Blockinger to ba Lentenant commander, Licutenant Junior Grade Leroy M. Garrett to be lieutenant, En- Wilired B. Hoggait to be lieutenant Junior grade, ‘s Retiromeont. P — FLOATING FUN. Life: “Heavens, Marla! graph open during the No. T turned it on last night when you were sleeping. Perhaps you will believe How that you snore.” W cat fi Harper's Tazar Attorney when you asked him for used blasphemous Jangig me like a trooper. el Puck proposed? Louisa You Ly, the moey Amy—What did you do when le Oh! I just grappled onto him! Chicago Tribune: er ettor," said the new po Adrexted 15 ‘Lame Bear, Bsq., Colo." riter forgot to put on the name of th: postoffice. What 1 1 do with jt? nd it to Cripple Creek,” sald the post- 1stomes day are of thim ar Boston Post: bought here yeste condition. Hal Salesman (indignantly)—Well, what If they are? You don't suppose we can manicure every pound we send out, do you? Detroit Tribune: tor, “wiii und for' the churct The converted pew “I'll raise it if somebody else he said could do. The in rusty. e pails T terrible “Who, arvked the pas- rtafle to' Faisc "moncy ise this money counterfeiter rose in his will pass it Obviously that was about all he The Major ( moment the heavy artillery opened upon my right wing, creating a diversion, under cover of which' his entire division fell upon my left wing Miss Gushington dear old angel! Judge: niscent)—At this (rapturously)—Oh, you you know, Journal; o asked the Cheerful Tdiot, “why the letter s like the presentation of a cigar to a colored gentleman The waiter girl gave it up. “I will tell you, Angeline,' Cheerful Idiot because it the moke smoke." Indianapolis Amaryllis,” contirued the It makey A KANSAS MOVE. Kansas City Journal ing time the Kansas man ily on top hits his house a blow anks it fifty miles or so, Then gently lets it drop. el BY JINGO. w York Sun. What's the matter with Jingo? Who is there to say t American Iagle A cyclone And What's the matter with Jingo? Who is there will shy Just because Old Glory Floats On High? What's the matter with Jingo? Who will dare to growl When the American people Make Rome Howl? What's the matter with Jingo? Who's the man to shirk It we stop Great Britain With A Jerk? What's the matter with Jingo? Who's there to groan When our Uncle Samuel Throne? What's the matter with Jin Breathe ther T add Who think this nation shouldn't ave Its Say? What's the matter with Jingo? The Red, White and Biue Can lick the whole caboodle It’s Only a Dude Who goes to the merchant tailor now-a-days to get his clothes—gets a stand-off most likely. You can stand off and look at him without exciting any envy on your part, because you know that we make up just as good suits for $10, §12.50 and §15 as you can get.at the tailor shop at any price. Wear as long, look as well, any time you think you don't RownmcKinee G| Reliable Clothicrs, S.W. Cor, Nobody can tel! the difference. We're ready to trade back get your money's worth, 15th and Douglas Sts.