Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 21, 1895, Page 4

Tre_OMAHA DALY Bev ——— E. NMOSKWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MON == , TERMS Dafly e (With Dally Dee and S Bix Months ING, BUBSCRIPTION One Year t Runday), tay, One Thrae Monil: ; Bunday e, 0o Year Baturiiny. die, One_Year Weckly fica, Ona Year i OFTICES, The Tis Tailiin Smalia, Singer Bik; Corner N and Council Tufts, 17 Penrl trect, Chicago Oflice: 317 Ch Commerce, ow Sorke g Washington, 1 CONRESPONDINCE, HITE TRE PUNLISHING COMPANY Y HTATE T OF CIRCULATION. Nshing company g duly sworn, says that printed during th mth of May, 1885, was as AR o Bian Bin i b L% 10,085 TZSCHT ' in m pr tary Public. of at finance discount are al! Just over now the Napoleons way down country. As a fence for counterfeit money that bank cashier’s counter is not exactly s flattering success. 1 possibilities The list of ought to be several yards longer when presidenti the Cleveland convention ad Journs. When the attorney general gets back from Boyd county he will be expected .to glve attention to the lawless opera- tions of the so-called Teachers' Benefit -assoctation. league Cuban revolutionists have once more won the independence of their country. That is what they say. The chief trou Dle, however, is that they have won in- dependence of this kind too often. Tortunate indeed Is a defaulter whose previous record has been so good that the authorities decline to prosccute upon the assurance of bonds- men that all loss will be made good. When visitors ask to be shown spec- mens of the vaunted metropolitan police of New York under the Tammany re gime they are now taken to the state prison at Sing Sing to view the in- mates, If Judge Dundy cares to reaffivm Jocal public opinion respecting im- proved water supply e will grant the appeal of the city council, which is concurred in by water works receiver and citizens generally. s bank cently gone wrong Two state cashiers lave re- and now must pay the penalty. One of them misappro- priated other people’s money; the other minted silver dollars. In common parlance they are both thieves and should be punished as such. S Senator Thurston the league convention voiced the of a vast majority of Nebraska repub- licans in his resolution reaffirming faith in the money plank of the Min- polis platform. On that line the republican party of this state is bound to win. Cleveland cntiments Secretary Lamont vied longer In this important military might have tar- outpost. It would have been of mutual benefit. ‘The people of Omaha would like to know more about the distin- guished secretary of war, and Mr. La- mont would profit immeasurcably by s eloser acquaintance with our people Governor Stone of Missouri tried the special session racket, but met with poor success. The only reminders of the legislature's extra work were the bills appropriating the money to defray its expenses. vernor Altgeld might have had the benefit of Missouri's ex- perience had he wanted to take out- side advice. Russell Sage would no doubt pay the Judgment secured against him by the man who saved him from the effects of the bomb were it not for the bad precedent it would set. Mr. Sage is one of those liberal millionaires who believe in paying nothing so long s there is the slightest possibility of avoiding payment, The working hours have been in- creased in the B. & M. shop: ve- lock. This is propitious. It means that the railroad people #re preparing for a heavy fall traffic. Railroad man- agers usually know what to expect, They do not know that a full crop is absolutely assured, but they are confi- dent it soon will be. e The South Omaha council has very properly acceded to the demand of the taxpayers to withdraw the proclama tion calling for a speclal election to muthorize the issue of $65,000 bonds for the purchase of Syndicate park. The city of South Omaha is already overburdened with debt, and the scheme to increase that debt at this time was 11l advised. There can be no half way business about declaring the office of city treasur vacant, It is an lmperative duty devolving upon the council just as soon as it comes to its knowledge that any of the public funds have been diverted to private use. It not matter what the amount of the short- age may be or how soon the bondsmen propose to make it good. The law is inexorable on this score. No man can remain custodian of public funds un der the constitution and statutes of Ne- braska who has abused the trust re- posed In hiwm. does THE SILVER ISSUE IN KENTUCKY. A very gencral Interest Is felt regard- ing the outcome of the eontest within the democratic party of Kentucky over | the sity The state democratie | convention meet next Tues Issue, will and there is certain to be a very bitter and probably a prolonged fight be- tween ghe sound money element and the advocates of the free and unlimited ge of silver by the United States at the ratio of 16 to 1. What the result |of the will be is problematic, but the indieations are that the conven- | tion will be controlled by the advocates contest of sound money and that Senator | Blackburn will be defeated Tn his can didacy for re-election. It now seerms, advices, a frec from the that in: | most trustworthy | | sty | | | d of the adoption of r platform by the Kentucky demo crats there will be a reassertion of the democratic national platform of 18 i an endorsement of the administra- | tion. If this shall be the result it will be due largely to the efforts of | Secretary Carlisle, ably seconded by Mi. Ienry Watterson and the other champions in Kentueky of a sound reney. Mr. Watterson has made a vigorous fight in the Louisville Courfer Journal against f plainly warning the democrats that if their convention committed the party to that policy it would be in great dan- gor of the The busi- | ness interest is almost solidly arrayed in opposition to free silver, And this, of | exerts a powerful influence, while the action of the republican con- very e silver, state losin election, | course vention In unequivocally declaring against free silver and planting that party squarely upon a sound money platform has also had a great effect in changing sentiment in the state. It is said that leading democrats of Kentueky, while pleased with the unex- pected outlook regarding the silver issue, are stll appreben as to the They regard as quite possible that the republi- 1S 1 win in November, when for the first time Kentueky will vote under the Australian ballot system. With the viva ystem of voting super- seded by the secret ballot system, the democrats are apprehensive t thou- sands of busine men who have here- tofore voted the democratic ticket will quictly east their ballots for the party which is unqualifiedly committed in favor of sound money. On the other hand it iIs said by some of the free Iver advocates that should the demo- result of the fall clection. it voce cratic convention refuse to declare for free coinage many free silver demo- crats will vote with the republicans from motives of revenge against the dominant faction of the democratic party. It thus seems probable that in any event the republicans will draw from the democrats, so thgt there is reason for regarding the outlook for the success of the republican state ticket in Kentucky this year as unu- sually good. It the Kentucky democratic conven- tion declares against the free coinage of silver it will be the hardest blow to that cause It has yet received, for no- where else is free silver being more vigorously and aggressively cham- pioned. Senator Blackburn has staked Lis political fortunes upon this issue, have a number of the other democ s atie leaders in the state. A declaration of Kentucky democrats against free silver would do much toward reducing the agitation in behalf of that policy. S G IMMIGRATION. The state of Wisconsin is endeavor- ing to increase its population and dis- pose of its unoccupied and un- improved lands by inducing Bu- ropean immigrants to go to that commonwealth, The governor of the state and the secretary of the state im- migration commission are in New York for this purpose. Wisconsin has an im- migration burcau, the object of which is to secure settlers for the thinly set- tled portions of the state, and in that way to add revenue to the taxable property. The legislature made an ap- propriation for the purpose of making known the opportunities that exist in the state for settlers and this is now being done. in It is stated that there are Wisconsin about 25,000,000 acres lable for settlement. In an interview the governor of Wis- consin stated that his investigation of the character of the immigrants now coming into the country had been per- feetly satisfactory. He found that for the most part the people now coming to our shores are a very desirable class, whose accession would be advantageous to any community. Quite generally the people who are emigrating from the old wordd are of the industrious and thrifty classes, who come here with & view to making permanent homes and assimilating themselves as citizens of the republic. Under the strict enfore ment of the immigration laws which has been maintained for several years this country is now receiving a better and more desirable class of immigrants than came here during the period when these laws w loosely administered. Not ondy has the enforcement of the laws had the effect to greatly reduc immigration, but it has made a great improvement in the character of the people who come here from the old world, and consequently there is now little ground for complaint regarding immigration. The testimony of thd governor of Wisconsin agrees with that of everybody who has investigated the matter. There is not a state of the northwest which does not offer excellent opportu- nities for immigrants from Europe who are £ homes in this country and who have the qualities to make good citizens of the republie. There are many millions of acres of good land In this section which the well trained armers of the old world could make profitably productive and much of this 'an be had atno great cost. The west, giving the broadest scope to that see- re se ¢ tonal distinetion, wants more people, and no greater mistake could be made than to assume that its opportunities are exhausted. Industry, practical busi- ness ability and thrift will still find in | this section chances for as great finan- clal success as at any time in the past, and the time is far in the future when this will not be the case. Those people who are endeavoring to create popular sentiment against immigration and who are proposing restrictions that would practicalty close our ports to the people [ ment enn be n‘nmrmluod and checked of Europe who desire to better their condition by coming to the United States are not familiar with the west ern portion of the country or are in different to its needs and its opportuni tles, WILD-EYED FINANCE TINKERS. The Cleveland convention of repub lican dubs is affording an opportunity for financial quacks to advertise their ignorance of ordinary economic laws, Mr. I'rank Greer of Oklahoma de mands in the me of the aborigines that inhabit that fire-brush territory that all the United States mints shall the colnage of the American with a prohibitive tariff on the foreizn product modified by finaneial reciprocity and unlimited silver product be opened to free Before the demand of the Okla in force it will be well for Mr. Greer to invent a reciprocity vestrainer that will prevent Mexi sily from drifting into the United State 1d American silver from fusing with Mexican silver when it gets into a melting pot. Of all the arrant humbugs that have been suggested for the solution of the silver problem the scheme to confine free coinage to the product of Ameri WS, lomans is put i mines is the most impracticable and transparent. If America can pull her own silver product up to a parity with gold at 16 to 1 when the commer- cial ratio is 82 to 1 she can float all the silver of the world on the same basis. Al the taviff laws that congress could enact in ten years would not Kkeep out foreign bullion if the owners could double their money by smug gling it into this country TAST AND LOOSE METHODS. The disclosures of defic overdrafts and irregularities which ve been made since the inquiry into the condi- tion of the city treasury was begun show a most reckless disregard of busi- ness methods, not merely on the part of Treasurer Bolln, but also by the comp- troller, who is relied upon as the chief municipal accountant. While the comptroller does not actually handle the public funds, it Is made his duty by the charter and the ordinances to keep an accurate rvecord of all drafts on the treasury and to examine, com- pare and balance the treasurer's ac- counts_mnot less frequently than once each month, and oftener whenever it may be deemed necessary. The clar- ter expressly prohibits the payment of any money out of the treasury on ac- count of the city except upon warrants countersigned by the comptroller. Why were these safeguards against misappropriation of public moneys withdrawn? And why did the comp- troller sanction the paying out of city funds without warrant and in bold de- flance of the law? The treasurer had a right to loan his own money to his friends or to speculate with his own money if he saw fit. But he could not legally pay out a dollar of the pub- lic funds without an appropriation by the council and a warrant drawn and countersigned by the comptroller. It is now blished beyond a doubt that checks signed by Mr. Bolln as clty treasurer were given to contrac- tors before any appropriation had been made or warrant issued. It is estab- lished beyond a doubt that municipal employes and others who had not even a prospective elaim against the city were given money out of the treas- urer's drawer on memoranda to the amount of $15,000 to $20,000. Could such sums have been diverted from the if there had been reasonable ed by the comptroller's It is represented that department ? this fast and loose way of doing busi- ness has been in vogue for many years. That only shows that nothing less than a thorough overhauling of all the de- partments fn which money is handled is imperatively necessary. If the deficits and memoranda slips have been inherited from a former term of the present treasurer or from former offi- cials the responsibility should be lo- cated where it belongs. One thing is certain. The business of the city must be conducted on business methods henceforth and ~an end made to the slipshod ways that have been tolerated heretofore. The prosperity of the country in the immediate future will be very greatly promoted by a good corn crop this year and the present indications give favorable promise that we shall have a large yield of this cereal. In 1889, the big crop year, the yield was over 2,112,000,000 bushels, produced from an area of a little more than 78,000,000 acr In 1891, another big year, the corn area was over 76,000,000 acres and the crop slighty above 2,000,000,000 bushels. It is thought that the acreage this year will be fully as large as four years ago and the prevailing conditions warrant the expectation that the pro- duction will be quite as great as in 1801, and possibly larger. A realiza- tion of this promise would do more than perhaps any otlier one thing to insure a return of general prosperity and to contribute to the benefit of all classes of the population. The decision of the supreme court in the Hay case that the governor has the right to remove appointed state offi- cers for cause will have more than one good result if it puts the officers of all the state institutions on their mettle. Officials who know that the power of removal exists in the governor and may be exercised on the first sign of neglect of duty will be quite likely to attend strictly to business in the future. Those that do not will know that they run the risk of the consequences, sneral McAlpin, prospective pre dent of the National ~ Republican league, has been relieved of his gold wateh, diamonds and purse by an en- terprising admirver who desires a keep- sake of the Cleveland convention. Had this happened to an operatic star it would have been taken for granted that it was only an ingenious device to sponge free advertising. It will be impossible for any set of expert accountants to ascertain the ex- tent of the leakages and misappropria- tions in the city treasury in forty-eight hours or even forty-eight days. It will take many months before every pay- up. Ayraw Bact Kanaus Uity Journal A Nebraska wgedo struck a mule and blew it thirty rgds before discovering that it was fooling ,with a dangerous animal Both luckily esgypd without injury - Suprenve Jadienl Faree. Indanapolls News. o the indictments against the supremers are fpally quashed. Well, we do ot know but that' it is just as well, as there never appeared to be any disposition on the part of the authorities to bring the rascals to justice, (Iron Hall) A War KAl bn the Treasury. Sprirignen’ Republican A powerful lobby fs sald to be In pre of organizing to ‘secure from the next gr luring and subsequent to the war. As mat ters stand that money was unconstitutionally tak:n from the taxpayer, but unless congress is bent on wrecking the treasury it will hardly be returned con- a refund of the Income tax collections Srnin's Costly dob, New York World The seriousness of the Cuban rebellion s shown by the action of Spain in preparing for a loan of 600,000,000 pesetas. If the present w captain general of Cuba Is entrusted with the expenditure of this amount he may suc ceed In suppressing a number of newspaper telegrams and making similar displays of a military genius which is now somewhat crip- pled for lack of resources. nilfnttiaicn Refleerion on Our Witliam, Philadelphia Ledger The steamship St. Louis appears to have commanded the admiration of the people of Southampton. They extol her engines, which are declared by experts to be superior to anything of the Kind herctofore seen i thampton. Some of the comments are quite amusing. It is a matter of course with us that we can build as good ships and en gines as any in the world, but Europeans are yet to be convinced of that fact. They have no true conc:ption of our capacity, Buffalo Bill representing their ideal Amer- ican. —_——— Chil'ren with Firearms, Philadeiphia Record The tragic sequel of a sham battle be- tween young militia men shows the danger that comes of entrusting firearms in th hands of mere youths, who, with all their military training, have yet to learn that deadly " weapons ~ are not playthings, and should in fact be committed solely to the care of those who have a full appreciation of the fact that soldfering is serious busi- ness—a fact, by the way, which has not yet dawned on the minds of those social reform. ers who want to make stern soldiers out of mere school children. i en-of Improving Times. New York World. Times are improving from chiefly natural. tributed Cau many causes, It any political act has con- to the improvement it was that of the administration in removing doubt as to the honesty and stability of our currency. Without considering the means adopted to do it, the fact that the parity of the two money meals was sustained and the credit of the nation preserved, undoubtedly hastened and confirmed the restoration of confidence that was necessary to a revival of business. The people understand this, and no attempt to make party capital alike from gloom and sunshine will fool them, o PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE Mrs. Perrine, mother of Mrs. Cleveland, will be at Gray,Gables this summer when most needed. v 1 Down cast the gold cure is commended as a specific for intoxidation. Out west th silver cure produces /that hilarious feeling. That was a prétty good scoop secured by the press agent who recounted the wanderings of Taylor. But ft wabn't a marker to Tay- lor's &coop on thé South Dakota treasury. Governor Morrill of Kansas believes that the old-fashioned temperance pledge and a will to back it will do more to secure pro- hibition than all the drug stores in the state The Argentine Republic is_diligently fo- menting a revolution outside of its boundary. Its corn crop this year promis the world as much as its wheat crop did last year. A Chicago man who suddenly fell heir to $1,000,000 bravely confined his enthusiam to a 50 cent cigar. Others similarly afflicted would attempt to gild the town at one sit- ting. “When I was young,” sald Prof. Glibschin, addressing the Saddle class in financial logic, “I invarlably sought employment in haunted factorles. 1 then had reasonable assurances that the ghost would walk.” The war for independence in Cuba cannot be regarded with genuine favor in this coun- try until it effectually suppresses the fili- bustering cabbaglos sent out to prey upon the peace and comfort of the republ Of twenty duels which Bismarck is said to have engaged in at varlous times during his earlier years he was wounded but once, and that through his adversary's sword flying from its handle and striking him in the face. The plucky girls in bloomers are not at all discouraged. Discouragement is in store for the boys who may attempt to square them- selves by and Femiuine innovations, the poet says, we “first endure, then pity, them embrace.” Thomas Butler, an Snglishman, does not believe “Chinese” Gordon was killed at Khartoun. He thinks the hero is a captive in the wilds of the Soudan. Butler was a companion of Gordon's in many of his stir- ring adventures, SOUTH DAKOTA’S SCANDAT. Minneapolis Journal: Taylor, the South Dakota defaulter, has returned home on a compromise and after two years he will re- sume business at the old stand. They gave him a soft cushion to fall upon. Chicago Chronicle: How much more wisely some men order their lives than others! Had Taylor kept out of politics and stolen, let us say, a pair of shoes for his farefoot child he would probably have been sent to the penitentiary for ten years, and no gov- ernor nor judge would have thought twice about his plight. Chicago Times-Herald: There are no lands ot any value belonging to Taylor, and the state s going to lose the major part of the money stolen. This it could have borne, but it canmot bear the repute of having ocom- pounded an odious felony. That is a more disgraceful thing to the state than the crime is to the thieves who looted the treasury Courier-Journal: Defaulter W. W. Taylor of South Dakota, returning home to surren- der after successfully eluding the police for four months, affords an object lesson for others who are tempted to steal public funds, His ill-gotten gains are nearly all gone, and he gladly agrees to surrender all his prop- erty and accept a short term in prison in order to secure rest and peace of mind. Davenport Demecrat: How to get rich: First steal $350,000, Then surrender $100,000 and get boarded for two years at the expense of the state. By this pimple means you can make $125,000 & ygar., This is equivalent to $10,416.66 a month, o $347.22 a day. The discovery was made by W. W. Taylor, the defaulting treasurer of South Dakota. It will have a tendency to multiply embezzlers and defaulters, St. Paul Ploneer Press: The agreeable compromise arranged with him is simply the compounding of a fglony. And when the state of South Dakota sets the example of dealing in this magnanimous fashion with state officers who betray their trusts and steal the public money by wholesale there Is a good dedl mofe lost to the state than the money which has been stolen. For it cannot fail to lowér the standard of official and commerclal integrity throughout the stat to astonish | PROMOTING ARTESIAN WELLS Indian Offics Conduoting Interesting Ex- joriments on Reservations, ROSEBID WORK AT THE AGENCY Will e Reduged to w Sclence a Water Sap) May Do Obtalned Western Leap the Bessiit, T Lands on WASHINGTON, June Indian office Is at present conducting periment in sinking arte wells dian reservations in South Dakota offig intends to make a new departure Qigging these wells. In the construction the well at Plerre the work was done by o 20.—(Special )—~The ex- In- The in ot an on tract; but hereafter it will be under the direction and supervision of the regular agents of the Indian office. The proposed artesian wells on the Rose- bud, Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reserva- tions were provided for in special legislation by the last congress. It had been expected that it would be possible to commence work time ago, but unexpected delay has caused by the tardy delivery of machinery. The Indian office pur- the appliances in Pittsburg, and that the machinery is now being at the reservation, The result of some been special chased informed delivered ag the work will be watched with a great deal of interest by the officials of the Indian office, because upon its success or fallure will largely depend the prospects of the future supply of water for those Indlan reservations. This work Is slmply an exper! ment with the department. The cost cannot be calculated now because it is not certain to what depth the wells The geological survey is also paying con- siderable attention to this experiment on the part of the Indian office, and it is prob- able that that bureau will have a spccial agent to watch developments and make an official report must reach The work on the Rosebud agency will be under the supervision of Agent J. George Wright. Agent John W. Cramsie will have charge of the work at the Standing Rock agency. Captain Charles G. Penny will be In charge of the work at the Pine Ridge reservation. HORSE MBAT AS FOOD. The recent report of United States Consul Edward W. S. Tingle, at Brunswick, Ger- many, in which the writer spoke of the bright prospects for trade in American horse meat in Germany, evidently struck a popular chord In the hearts of the stockmen of our country, for, according to the latest report just received at the State department from Consul Tingle, he h: be:n the recipient of a large number of requests for detailed in- formation from Americans who seem anxious to know more about this important sub- ect. 45454 says that Inquirles Have-been o numer- ous that he deemed it wise to submit an additional report which might -be of service to_intending exporters He says: “In the first place, it is the opinion of the writer that the business can best be handled through the large American cking houses, which can afford the ex- penditure for the necessary plant, and which by shipping In large quantities, can more easily build up a profitable trade. These packers would naturally buy from the smaller orn dealers and raisers and thus the ness would be vastly simplified. It would be well, therefore, for intending ex- porters to enter first into correspondence with 1e one of the large packing houses, ex- pressing readiness to furnish horses for export and suggesting co-operation.” SHIP ON THE HOOF. Consul Tingle says it would be much bet- ter to ship the horses on the hoof, consigning them to a large port like Hamburg. Here, however, large stables would have to be fur- nished until horses could be sold or laughtered. of course, would be be- ond the means of any but a large company The reason of shipping on the hoof is that the duty on live horses is but $1.75 each while if the meat alone is shipped some ob- jection similar to that now made against American beef might be brought forward If, however, the horses were brought over on the hoof, not only is the duty much less but examination showing the healthy condi- tion of the animals can be made readily. The meat is sold in Germany at 7 cents a pound for fresh meat and 12 cents a pound for smoked meat. The German horse butcher pays for a_ horse about $35. “But it should be borne in mind,” the con sul says, “‘that these prices are for worn out horses. Other American horses could bring botter prices. Suppose the large packing company delivers the fresh American horse in Hamburg_at $30 per head. Taking out the duty at $5, the transportation, the feeding and care on the way, $5 more, there re- mains a net price in America of say $20 per head, out of which must come the packer's and the horse raiser's profit. Should it be desired to ship horses direct to Hamburg It would be wise to first enter into correspond- ence with the principal horse dealing firms in Hamburg, Claus Olde, Schulterblatt, Hamburg. Horses could, by reason of the splendid roads in Germany, be delivered on the hoof from Hamburg or Brunswick to any German town at small cost. It is in this manner that Russian horses are brought into Gormany for sale.” RAKING UP OLD CLAIMS, Spain May Make Troubls Bofore She Pays the Mora Damages. WASHINGTON, June 30.—The first reports as to the urgency of the demand made by the United States on Spain for the payment of what s known as the Mora claim appeared to have been overstated. The attitude of the United States was stated without any expression_of demand or threat In a com- munication from the State department to Minister Taylor, sent some weeks ago, be- fore Senor Muruaga, the Spanish minister, had left Washington. It is sald to have made clear that the department's note was due to instructions from congress and that it was desirable to have such response as would permit a communication to congres when it reconvened in December. The note was couched in the courteous terms usual in dealing between friendly powers and was such as to give full execution to the instruec- tions of congress and yet leave Spain to take such action as seemed to her consistent. The fact that Spain still has a minister in Washington indicates that there have been no threats of possible consequences such as have been suggested, as such expressions either in the original note or in any subse- quent communications to the Spanish gov- ernment would have given a cause which governments are in the habit of following by a withdrawal of their minister. So far as the action of the Spanish gov- ernment is concerned it is not known what, it any, action has been taken by the Cortes, but it is doubted whether anything has been or will be done in the brief time before the Cortes adjourns two weeks hence. The Mora claim is sald to be very unpopular in Spain and the Spanish minister of forelgn affairs, who agreed on a settlement, was compelled to leave the cabinet. The only action ever taken by the Cortes was in 1886, when a committee reported that if the claim was paid the United States should settle at the same time several large clalms which Spain holds against the United States. The report of the committee was never acted upon. In view of the report that any settlement by Spain should be accompanied by a settlement by the United States, it is believed that it the United States insisted upon the settle- ment of the Mora clalm, Spain will urge two large claims which have long stood in abey- Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S, Gov’t Report Royal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE ance. One of these covers the damage done to Spanish shipping during the civil war, It 1s sald that the United States has relm bursed other forelgn countrios, but thus far failed to respond to Spain. Another clalm is based on the occupancy of Florida by General Jackson at a time whon It was Spanish territory. INCIEASE IN THE POSTAL X EIrTs Uhanges in Classification ofmces. WASHINGTON, Jur postoflices the ot Wostorn Post- 20.—The not Incroase throughout the country during year ending March 81, 1895, was $1,739 This 1s shown In the results of the annual readjustment of presi- dentlal postmasters’ salaries made public to- day. 'The changes take effect July 1. The total number of presidential offices 1s 3,466, The salaries of 1,057 are increased and 393 decreased. Tho gross increase in receipts was $1,894,002 and the gross decrease $154,- 139 Kight states report a decreaso and practically all of those are In the west Changes in classification of postotficos are as follows Colorado—Colorado Springs second to first; Fort Collins, third to second; Crested Butte and New Castte, reduced from third to fourth Kansas--McPherson and Wellington, re duced from second to third, and Enterprise, Ness City and Stafford, from third to fourth. Missouri—Kirksville, Marysville and War rensburg, advanced from third to second of recelpts at advanced from Wyoming—Laramie, advanced from third to second WILL PLACE A NEW TAX ON TEA Rusala Gesorting to Strict Measures for Huising Revenue. WASHINGTON, June 20.—Consul General Karel at St. Petersburg, in a report to the State department, gives the details of a plan of the Russlan government to ralse more money by increasing the consumption tax on tea; also by strict laws to prevent the adul teration of that article. Each package of tea 1s to be stamped with a revenue band. The tax on pound packages will cost 0.3128 copeck each (one copeck equals about % of a cent). The tax is not heavy, yet c. account of the great amount of tea drinking in Ru it will produce considerable revenue. The c. sul general says that notwithstanding th yearly increase In the consumption of tea the importations decrease annually. It fs admitted that from 2,170,000 to 0,000 pounds are smuggled in yearly. trong measures are being adopted by the Russian government to prevent the aduiteration which is known to be carrled on. Another reason for the decrease in Importation in the face of increased consumption is the fact that tea is quite extensively produced in Russia and an analysis of it shows it to be a very good quality. e S REPUDIATES SIXTEEN TO ONE, Inqlanapolis Journal: Senator Blackburn of Kentiicky is not as handsome as he was be- fore he made his defiant declaration in favor of free silver, but he knows more. During the period of his retirement to private life he will have leisure to reflect on the folly of going off half cocked in politics. Louisville Courier-Journal: The results of the district and county conventions to name delegates to the state convention in- dicate, what was foreshadowed by the Win- chester conventlon, that the democrats of Kentucky will not commit the folly of placing a free silver plank in their state platform The uninstructed delegates, together with those instructed for sound money, will shape the policy of the convention. The delegates instructed for free silver are in a decides minority. Kansas City Star: There is an indication in this result that the people are still with Mr. Cleveland. The fight for free silver has involved the denunciation of the financial policy of the national administration. The de- feat of the men who have turned their backs on the leader of the party means that the people have not followed the defection of the politicians. The president and Secretary Carlisle, therefore, have a double reason for feeling ' gratified over the news from Kentucky. Chicago Times-Herald: Kentucky, the eld- est daughter of the union, where first was seel the star of empire In its westward course, true to its traditions of sound gov- ernment, has turned and broken the tide of the free silver movement. There, in a con- test openly and legitimately made, where the question was an issue, the democratic party of Kentucky has declared for honest money. The state of Henry Clay, of John J. Critten- den, of James Guthrie, of Joseph H. Holt and of George D. Prentice could hardly have done otherwise. Herein is the beginuing of the end. Minneapolis Tribune: The Carlisle triumph 1s significant and demonstrates the intrinsic ness of the silver herecy when It Is boldly met and combated. Before Carlisle took the stump it looked as if the Kentucky democracy had gonme into the silver camp, horse, foot and dragoon. Senator Blackburn was so dead sure that that was the winning side that he climbed down off the fence with alacrity and became one of the most extreme and radical of the cheap money advocates. But it required only halt a dozen speeches from Secretary Carlisle to put an_entirely different face wpon affairs. Mr. Carlisle’s speeches were extremely able; they were bold and uncompromising, proposing no half way measures, attempting no straddle, but taking position squarely in favor of a goid standard, against the free coinage of silver at any ratio, and for the full maintenance of the public faith and credit. Herein is a good hint to republican leaders In other states. It shows what can be accomplished by courage and directness, Don’t worry us. hot day. linen, as well. much to one’s hot weather. tically unlimited. back. Thermometer If the down we can keep you warm, and if it shoots up beyond the bounds of reason, we have scasonable and appropriate gar= ments for the occasion. BROWNING, KING Reliable Clothiers, S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas. JUNE BREEZES. Thero was a cold, fce ecream and angel cake solemnity at fhe cholr soclal, which the minister “Why," he excl culded geal, heerily sought to ' bania aimed, in a moment of mis- why I8 the modern woman ike a locomotive?" “Give it up.” “Des cause,” he continued, moving deliberatel toward the door, “she is a thing of puffs and pants. Phat made DId his fut told him & he jlst now Philadelphin Record Mulligan fall off de shiip? Reilly—It did joka an hour ago, tumbled. Casey indder? ot. Ol sure an’ Cleveland Plaln-Dealer: — “And Into a debate with the tenderfoot “Yes." “How long did it last?’ ten seconds. 1 was a little drawin't” you gof Iibug 7" " Rout slow in Detrolt T'ree Pross you want a saloon pa Colonel Winterblossom Well, 1 should say 1 did pose 1 would go any other Philadelphia Times: Possibly the only where coming out on top doesn’t frply mph 1 that of the bald-headed man. 1t Steamship Clork—~Do age ? (from Kentucky— You didn't supe way, did you? bettor to o avold many explanations than to be obliged ago Timos-Herald 18 to make one. Chicago Record: Young Man—I hoar tha you are becoming convalescent, Mme, Nurich. Mme. Nurich—What a story! The fact is I'm gettin' a heap better. Cleveland Plain-Dealer: “There goes bathing suet that won't shrink,” ohser Alex Smart, as the fat man waddicd the lake. Indianapolls nal; “Say,” sald the deputy, 1 put No. 711 on the treadmill elght hours ago as a punishment, and Pl dinged If he ain't goin €ald the prison warden, "Didn’t you know that * was sent here for bieyele steals That sort of thing Is right in his on Jist as chipper TIRED FEELING. Chicago Times-Herald. Long they lingered by the gateway, the garden—ho and she. was tall and stralght and stately, THA" She was lovely as could be Pale his face almost to wanness, As nhe kissed and kissed her still, And the oneness of their goneness Was a sight to make men Il S - HE INJUNCTION. Chicago News. In this age of swift progression we have com the possession Of a remedy for every earthly Il This celebrated unction is called by law tnjunction, And to get it you have but to file a bill. It requires no erudition, for a whimsical physician Or a justice of the peace who's lost his drag May to chancery hie and p court will quickly lay And the other fellow run: it, where the it, agalnst a snag, It will stop a court from ruling, 'twill pro- vent a race track pooling, And there's scarcely any nulsance ‘twon't abate; And the novel range of functions of thes junctions very rapld rate. versatile Is expanding at a Soon fond parents will be sulng out in, ‘gainst the wooing Qaughters by rrational ir men, And in time the young courts may throw it o'er the early springtime poet And prevent the vapid splutter of his pen. And it is not inconsistent to predict the time not distant When_ injunctions will set everything to rights; We'll_enjoin tho fell bacteria, that are puzzling the ma Medica, to stop obscuring ancient lights. A SPECIAL FEATURE. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE Commencing Sunday next The Bee will reprint in its Sunday edition a series of extracts from the book written by George B. Roberts, entitled *Coin at School In Finance. This book is at- tracting as much if not more attention than Harvey's “Coin's School of Finance.” It meets Coin on his own ground and is without question the best exposure of free silver fallacies that has vet appeared. The book is altogether non-partisan and has received endorse- ments from leading men of all parties. Senator Gear of lowa, for example, writes to W. B. Conkey of Chicago, the publisher: “I have read ‘Coin at School in Finance’ through twice with eat interest. It is a contribution to the education of the people who are in- quiring Into this question that is of great value. It has clearly shown the fallacies of Mr. Harvey, set up in his book.” The extr which The Bee will print will appear Sundays for five consecu- tive weeks and will, when taken to- gether, give the substance of the entire work. They will be coplously illustrated with reproductions of the original pic- tures. No one who wants to be in- formed on the silver question can afford to miss the opportunity of read- ing this work which The Sunday Bee will present. It will be a feature for readers of all classes. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BER DON'T MISS IT. mercury goes A mohair coat and vest are fine for a We have them in silk and White vests are not as cool as they look, but they add very good appearance—in Our variety of these garments is prac- Your money’s worth or we'll trade