Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 24, 1895, Page 4

i ’. TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1805, ——— e——rasseesena OMAHA DaAry Bv DITOR. Daily Tea (Without Sunday Dally Ttea and Hcnday, Obe Bix Monchs ... 2 Threo Moathi Bunday Tice, One Year Baturiay lde, One_Y: Weekiy Der, Ono Year...... - OFFICES The Tiee Bullding P A iy, e ik Corner N and 2th S, Couneil Chicago Offico, 317 ¢ New York, It Wasbiugton, 14 CORRESPONDI Afl communieations relating to news and edi- torial matter thould be addrcssed: To the Editor, BUSINE All business iettors S LETTE and 7 the comp HING COMPAD PUBLL CIRCULATIC STATEMENT Goorge 11, Tischuck, secretary of The Bee Pub. shing company ng ¢ sworn, says that the actual num 1 complete coples of the Dally Morn ning_nnd Sunday Jlee printed during th h of February, 185, was s follows: 1h *Sunday ARORGE R, TZSCH Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pri ence this 20 day of M (Seal.) Notary Public. Dot entertain a vice president Vice President Senator Palmer do very high opinion very high opinion thinks of Sel ble. of of or Palmer I8 inexpressi- Chieago is doing hér spring house- cleaning with a new police broom. Whether Chicago will be kept clean after the cleaning Is over is prob lematie. The output of the Colorado gold mines for the year 1804 Is estimated at $0,500,- 000, which Indicates that Colorado will soon become a gold mining country in- stead of a silver mining country. Chicago grain brokers. are hilarious over the jump in wheat. Western farmers would also be hilarious 1f the advance went into their pockets instead of being absorbed by the speculators. The weather clerk predicts rain within the nest few days, and it s to De hoped that he knows what he Is talking about. Every inch of rainfall in Nebraska within the next ten days will be worth millions. It Is due to the teachers in our public schools that they shall not be kept on the gridiron waiting for the board to decide whether they are elected or re- jected and what their pay shall be during the coming yea Republicans of Oregon have planted themselves squarely upon the silyer plank in the Minneapolis platform In spite of the tremendous pressure for free and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 without international agreement. The outlook for an school fund revenue during the coming year is not very promising. The Board of Education should make its estimates accordingly. There should be no overlaps contracted in advance. increase in the from any source The unprecedented decline in the price of wheat the past year did not gain recognition at the hands of flour merchants and bakers until popular clamor brought them to their senses. Now, let us see how long the millers and bakers will ignore the advance in the price of wheat. According to the New York Times no less than 247 distinet firms, companies and corporations engaged in manufac- turlng have raised wages within the last sixty days. The number of work- men affected by the increased wage scale is estimated to be 160,000, This is certainly a gratifying index of re- turning prosperity. When County Attorney Baldrige as- gerted before the august presence his official prerogative as defined by the statute, despite the arbitrary ruling of the court discharging jurymen from further service, he displayed the quality of mettle of which he is possessed, and also demonstrated that the oftice of county attorney is not a foot mat upon which a judge may wipe his shoes. Since the decision on the income tax some of the lawyers w"o added a big glice to their incomes by fighting the tax are trying to make people believe that they could knock out the tax on tobacco and bug-juice if somebody would raise enough money to make a test case. If some lawyer could devise a way of knocking out all taxes and running t government on wind he might make a fortune Now the professional juror has been dragged before the judge in the crimi- pal division of the district court for ; DIPLOMATIC IMPERTINENCE. Minister Denby, who reprosents the United States at the imperial court of Chii, lias ventured to formulate con laitions which he desires the gr | powers to impose upon China as price for being allowed to govern her self. Minister Denly has embodied his ultimatum iuto nineteen articles | and enclosed them in a big official en- logle to Secre The con text of this diplomatic ultimatum ha been given out by the State departient {to the Ameriean people through the As wl pross, but we fail to learn that it hag created any sensation in diplo tie eircles, elther at Waslhinigton, St ershurg, rlin, London or Paris. ined Minis very quaint id for several years to v Denby certainly has als of international com Judging by <ome of the conditions of the treaty which he would like to foree upon the Chinese at the cannon's month. Mr. come, and force Denby wants especially the United the Chinese emperor to open his coun- try to all foreign residents; to permit | missionaries to travel or where ! they please and acquire lands in China. He desires China to abstain from tax ing foreign goods, excepting import duty, the powers, States, to reside until they reach the consumer, and he |dnsists that the fmport 11 not |exceed 2 per cent. He furthermore | wants stringent measures taken to pre- vent anti-forcign riots and when they do oceur that the Chinese shall pay damages. e also demands the follow- regulations condition dent to peace: as a prece- viceroy or governor shall have power to make any contract with foreigners for the purchase or supply of any material. Such contracts ehall be made or authorizied by the imperial or central government. Private yachts, non-commercial ships, may ascend the Yang-tse without taking out clearances at Chin-Kiang The provincial authorities shall have no power to tax foreign goods for any purpose whatever, Such taxation shall be ordered by the central government only. "his is certainly a most extraordinary program. Henceforth and forever the civilized nations will regret that Amer- ica’s Tallyrand, Denby, was not given plenipotentiary powers by the cmperor of Japan to dictate terms of peace to Li Hung Chang. The rule that has always governed civilized nations is that no nation shall force another nation to do for its sub- jeets what Is denied by it to the sub- Jects of the treaty nation. That s noth- move nor less than the application the golden rule to international rs. With the Chinese exclusion act staring him in the face it is decid- edly cool for Mr. Denby to demand that foreigners shall have the right to settle in China, to own land, navigate rivers without customs intervention and dictate the internal revenue polic of Chinn. What would Mr. Denby say if the Chinese dared to demand that foreign ships shall have the vight to navigate the Mississippl, the Hudson or the Great Lakes without customs inspection, and what would be thought of an attempt to reg e Ameriean revenue taxes by foreign powers? Are the Chinese to be prohibited from imposing internal taxes when such taxes are imposed without international protest in France, in R sia and in other civilized countries? Would this country or any clvilized n tion allow any other nation to dictate what officers shall make its contracts for merchandise imported from other countries? The whole series of Denby treaty suggestions will be regarded as n impertinence. There Is nothing to warrant the minister of a neutral power in meddling with the internal or ex- ternal affairs of the country to which he is aecredited, much less to formulate conditions for pending treaties between belligerent nations which have not in- vited his kind offices or sought his ad- vice, ‘. PERVERTING HISTORY. The reunfon of the confederate veterans at Houston, Tex,, is an event which no fair-minded citizen of the re- public will find fault with, It is the privilege of these men, all of whow, it is presumed, are now loyal to the union and have all the rights of citizen- ship, to weet together when and where they will. They have the unquestionable right to come to- gether for the purpose of talking over the experiences of that mighty con- re. flict in which they were engaged, newing the friendships then made, tolling the valor of dead comrades and considering what may be done for the benefit of the survivors. No man will deny them the right to do this, for they are American citizens, possessing ever privilege and right which that implies. But while freely conceding all this it is not inconsistent therewith to expect of these veterans of the confederacy a fair and candid adherence to the truth of history In respect to the cause of the great civil conflict, instead of attempt- ing to justify the rebellion of the south by perverting history. It is regretable that any utterance at this reunion should give warrant for the belief that there still prevails among the southern people who were in sympathy with the alleged contempt by failure to respond | repellion a feeling that the effort to dis at roll call. Heretofore the lot of the | membor the unon was justifisble and professional juror has been cast 1 | gnat the “lost cause” was a righteous pleasant places and he has never been | cyuse, because such a feeling is not kuown to evade the eall to duty. TRT RS e e Should it prove true that he, too, has become weary of attendance upon the eriminal court, there is room for hope that fewer criminals will escape the penalties imposed by the code. The price of wheat has loomed up beyond all reasonable expectation, reaching 82 cents in Chicago and $1.37 in Liverpool. Sixty days ago such an | compatible loyalty to the union, nor can it exist un- accompanied by the spirit of sectional- ism. The address of General Gordon counseled the veterans to give “no heed to Imprudent or thoughtless efforts to stimulate sectional animosities in any quarter,” but the report of General Lee, which followed, seems to have been med to stimulate such animosities. advance would not have been con- [ According to his view, it was the north sidered possible, and yet under ex-|that was responsible for the rebellion, isting crop conditions who will say |the south having been drviven to attempt that $1 wheat Is lmprobable? Wheat |the destruction of the union in order to pit experts have been telling us for a year or more that the accessibility of the vast wheat fields of the Argentine Republic, British India and Russia would forever preclude §1 wheat. They may or may not have been correct in the prediction, but In this era of con- tradictions no man can tell what the future has in store for us. secure domestic tranquility and local self-government. Yet from the founda tion of the government it had been dom- inated by the southern section of the union. ¥ construction of the consti- tution and almost every act of legisla- tion affecting the Interests of that sec- tion had been made to accord with the demands of the south. The institution effect upon China will probably not | of slavery had been most carefully safe- gnarded and in almost every way the southern section of the union was the {favored scetion. How, then, was its mestie tranquility disturbed or local self-government interfered with? The plain and indisputable troth is | that the rebellion was inaugurated by the south in the interest of slavery. | The purpose of the instigators and | leaders of that assault upon the union | was to establish a confederacy with | the institution of slavery as its corner- | stone, and to perpetuate and extend | "hm institution. No one who will read the demoeratic platforms of 1856 and | 1860, dictated by the southern element | {of the party, can have a doubt as to the motive which led the south to rebel The history of that great conflict and the cause that brought it about has been written and its authority will be ac cepted for all time. Some portion of the southern people may reject it, but its verdict is unchangeable. That fixes the responsibility for the rebellion upon the south and there it will always remain. A SAFE CONDITION, There appears to be no apprehension among treasury officials at Washington | that the government will have any diffi- culty in meeting the demands upon it between now and the meeting of the next mgress in December, although there is reason to expect that the bal ance in excess of the gold reserve will by that time be pretty nearly exhausted. At the close of last week the available balance in the treasury w X exclusive of the gold reserve of $97,500,- 000, and while the former has probably been slightly reduced since the gold reserve remains intact. There is still due the tr iy from the bond syndi- cate about $10,000,000, so that the ac- tual resources at this time are about $102,000,000, including the reserve, which is r¢garded as a safe condition, The deficit at the end of the current fiscal year will probably not be less than $53,000,000. With the beginning {of the new fiscal year, July 1, heavy appropriations become available, but treasury officials estimate that with re- coipts running no heavier than now the deficit for the five months from July 1 to December 1 will not exceed $35,000,- 000, But there is reason to believe that the receipts will improve. At any rate the figures appear to fully warrant the conclusion that the treasury will not lhave to resort to amother bond issue this year, though of course the possibility of another raid upon the gold erve is to be consid- ered. Of this, Lowever, there would seem to be very little the fact that American sceurities con- tinue to be in good demand abroad 1d that the tendency of foreign capital is in the direction of this country. It has been suggested that the syndicate, which has the option on another loan if it should be ordered before October, might force the treasury to negotinte more bonds, but there Is no indication of any such purpose. The syndicate made a very handsome profit out of the bond transaction, but the benefit to the country has been enormously greater, and as this is understood to he what langer in view of the syndicate sought to accomplish it is not likely now to attempt to undo its valuable work. Talk about an extra session of con- gress has ceased, and with the im- proving industrial and business condi- tion that Is taking place there appears to be no good reason for apprehension | that the government will be at all em- barrassed in its financial affaies be- tween now and the meeting of the next congress. That body, however, will be called upon to give prompt attention to the question of revenue. THE NEED OF BETTER MAIL FACILITIES. The commerce of a city depends ve largely upon the quality of her new papers and the extent to which they are civculated in the surrounding terri- tory. The merchants and manufactur- ers of Omaha are just as much inter- ested in the ension and improvement of the facilities for circulating the Omaha dailies as are their publishers. Wherever the Omaha dailies circulate there the Omaha merchant and manu- facturer can find a market for his wares. The publicity given to Omaha enterprise, and the detailed quotations of her markets and constant advertis- ing of her mercantile firms, banks, etc., awaken an interest and pave the way for commercial intercourse. Our mer- chants and manufacturers wmay not realize the advantage they derive from the extensive cireulation of local papers and the positive loss to them in the curtailment of matl facilities. It is, nevertheless, a fact susceptible of proof that the local dailies are the most effec- tive drummers which go out of a city. They are at work day and night, in season and out of season, wherever there is a field for traffic. But the field of the local press is circumseribed by the facilities at thelr disposal. With reasonably rapid and regular mail fa- cilities into western Towa the Omaha uilies would be able to hold the field against all comers, and the annexation of that territory to Omaha commer- cially would follow as a natural se- quence. What is true of western Iowa is equally true of north Nebraska, which I8 today more remote from Omaha commereially than Wyoming or the Black Hills region. Why Omaha Dbusiness men have shown such inexcusable indifference concerning the wretchedly inadequate mail facilities of this city passes com- prehiension. Commercial bodies in other cities are constantly striving to secure rapid and reliable mall service into the territory upon which they rely for trade, and their efforts have in most Instances been suecessful. It is not simply a question of expediting mer- cantile correspondence, but to bring about the rapid trausit of the medium through which exchanges are faali- tated, Will Oms business men awaken to their own interest and unite in demanding better mail facilities out of this city, or will they permit them selves to be distanced by commerclal rivals, and allow the channels of trade to be flooded with their papers to the exclusion of the Omaha dallies. From a dollar and cents standpolnt The Bee has little to gain by agitating the es- lluhllnhment of improved mail facilities | ter of for Omaha, excgpting so far as these facilities would dielp to promote Omaha's commercial sdpréiacy and enlarge the radius of her teibutary territory. There I8 no mone ¢ td ba'made out of the sub- ption pricé of'a few thousand p: pers. In fact, tlie cost of getting such patronage and 'logges incidental thereto in a sparsely settlod region m than offset the profits, We do, however, re- gard it s esseritial to the fature com- mercial prosperity. of Omaha that the position which she has heretofore held thirongh her lveal’ dailies shall not be undermined thwough the want of good mail facilitios . Of all other holidays of the calendar Decoration day should be fittingly and generally observed. There is as a mat et more justification in such commemoration of the deeds of fallen heroes than there is in popular celebra tion of any other anniver: It is to be regretted that in r nrs Decoration day in Omaha has not been properly observed and Army post to be sure, have done their part, but there has been no considerable interest manifested by our citizens generally. The bond. ex-Treasnrer Il have been given another breathing spell, which, we presume, is highly @ ciated. pre- Where is Silver? Chicago Times-Herald, Dollar wheat has ceased to be a reminis cence; it is a dazzling prospect Syndicate, g0 Record Secretary Mortor's open letters are now tak- ing the form of a serhal publication appearing in weekly installments Wheat Deserta Silver, Indianapolis Journal A great many farmers who were persuaded that wheat would never be worth more than 50 cents a bushel because silver was worth but 65 cents an ounce now regret that they fed 76-cent wheat to hoge. precssl, (it Jut SO Our Would-Bo Lord, Minneapolis Timos. Ambassador Bayard is said to harbor an intention to desert us for the British ari tocracy. He Is evidently looking forward to coming over here for an helress after he secures his title. Here's a health to his lordship. PRI LS The Invineible Lobby. Detroit Free Press, It s emphasized, spread on and rubbed in that the third house Is making the laws for this great state of Michigan. It has come to be that when a lobby is not on hand some senator will kick at having to make up his own mind on a question under consideration. The Timid Little Thing, St. Paul Ploneer Press. A gentle and unobstrusive rumor pointing to Mr. Cleveland a8 a third term candidate lifts its head timidly here and there. So far as there is any basls for such a report it, seews to have oflginated with a small group of men in the New York Reform club. Mixed Griuks in Kentuoky. ew: York Tribune There ara three derhocratic parties in Ken- tucky just now—one little one, arrayed under Senator Blackburn's free-silver banper, an- other of the same sizd gathered around Secre- tary Carlisle’s sound-moncy standard, and a great big one perchéd on the topmost rail of the fence awalting developments, require an exhibition of the strawberry mark on the arm to prové which of these three Is the real old 'Jacksonian democracy, and which the adventurous_imposters. L A Judicial Somersault, Indianapolis Journal. Justice Shiras's change of front on the in- como tax law is difficult to understand. A few weeks ago he voted to sustain the con- stitutionality of the law and now he votes against it. As good a lawyer as. a justice of the supreme court of the United States ought not to make up his mind hastily nor without the best of reasons, and, having reached a conclusion he should rest on it, If Justice Shiras thinks that his conclusion of five or six weeks ago was wrong how can he be sure that he is right now e Greed A bove Principle, Philadelphia Record, Tho hypocrisy of John Bull in the Bering sea farce necds no further revelation his present attitude. Upon the heels of the British refusal to send a co-operative patrol fleet into the northwestern sealing waters comes the companion announcement that the Paris tribunal regulation, which provides that vessel destined for a_sealing voyage iIn Japaneso waters ehail Tave thelr sealing equipment under decks while passing north of the 36th degree of latitude and eastward of 180th degree of longitude, will not be en- forced against Canadian sealers this season The same old excuse is given to the eftect that the $425,000 promised to Canadian ves sels as indemnity for illegal selzures was not appropriated by the United States congress, Congress was not by duty bound to accept that estimate. The Paris tribunal expressly committed the whole question of damages to arbitration. Until that arbitration, to which our Canadian cousins have just been politely invited, shall have been concluded, Uncle Sam should demand the fulfilment by John Bull of his contract b NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. The Tecumsch Tribune has suspended publication. The Swedish mission conference com- mences today at Wakefield and will close Sunday. John Kehoe's implement store was burned at Platte Center and John is $2,000 poorer than he was. An aged citizen named Pfefferman, living near Norfolk, was seriously injured in a runaway accident. A tramp named Henry Denny had both feet smashed at Potter while stealing a ride on a Union Pacific freight. Madison has organized a military com- pany, and in honor of the senlor senator from Nebraska has christened it the Allen Guards, John Fittler, who shot himself with sul- cidal Intent last winter, is dead, having hovered between life and death for many months. The Furnas County Tel has been formed at capital of $5,000. nected by wire. John Whitemal lephone company Beaver City with a Nine towns will be con- a well borer at Wabash, had his face cruglied in by the rapidly 1e- volying handle oM pis windlass. He will be frightfully disfigured for life. H. C. Meyer, living four miles east of ribner, was accidentally shot through the arm and lung by Bernhard Meyer. Both were engaged IfNggrget shooting. Meyer will recover. A gasoline stove exploded in the home of R. H. Pearl at Auburn Tuesday morning. In the fire which resulted Mrs. Pearl was 80 badly burned that she can not live, while the house and i(s contents were totally de stroyed. The city of Fre! ,.hu won its case with the electric light company of that city. The city proposed to construct its own lighting plant and the electric company sued out an injunction. The case was carried to th supreme court and the city won. Work on the city plant is to be commenced at once. 1t will | than | Highest of all in Leavening Power.-— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Royal ABSOLUTELY PURE FOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, York Times: You may talk about the free coinago of silver or the free conage of brass | buttons, but what Nebraska wants is a good | erop. With that even democratic misrule : could not keep her down. | Lincoln News: We note a dispatch from Sioux Falls, where he Is supposed to be grac- Ing a prison cell, that work is telling on | Charley Mosher. That is more than some i”! his ex-ccnfederates in Lincoin have yet done. Arlington News: The jury in State Treas- urer Hill's case disagreed. Taylor of South Dakota absconded. Scott was hung in Holt county. Yet a lot of people are Kicking over the result in each case. People are terribly hard to please. ork Times: 1t Mosher could live 10,000 years and work in the penitentiary e'shteen | hours a day, he would not pay 1 per cel on the inter:st of the trouble and expense he has caused this state. It is a pity that he | didn’t go to Holt county in time to get ac quainted with Barrett Scott, Norfolk Journal: The republican party cannot indulge in a_straddle on the silver question next year, It must not only declare in favor of bimetallism, but it must define the party's interpretation of the word ‘bi | metallism The country has had a practical demonstration of wh the democratic plat form meant, and it doesn’t want any morc ot that kind of “bim:tallism No more | glittering gencralities will be alllowed to current, and straddies are at™a dis nt. - ON THE CARLISIL CURRENCY. Dotroit Free Press: That Secretary 1s the stanch friend of sound mon°y is a mat ter of common knowledge. Reasons for the | faith that is in him appear abundantly in the able and well considered speech that he d livered St. Paul Globe: The whole speech s earn est, serious, devoid of bombast, and directed to the sober intelligences of the plain men to whom he was sp-aking. It is a powerful ar gument, and will repay a careful reading by every thinking man, Minneapolis Journal: Mr. Carlisle makes a capital speech on the currency question. He talks almost as well in vor of sound money aa if he had never been afflicted with the fre> silver notion. His speeches are going to do a great deal of good. He puts the facts in a clear, forcible, convincing style. Courler-Journal: But it is impossibl> to give anything like an adequate summary of this address. The address itself is a masterly summary, and must be read from beginning to end if none of its force is to be missed 0 man who wishes to get at the truth of this momentous question can conscientiously fail to give it such a reading. Minneapolis Tribune: The speech derives its | chief importance from the fact that it is an exposition of the attitude of the administra- tion; at the same time it is de recognition on its merits as a st tion of the correct view of our financoe. Mr. Carlisle’s democratic opponents in Kentucky who are just now riding the silver hobby will find it hard to answer. New York World: Secretary Carlisle spoke at Covington, Ky., last night in behalt of sound money. He took the advanced ground of gold monometallism as the only program of sound money now possible in this countr He will be criticised of course for incor sistency, as he was once an advceate of silver coinage. But he-probably knows h's Emerson | well enough to remember that narrow con sistency is “‘the bugbcar of small minds.” Denver The News performs a duty to the public in setting it right about Mr. Carlisle’s previous attitude upon the silver question. It was its purpose to print his '78 speech side by eide with his speech at Cov- ington, but reading it in full for the first tims it was discovered that Mr. Cleveland's secre- tary was not £o inconsistent as the News, in common with nearly all the rest of the coun- | try, had been led to believe, and in making this explanation about that speech a plain duty to the readers of the News and simple justice to a high officlal of the government is performed. —— PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. Carlisle It is an exceedingly dull day when the Spaniards fail to massacre a rebel leader. Senator Carter of Montana is credited with a bugle blast for silver. His mine runs that way. General Nelson A, Miles and staff have been invited to participate ir the opening cere- monies of the Atlanta exposition, next Sep- tember, The three Indian reservations thrown open to settlement this week comprised 500,000 acres of land, nine-tenths of it said to be exceedingly rich, The bicycle eraze in New York has reached proportions likely to rival the killing abilities of the Brooklyn trolley Violent deaths of wheelers are becoming fully numerous, An inquisitive reporter who plumped this question at Senator Hill, “Then you are in favor of free silver,” was rewarded with th | comprehensive answer: “Sir, I am a demo- crat,"” A Fifty-eight indictments have been returned by the grand jury against public officials of Bay City, Mich. The grand jury proceeded upon the theory that by indicting all no guilty men would escape. Old Whipple, the Maine lumberman, who paid $10,000 for a gold brick, says: “Perhaps it T had read less of Talmage's sermons and more of the crimes going the rounds I should have been a less casy victim.” A Brooklyn woman convicted of cutting her brutal husband’s throat, though not fatally, was allowed her freedom under a surpended sentence, with an injunction from the judge that she must not let it occur again. It is evident from the accounts of the fracas that the Marquis of Queensbury did not insist on strict adherence to his rules while decorating Lord Douglas. One of the inalienable rights of an author Is to suspend his rules during family emergencies. “Canada Bill” living and In Chicago! Perish the thought. The one and only Wil- liam has been gathered to his fathers. Like the good he died ere his unequalled airs of innocence and verdancy were touched by the frosts of our time. Those who flaunt his name are base imitators. General Gordon of Georgia tells the fol- lowing story of the war period to illustrate the shrinkage of the confederate currency: “One day a cavalryman rode Into camp on a reasonably good horse. ‘Hello, cavalryman,’ said a foot soldier, ‘I'll give you $3,000 for your horse.’ ‘You' go to (the bad place)” was the horseman’s reply. ‘I just paid $1,000 to have him curried.’ " The adoption of the constitution by the voters of the election of November 5 is the second last step in the march of Utah to statehood. Then a proclamation by the president announcing the ratification of the organic law will accomplish that for which the residents have clamored for a genera- tion. The new constitution contains 18,000 words divided into seven articles. The con- vention which framed it absorbed the $30,000 appropriated by congress for expenses, besides leaving a deficiency of $8,009, due the mem- bers. “Don’t get caught" is an expression often heard from ribald lips. Scarcely a day pas:es | that its nificanc is not emphasized by shattered characters and life-long sorrows to innocent friends. In St. Louis the other day the words passed from mouth to mouth in a multitude gathered at the funeral of a man who dled at the hands of a mistress. The scandal of his death was emphasized by the denial of the religious ceremonies of the cried the deceased professed. An aged mother, a tottering father, a weeping sister plead in valn for the consolation of church. A lesson must be taught, an exam set and the orthodox rules upheld. Doubt- loss this was necessary under the circum- stances, but it is questionable whether the emphasized example compensates for the un- deserved punishment inflicted on the living. Baking Powder Has Not the Necessary Authority to Make Meat Inspection Bffective, NO PROTECTION TO HOME CONSUMERS | Declures Me Cannot Prevent the Sale of Until 1o las the Destroy Cons Diseasod Mear Yower to demned Carcanses, WASHINGTON, May 23.—Sceretary of Ag- riculture Morton and Dr. Salmon, chiet of the bureau of animal industry, are very much ex ercised over the attack made upon the effect Iveness of the meat fnepection now carcied on under the act of 1890. The ion pro vided for under the act was to meet the de- mands of foreign governments to which our meat was exported, but the authority given the secretary was insufficient and MF. Mor- ton has tried in every way to Induce congre inspoc to cure the defects. The truth bas been that while the inspection ecparated the healthy from the discased meat and provented the ex port of the latter, the secretary was not clothed with author tion of y to compel the ndemned meat and this could be sold in the domestic markets. 1f the legislatures f the states had tuken eteps to co-operate with the department by providing for the destruction of carcasses eondemned by the federal inspectors the inspection would have been rendered effective. But this was not done, and the secretary appealed to cougress Last December, While the agricultural appro- priation was under discussion, he drew up an amendment to the inspection act and urged Senator George and others to incorporate it in the bill. The amendment the prepared empowered him to cause all car- casses which have been inspected and for any hygienic or other reasons condemned, to be disposed of in a way that shall effectually prevent the sale of the same for human food, and provided a penalty of $1,000 for violation of the law. The amendment was accepted in a greatly modified form. It does not go as far as the secretary desired. The amend- ment, however, does not go into effect until July 1. Meantime the department objects strenu- ously to the intimations thrown out that the inspection as at present conducted in no wise protects the domestic consumers, The secretary without the definite authority of law Insists that he has accomplished much with reference to trichinae in pork. Dr. Sal- mon says much public micapprehension ex- ists, Swine are not microscopically examined for trichonosis, save such as are intended for export to Germany, the only country that demands and exacts such an examination. cooked—the only secure method of avoiding trichinosis. —_——— . MOVEMENT 70 BOOM THE S0UTH Railway Men Mcet In Ways and Means for This End. CHICAGO, May 23.—The conference of | prominent railroad and business men, called to encourage the dovelopment of the outhern states, was held at the Auditorium hotel to- day. The meeting was largely attended and im- portant steps were taken toward a systematic boom of the south. The conference was pre- £ided over by Charles L. Stone of the Chicago & BEastern Illinois railroad, who read an in teresting paper written by John B. Lyon. Among those present were: A. H. Hanson, general passenger agent Illinois Central rafl- road; J. C. Tucker, northern agent of the Big Four railroad; C. P. Atmore, general pas- senger agent Louisville & Nashville raflroad; W. C. Rinerson, general passenger ag:nt Queen & Crescent railroad; W. L. Donley, general passenger agent North Carolina & St Louis railroad; E. E. Posey, general passeng:r agent Mobile & Ohio railroad; A. G. Jackson, general passenger agent Georgia rallroad; L. A. Bell, assistant general passenger agent Plant system; F. J. Reed, assistant general passenger agent Monon; C. L. Stone, general passenger and ticket agent Chicigo & Eastern Tllinois railroad, and W. A. Simmons, J. § Buckley and G. F. Montgomery of the Clark syndicate companies. The members of the committee having the affair in charge are: | C. W. Gray, northwestern passenger agent Plant system; J. K. Ridgley northwestern pas- senger agent of the Louisville & Nashville railroad; C. C. Walton, traveling passenger h'eugo to Deviso agent of the Central railroad of Georgia; W. W. Simmons, vice president Clark syndicate companles; H. R. ng, stant ~general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania rallroad; C. L. Stone, general passenger agent of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad. No regular program was followe being made by many of those present. sl T Nut and Bolt Will Walt for a Ralse. CLEVELAND, May 23.—Nearly all of the 400 employes of the Upscn Nut and Bolt wo ks who went on strike for a 10 per cent increase of wages last week returned to work this morning. The men held a meeting and de- clded that while there was a revival in trade to some extent it was not sufficient to war. rant the company in granting the advauce d:- mauded. peeches | MORTON BLAMES THE LAW| { yan “English | gecretary | and indifferent to n | aiways thought DEFEAT OF THE INCOME TAX, Cleveland Plaln Dealer: Tt was a righteous decislon; In accordance with the constitution and with justice, Now York Commerclal: Thank God for upreme court judges with sense and sand! Long live the republic! Chicago Times-Herald: Defeat of the in- ma fax s the greatest disaster sectionale sm has encountered since Appomattox New York World: The ovorthrow of the income tax is the triumph of sclfishness over patriotism, It s another victory of greed over need. Denver Rer The Income tax law but thank heave blican you know," the supreme court of the United States Is still an honest American institution. St. Paul Globe Nefther friend nor foe will mourn the fate of that small factiou of the ficome tax which was allowed to res | matn by the previous decision of the supreme court Indianapolis surprised at ew one can be greatly the decision after the previous dectsion of the court. It Is very remarkable that the question of ronstitutionality was not raised under the law of thirty years ago. Minneapolis ‘Times: The effect of the dees laration of the unconstitutionality of the Ine come tax law cannot fail to be good. Ine decd, anything that ends suspense is benes ficlal, even though it may be in the direction | opposed to national prosperity. be-Democrat: The democratic party ds condemned by the highest judicial bunal of the country for having attempted to put upon the people without juatification or excuse an arbitrary and opprossive bur- den; and thus snother reproach is added to the many which it incurred since it was unfortunately restored to power ot - THE MIRTH MAKERS. Chicago Record; The Chief Justice—It's all right, Uncle Sam. We've fixed it 80 You won't have to pay any income tax. Uncle Sam—Well, I cali that neighborly, Can you fix it now so 1 can get an income? ith: “Mise Ancient appears very cold n, although they say in was engi 1" several A souvenir spoor years times. gone by she “Yes; she is Indianapolis Journal: but a bag of wind, The balloon, in visibly t'least,” it retorted ,“I am self-support- “You are nothing * sucered the circus tent, its indignation, swelled In| Somerville Jourr Just one cigar he ns, have you Not if T smoke It, Wiggles—I've got You haven't any ob- Town Topies posa isn't satisfactory. Living Picture—WHhat is the matter? Manager—No, your Siage Manager—You have something on your mind. Tconomist: Money would be more enjoy- able if it took people as long to spend it as “The world is a | great baseball says the Manayunk Other countries do not require it and rely | Philosopher. man gets one chance upon the people to see that pork is well | at the bat, and only a few make a hit."” Detroit Free Press: One—You haven't a single reason why you won't foin our club, "Tother—Perhaps’ not, but I have & married reason. Pathfinder: Jones found vigorously polishing his are you doing that for? T you ‘wore patent Washington Sinith engaged shoes. “What leather?” used to be patent leather,” replied Smith paintully bringing his spinal column {iio it normal pogition; “but the patent on them has expired,” M. Chicago Tribun Winterbottom— mily, the doctor says all we need for these coids of ours Is whisky and qui- nine Mre, Winterbottom ~Cyrus, If you think you're going to get any whisky down my throat _you are mistaken. Mr. Winterbottom—And I haven't a par- ticle” of faith in quinine. So I brgught them in separate packages, Here's® your quinine, NEW ORDER, Boston Courler. The twentieth century dude who goes Il Upstairs to his room at night Will, probably, after he doffs his clothes And ere hé puts out his light, ${oop down by the side of the couch or cot And 1ift the edge of the spread To satisfy himself that there's A woman under the bed. 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