Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 9, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAMA DAILY BEIL: TUESDAY, BUSSRRa 1 SL B — L LLURCE L THEC AL S (L L JULY 9, 1895. THE OMAHA DAILY e e B. ROSEWATER, EDFTOR. enteg et ey VERY MORNING, M8 OF RUDSCRIPTION. Dally ftes (Without Sunds One Year Dally Bea und Sunday, One Year, Bix Months ......... ‘. Three M. Bunday Bee, Ona Venr Buturduy_Iee, Ono ¥, Weeki; Dee, One Year. OFIIC Omaha, The e Bu v Llk., Corner N Counell Duffs, 12 Peart Btroot Chicagy Office, 217 Chamber of Commeree. New York Hegms, 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Buk Washington, 107 1 Street COnR AN commi| torial niatter sl BUSINESS All bustncss tott addressed 0 Th Omaha. Drafts, chocks e madn yayabie i0 the ot THE BEE 10 00 A 2Uth Sts, 8 N. news and edi. LETTER: o should he Company, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Georgs 11 P f The Ties Dube Hshing company. duly . eaye that the actual numbar of fall and compiste coptes of the Daiiy, Morning, Evening and Sunday Beo printed during the month of May, 159 Tollows: L 48,000 110,004 L 1m0 18,510 L2010 19,035 10,01 19,064 1912 L 19088 deduciions for un coples .. 2 Dally average i B TZSCHUCK. ribed in my pros- GEORGE to before R ey . Notary Publie. Labor day s the next general public | holiday. Nebenska 1s no place for the operation of fraudulent insurance companies. The Nebraska farmer who planted beets this year for the first time will soon realize what 8 good stroke he made. By the way, how many bl wned for taxation by the who have just completed their g roundus cles were SeSSOrS nnual —_—— Thankful for small favors—the retir- ing secretaries of the State Board of Pransportation draw their salaries until October next. Secret Morton will be allowed to indulge his financial advice if he will only see to it that the promised corn crop I8 properly harvested. The famous fifteen puzzle is not a marker to the muddle into which the penitentiary deal has been involved quite unforseen by the principals. o The teacher who has not been able to go to the great convention at Denver will still be kept informed of the pro- ceedings of the assembled pedagogues in the columns of The Bee. The state auditor stubbornly refuses to deliver the Dorgan warrant although the attorney general has glven an opinion that he may do so if he will. But Churchill is not on Moore’ ofiicial bond. The court bailiffts have not yet pub liely announced their judicial slate which the fall convention is to blindly ratify. They will await the action of the bench on the validity of the new police commission law. Why should the taxes be canceled on the old Cozzens house simply because it 'has been rented at a nominal sum for a theological seminary? If the seminary should take rooms in the New York Life building would the proprietors be justi- fled in asking remission of taxes? Dorgan is quite willing to make de- ductions from his award of $33,408.90 for the materials which his wards have since consumed. His anxicty to make this sacrifice must confirm the impres- sion that he was not coming out of the small end under the original appraise- ment. “Corn was never in better condition.” This is the report that is coming in from almost every part of Nebraska. It is giving promise of one of the big- gest corn crops the state has ever seen. One successful corn erop will make peo- ple forget even the possibility of drouth. Omahn theater goers will be pleasea to know that Omaha the coming sea- son is to have a much higher standard of attractions than heretofore. It is due not only to brightening prospects for good business, but to vigorous local competition between two first ¢l play houses. South Omaha, notwithstanding the re- duced tax valuation, proposes also to reduce the tax rate for the coming year, If the city authorities will also carry on the government within the reduced revenue and avold another overlap they will manifest a spirit of economy that the taxpayers will appreciate. Secretary of State Hinrichsen, who made himself quite notorious as the chief promoter of the recent free silver convention of Illinois, may possibly resurrect himself from the oblivion iuto which he has fallen in time to partici pate in the next contest for control of the Ilinols demoeratic state convention. The Bee pleads guilty to the charge that it has in the past aided in the clection of many republicen candi- dates for office, That fact does not disqualify it from now protesting against the making of slates In star chamber session which party conventi wre expected to blindly swallow as a mere matter of form. Several prominent party leaders have lately cxpressed themselves as confi- dent that President Clevelund could have a nomination for a third term if he would only say the word. Mr, Clezeland apparently does not share this confidence. Before he annouuces his readiness to run again he wants more positive assurance not only of the pos- sibility of nomination, but also of the Ppossibility of success after nomination. gag \ . | avallability of its stanc THE 10WA REFUBLICANS, The Town republienn state conven- tion will meet at Des Moines tomor- Venezuela controversy does not present an altogether similar case, but even as to that it woukl be necessary to strain row to nominate eandidates for gov- | the Monroe dectrine somewhat severely | ernor and other state ofticers. There jarc Lalf a dozen pronounced pirants for the gubernatorial nomi- nation, that there I8 promlise jof a lively contest in the con- vention, with evem a possibility some one not yet mentioned will be se- {lected. There are two or th popu- flar and avallable men among those i « mames are likely to be presented {to the convention, either of whom | would undoubtedly command the full | strongth of the party and be elected by la good majority. There need be no | apprehension that the convention will iml to nominate a man worthy to be | | s- 80 the standard bearer of the Every delegate, it is to be presumed, wil! lize the importance of a deader this year, immediately pre ceding the presidential contest, who will infuse the party with zeal and en thusiasm and place Towa in as strong a position as she las ever occupled among republican states, Perhaps almost any vepublican can be elected, hut thi not warrant earelessness or indifference in the fon of a eandidate. Be- | canse conditions favor repub- i ‘Iwhn\yld e less solicitous regarding the havacter, the qualifications and the wd bea On the contrary, it quite as essential under such cireumstances as when the conditions are less favorable that it should select its best and strongest { man—one who will not enly rally to | hiis support the full strength of his own party, but will draw from the of the opposition. There is no danger of too large a republican majority. Not less important than the selection of good enndidates is the duty of the [ convention to clearly and unequivo- liy declare the position of the party [on® the live issucs and especially on | the eurrency question. It is not doubted that the great majority of the repub- licans of Iowa are opposed to the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. They believe, as practically all republicans do, in bimetallism—the concurrent use of gold and silve s money, under con- ditions which will maintain thejr par ity. This Dbelng the convention should in the platform plainly proclaim the attitude of the party, so that there can be no doubt or question of its op- position to the free coinage of silver as (hat proposition is now presented. There is nothing to be gained by treat- ing this question in any other than an absolutely clear and straightforward way. There is no middle ground those who believe that the debasement of the cwrrency through the free coin age of silver would result in imme urable disaster to the countr, The friends of a sound currency can offer no compromise that will give the slightest countenance to policy the central idea of which is repudiation. The republicans of Iowa will not only strengthen the by speaking plainly on this issue, but they will set a wholesome example to the repub- licans of other states. All the indica- tions are that the free silver sentiment is on the decline. It is losing ground everywhere outside of the silver pro- ducing states and even in it i manifesting less aggressiveness than formerly. Reviving busine: and re- turning prosperity are refuting the fal- lacies of the free silver advoentes and furnishing the most forceful and con- vincing of arguments for the mainte- nance of our sound monetary stenn, doe: | selod all the is 50, a those mistake by speaking strongly and fearlessly nd ble currency. STRAINING THE DOCTRINE. It appears that the controversy be- tween France and Brazil regarding the elaim of each to certain territory has assumed a somewhat serious ph an avmed conflict having taken place between French soldiers and Brazilians, and it is reported from Washington that the IFreneh government has demanded redress, whi'e the congress of has passed a vesolution sharply ealling for an explanation from France, It seems that this boundary dispute has been standing for a period antedating the founding of the American union 1d arose while Brazil was a colony of Portugal. Notice was taken of it, it is said, in the treaty of Utrecht, which was made in 1713, and again in the treaty of Amiens, made in 1802, A Washington dispateh suggests that the revival of the contro y in a somewhat aggravated form may call for the attention of the United States, for the reason that the Monroe doctrine applies as much to this case as to the boundary controversy between Great Britain and Venezuela. This strikingly llustrates the tendency to strain the application of the policy enun- ciated by President Monroe in 1823, more than a centw after the boundary dispute between France and zil avose, and also s show how greatly that doctrine is misunder- stood. Po say that a principle or policy declared by the United States seventy-two years ago applies to a con troversy started than a hundred years before in regard to territory this hemisphere elaimed by two Euro pean powe manifestly Moreover, it shows an utter misconcep tion of the real spirit and purpose of the Monroe doctrine. Properly inter. preted, that doctrine cou'd only be in voked in behalf of Venezuela or Brazil in the event of Great Britain or France out for clearly, a sound MONROY Bt serves to more spectively more territory than is now in dispute. Certainly, if Brazil, while a monarchy, had engaged in a war with I over this boundary controversy the United States would have observed an absolutely neutral position. Nobody would have thought of inte nee on our part because of the Monroe doc trine. The fact that Brazil is now a republie does not in the least change our relations to this auncient dispute, nor could we with any show of justi- fon take a part in it so long as France coufined her efforts to holding the territory she bas claimed and oc cupled during all these years. The for | The republicans of Iowa can make no | Brazil | absurd, | that | party. | having | way N success is no reason why the party | ranks | | file agy attempting to seize from those countries | | sn In order to make it apply. In the efforts made by our government induce the British government to sub- mit this issue to arbitration we do not remember that the Monroe doctrine has ever been referred to as warranting any interference on our part, although it has perbaps been assumed by the British government that the interest w have manifested in the matter was by way of upholding this doctrine. The growing tendency to strain the application of the eminently wise and sound principle enunciated by President Monroe and to invoke it in every ease of controversy or difficulty between a Suropean government and an Amer can state needs to be corrected. Other wise it may lead the country into s ous trouble. Could those who are dis- posed to give the widest possible ap- plication to the doctrine have had their there might have been a disturb of friendly relations with Great Britain over the Niearagna incident, and a difficulty of that nature is liable to happen at any time, ance RECRGANI 141 POLICE At no time since Omaha has boasted a metropolitan police has the force been as badly disorganized as it was during the past six months. Torn up by po- litical contention and sectarian agita tion, and completely demoralized by corrupt practices, its efficiency was solutely destroyed. Discipline and re spect for authority had disappeared and plots and conspiracies were being eon- stantly hatched among the rank and inst each other as well as against members of the police commission. Chief Seavey had become Impotent because he was handieapped by his own short- comings, e had proved himself a good drillmaster, but lacked the essen- tial elements of an efficient police officer. In a word, he had outlived his usefulness as chief when such ren as Haze could openly defy his authority. The work of police reorganization would doubtless have begun months ago had it not been for the howlin dervish faction of the A. P. A's, who masqueraded as reformers while con- spiring to turn the police force into a sectarvian politicnl machine. Fad they been inspired by honest motives they would have laid their complaints befor Governor Crounse and secured at I hands the removal of any police com- missioner who was not doing his full duty They could have achieved the result by addressing their pre- grievanees to Governor Hol- comb. That was not their purpose, however. At the very moment when the Churchill-Russell bill was pending before the legislature the leaders of the gang were bargaining with keepers of lawless resorts to throw the town wide open just so soon as their “friends” came into power on condition that these re- sorts would contribute handsomely to- ward their boodle fund. The ten-dollar per month raise in the salaries of patrolmen which was ingrafted int the charter amend- ment bill wa nothing more nor less than an ingenious device to levy an assessment of $10 per monfh on policemen at the expense of the taxpayers. Had that scheme gone through t howling wonld have been able to draw $1,000 a month from the city treasury toward making tended dervishes | Rome howl. Now that earnestly entered purging the police tency, venality and the patriots who ¢! police reform are terribly wrought up. They do not want reform that puts an end to blackmailing and indecent con- duet and restricts police officers to the performance of police duty. They de- nounce, behind barred doors, the selec- tion of a competent and fearless chief by the commission and the-dismissal of the men who have been plotting and conspiring to turn the police into a po litical machine. 1f there any well- grounded grievance, why these star- chamber conferences? TIs not every question of public concern a matter for publie discnssion? Every eitizen and taxpayer is interested in taking the po- lice force out of polities and in im- proving its efficiency. If any set of men honestly desire police reform or have any gri e to air against the com- missioners, why should they decline to take the publie into their confidence and discuss the matter in broad day- light? the police commission has upon the task of force of incompe: corrupt methods, meved so loudly for The Iowa State Board of Health is snid to have adopted a rule that no physicians’ diplomas be recognized un- less issued Dy a medical college of not less than five years standing. The in- tent behind such a rule may be pe fectly laudable, but the result is practi- eally to put an end to the establishment of new medical eolleges. No such in- |stitution can start with five years' stand- | ing \d no such institution can a five years' standing while its ates and students are deprived opportunity to make use of the advan- tages within their reach. A may per- haps too many medical colleg already, but it cannot have any new wedical colleges so long as this great rule is enforeed. secure gradu- of the Tow s The ward heeler is the bane of city politic Most of the curbstone strik ers have succeeded in getting into the A. . A, and are now practically in control of the order. Any one of them will sell bis sufirage for $10 to any or all eandidates, Many of them stantly report at Iroad headquarters and carry out instructions received there. No self-respecting republican an permit this class of eattle to pick adidates and manipulate party cau cuses and convention: With such men in position #o control party policy in this city and county there is no possi- of gecuring able and conscien- tious men for public office, They must be relegated to the rear, con- that Sam Macleod appointed superintendent repairs on the Deaf and Dumb insti Mr. Churchill s was not Ly of tute building, but admits that he was given written anthority to take charg: of the work aud discharge the men to | ! Joying. employed there:- This Is a distinction without a difference, The ehangd i fie head of the weather bureau has notiliad any Injurious effect on the weather'which Nebraska is en- All'that can be expected of the new .wedfligh man Is that he keep fup the good xecord of the past month or more, a0 10 Integeity S tove Pacty. paga) Times-Herald, Few men are of, Jess value to a party than those who endofse its errors alike with its worthy aims, oS- Puallman Jons the Procession, Detroit Free Press, It has become a voritable contagion. New the Puilman Car company has made an ad- vance of 10 per cent in wages and 4,000 men are made happy, to say nothing of those de- pendent upon them. The tide of prosperity Is as it goes, and there is no human possibility of stopping it. Shovld o itelped O Indianapolis New When a public officer has no sense or ap- preciation of the dignities or even decencies which by eommon consent attach to his place, it is of corse would feel the Impropriety of remaining in the offica which he fails to honor. But he ought to be promptly removed. - - I Case of Marble Heart. W Clty Star, In epite of the cfforts of the Constitution tho people of Atlanta seem to have treated Mr. Bryan rather shabbly, and this despite the t that the state of Georgia has been represented as actually rocking for free sil. Mr. Dryan had been encouraged to exact a small admission fee, and there is where he made a mistake, show is the slogan Ka ol 1 5 B Crvon's Demoeracy, Kansas City Star, Mr. Bryan's declaration of prine ples for nest year as promulgated at Bir- minghem: “Ncthing in_heaven above, nor on the earih, nor in hell beneath, could make me support a gold standard didate on a #old standarl platform.” Mr. Bryan is the gentleman who took such violent umbrage at the suggestion that he would not be found with his party at all times. S ol The Gospot of Honest Money. Chicago Times-Herald, It is a significant fact in connection with the filmy currency vagaries recently mulgated by ex-Governor Boles that a recent po.l of the newspapers of the state of lowa ghows that all the democratic papers with exception of two are unequivecally and unaiterably opposed to the free silver 16 to 1 colnage. With nearly all the papers in the state proclaiming the gospel of honest money, Towa can bo depended upon to materi- ally strengthen the national sentiment in favor of a sound currency, and her voice This is Wil he'p to sound the tocsin of alarm over | the spread cf the free silver fallacy and stubbe 1 tide of noisy flatism. ——— Vlonal Bimeratitam, Philadelphia Ledger, The Gorman and French bimetallists, it is said, favor international bimetallism, at a fixed ratio, to ba determtned m iany, France, Great Britain and fed States, and they profess to have expectatic tiat Mr. Balfour's acces- slon to office In‘Great Britain will be of ma- terial assistance; Toove i no Indleation what- af, Great Britaln wiil recede from the goll standard. Recept monetary conferences have accomplishial nothing, and an interna- tlonal agreement apjears to be as far off as ever, Mhe free silverit in the United States recognize thiz, and even denounce the propo- tion for an’ inferngtional conference os a scheme of the “gold bugs” to kill time. They 2130 demand that this country shall adopt sil- ver monometallism, regardless of what other vations may dei- Fertunately, the campaign of education and, the-betterment of the have wardel off that danger. Inter Vic'ous Crim'nal Laws, Chicago Times-Herald, The mad stiuggle of 7,000 or 8,000 people to obtain a glimpse of the coffin in which re- posed the remains of Dr. Buchanan after ba- ing preparad for burial was unspeakably dis- greceful, but human nature, in New York at least, seems to have reached even a lower depth than that. it was actually proposed to dramatizo tie story of the poisoner's in- famous life, an to repeat on the stage, until popular curlosity was satiated, those tragical scenes which for nearly three years have been kept bafore the public eye. Happily, by the intervention of Mrs. Bu chan:n, this shame has been prevented and the playwright has been enjoined. The blame for all these discreditable pro- ceedings may be traced directly to the lax criminal ystem of New York, which suflers as e lawyers to interpose all sorts of technical objections and to befog the issues with collateral and irrelevant matters during the triel of the case. So long as a criminal has money he is not without hope. e 10WA PRESS COMMENT, Cedar Rapids Gazette: One trouble with the supporters of General Drake is that some of them appear to think no other man is en- titled to the office of governor, and just what Drake has done to deserve the distinction they fail to note. He is uot the only old soldier. Other men have given money to found ‘schools. But perhaps their enthusi- asm may be accounted for from the fact that 10 other railway president is a candidate. 2stherville Democrat: So far as the dele- gates to the republican state convention have becn chosen it is plainly evident that the prohibition wing of the party is very active and have thus far been able to con- trol a majority of the county conventions and have sclected delegates ~ favorable Drake and Harlan, two of the old time hibitionists. It lcoks as though the question would cut a wide swath in Iowa politics this year, Dubuque Telegraph: Tobias Castor, demo- cratic national committeeman for Nebraska, has written a letter urging Secretaries Mor ton and Carlisle to attend the state con- vention to be held September 5 and address the delegates. If the secretaries consent, thelr reward will be a rebuke. Regardless of who may address it in behalf of gold mono- metallism, the convention will declare for free silver coinage. William J. Bryan is a citizen of Nebraska, and that+state is not Kentucky. Sioux City Times: A certain paper having suggested that ex-Governor Bofes in his series of involved silver letters was making a bid for the presiden Des Moines Leader promptly denounc suggestion as an “unworthy slur on a an whom the Towa democracy In honoring has honored itself.” The Leader also observes, Incidentally, that, while “it Is too e discuss the campaign of 1896,” it s certain “IF the time geends Hropitious” and ex-Goy- ernor Boies “will gfve consent,” there will be no division of ‘sbntiment among lowa democrats—that the ‘ehthusiasm in behalf of the “‘grand old man'' ‘will rival that of 1892 Des Moines Leddferf One of the most in- teresting studies frd’ the figures of the state census is in the wmatiar of the growth of the cities and towns. The decreases, where there have been decreasgyia popwlation have been almost invariably in rural districts. Generalnly speaking, the generalization s safe that ex- cept in a few of the newer counties, the growth has beenn the cities and towns, while the rural popWation has practically re mained unchanged. the county of Polk, for instance, the city§has been drawn from the country, so that aVMarge proportion of the outside townships show lation. lowa is becoming less a rural and more an urban community, and the devel- opment in this direction will increase. It is pretty certaln now that the larger cities of the state will rank in this order Des Moines, Dubuqug, Davenport, Sioux City, Burlongton; Dubuque and Davenport by good gains, having stepped ahead of Sioux City in the last five years. democratic °3 the decreases of popu- | and still kept within the limits of truth. too much to expect that he | Free silver and a free | | bloodshed. pro- | by an agrec- | mes | | Ing figures of the Madonna and saints. | netism to | THE RETIREMENT OF GLADSTONE. ' wA Chicag Record: The great secret of Glad- stone’s wonderful success as a public man les in the fact that the people have faith in him. Whatever his enemios may say--and they say many bitter things—tie fact remains that the people of England belleve in him as a man. Above and beyond all his brilliant qualities of mind is his sterling mauhood, which the people not only of England but of the whole civilized world fook upon with something more than admiration, Chicago Inter Ocean: Mr. Gladstone is right in clalming for the nineteenth century unexampled progress in the matter of fran chises of the people. This is true of Great Britain and of the world at large, more cially of our country. It is also true of the British reforms that the overwhelming pro- portion of them weres effected by the liberal party, as Mr. Gladstone asserts in his Mid- lothian letter. e might have gone further The liberals have not opposed any of them, and the opposition party has never initlated any of them Philadelphia Ledger: Mr. Gladstone during his sixty-three years of political and official life changed his opinions. Until the death of Peel, In 1850, he was a conservative. After that year he was a reformer and a liberal, He receded from his exireme views with re- spect to tho church, as set forth in his first hook, in which he held, among other things, that government must keep disscnters out of all share in government. He changed front in respect to Jewish emancipation, Irish church reforms, the release of negro slaves and other burning questions of the past. Ths is the courage which marks the highest statesmanship. New York World: that has passed since In less than the time Mr. Gladstone's birth | the radical jdeas of the rights of man which were denounced as devilish during the French revolution have been accepted and put in force by the leading countries of the world Far as the world is from perfect government, unequal as are present conditions, Mr. Glad- stone in his life has seen the greatest poli ical revolution which ever took place in hi tory. It was rather an evolution than a revo lution, for It has not been gencrally attended by any great soclal convulsion, and except in America it has not heen characterized by In his farewell to politics Mr. Gladstone has a right to dwell with satisfac- tion on the progress of Hberty during his lifetime. - Few men have done more for the freedom of Burope than he. Chicago Times-Herald: own part in the ac! Mr. Gladstone's evements of the liberal party for progress is monumental. Tory in his youth, like Pee he reluctantly, not eagerly, abandoned traditions to which he was born, and devoted his versatile talents and marvelous energy for nearly half a cen- tury to the good of his fellow men according to his light. Unlike Peel, who was forced to change his convictions, or at least his pol- fcy, as the only means of retaining office, Mr. Gladstone has always resigned place rather than compromise his convictions, and the prostration of the liberal party since his undoubtedly forced reslgnation to make way for a peer premier furnishes little ground for hope that in the approaching general elec- tion, from which his formidable personal in- fluence is to be effaced, the principles for which he did heroic battle will find compe- tent leadership. — . AL AND OTHERWISE. Three large rooms were needed to hold all the 80th birthday presents recently given to Bismarck. Gladstone sald recently that he was too old to have an opinion on the new woman al woman has not altered in the la core years and ten.” The conductor who ran the first train be- tween Boston and Worcester, Mass., on July 4, 1835, s still living. His name is T. H. Tucker, and his home Melrose, Mass. The festivities at Kiel gave the hotel keepers a harvest. As much as $10 was charged for a night's lodging in small rooms in tho third and fourth rate hotels of the town. William Carroll, a Brooklyn man, declares his belie? that the world is getting better. He onght to be good authority, for he is now 107 years old and very vigorous in mind for one of his years. It is a singular coincidence that James R. Garfleld, who was nominated for state sena- tor in Ohio on Tuesday, received this, his first political honor, on”the anniversary of the day on which his father was shot by Guiteau. Since the earthquake in Florence there is hardly a street in the ancient town that does not contain one or more lighted shrines hold- In some streets there are as many as four or five of these shrines, with garlands of ever- greens and flowers around them and rows of burning candles before the images. Martinus Sieveking, the Dutch pianist, is descended from an old aristocratic family, which dates ite ancestry back to the fifteenth century. From his earliest infancy he dis- played characteristics indicative of his future career. He is a man of magnetic tempera- ment and striking personality, being over six feet in height and magnificently proportioned. The late General Green Clay Smith was a man of plain, blunt speech, but he had the qualities that make a typical Ken- tuckian 5o attractive and agreeable a companion—tact, great personal mag: and the disposition nd ability to tell a good story. Whiie he was in con- gress he was presented with a gold-headed cane by his colleagues as the handsomest man and ablest speaker in that body. Now this is a burglar that is a burglar. Instead of sneaking into a New York lodg- ing house, according to the manner of most of his kind, he boldly entered the door, tramped heavily up the stairs, making such a row that all the boarders in the house thought he was one of themselves, entered an apartment of an absent one, lighted the gas, made a selection of what goods suited him best, stamped downstairs again and departed, slamiming the door after him. Mgr. Capel is going (o establish an ideal community In the Sacramento valley, where he has a big ranch. On one part of the land a space will be set aside for an agricul- toral college. This institution will be the monsignor’s especial care. It is his earnest purpose to educate those people in California agriculture, of which he has made a close study during his residence in California. It may be necessary to carry these settlers for the first year before they begin to get a return for their crops, but that very impor- tant point the monsignor hopes to provide for. PERSO. ————— m as a Western Prophet. New York World. It appears from the dispatches that Secre- tary Morton's objection to the late chief of the Weather bureau was “too much sclence.” 1f Mr. Morton is correctly represented he has no confidence in scientific weather pred ctions, but thinks that a Nebraska farmer with the rheumatism in the shoulder is a more reliable weather prophet than Prof. Harrington or any other sclentific predicter. This s probably true. Indeed, there Is no risk in saying it is undoubtedly true. Rheu matism which has reached the proper stag is the best possible weather indicator, and it is to all intents and purposes unerring if it has become chronic in the 11ght shouider. A man who has had rheumatism in the right shoulder for three years is only surpassed as a weather prophet by one who has it in both the right shoulder and les. Such a one can double discount tha entire signal service aud win_eastly. Still science has its uses. Nebraska rheu- matism has a range of only about fifty miles as a weather indicator. It Is superior to science only in the case of local rains. It is useless for cyclones, and It only indicates clear weather by a feeling of exhilaration which is always unreliable, and especially so in the case of prohibition families who keep a ug. ; Gver and above all this, it s not every one who can afford to have the rheumatism in the shoulder. Rheumat Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Rl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE T HELP FROM UNCLE SAM Eervices of this Country in Great Demand | as an Arbitrator, MADAGASCAR LOOKS TO UNITED STATES‘ trong Freasare Wil Be Nroaght Upon Congress to Interfore In the War Between France and the Na« tive Government. WASHINGTON, July 8.—Documents re- ceived here by public men, including many | members of congress, indicate that strong pressure will probably be brought to bear to lnduce the United States to interfere o so- cure the settlement by arbitration of the dis- pute between France and the native govern- ment of Madagascar, These papers originate in Madagascar and the most recent of them bears the date of May 12. They come to Wasbington under English postmark, showlng that they have been forwarded from that country under cover to secure their delivery in America, although at the risk of much time. They are arguments intended to show that the nited State and Great Britain should interfere jo ly, but if Great Britain refuses to act that this country should act independently in the matter. The argument proceeds upon the ground that the question Involved is the right of France to cxercise a protectorate over Madagascar, NOT QUITE SO BROAD AS REPORTED Uptional with Bishops Whether Fast Day Aro Suspended. WASHINGTON, July 8.—From authoritat sources it is learned that a recent papal de cree ordered priests to absolve poor people and the working classes from the usual ob- servation of fasting. It appears that such a decree was made, al- though it differs in some respects from that stated by Father Ducey. It does not diveetly do away with the rule being observed, but empowers the bishops to modify the regula- tions when they consider it desirablo. In doing 50 the bishops may suspend the obli- gations ® to individuals or to all those within a diocese coming under the conditions of suspension, which applies only to those doing hard manual or mental work. The ob- ligation of Friday fasting is retained, how- ever, as to all classe both in Lent and at other times. The bishops are empowered to suspend the fasting for people doing hard manual or mental work on holy days of, obli- gation, such as are observed by the church calendar and during the days of Le2., except for other designated days. RAILROADS WANT TO AVOID THE LAW Delay in Putting tho Safety Coupler Fn- actments in Fore WASHINGTON, July $.—The Loulsville, New Albany & Chicago and Pittsburg, She- nango & Western rallroad companies have pe- titioned the Interstate Commerce commission for an extension of time in which to comply with the act of March 2, 1893, providing for the compulsory equipment of freight cars with grabirone, nandholds and standard draw bars. The former asks an extension until June, 1896, and the latter until October 1, 1895, The roads cumposing the Atlantic coast line system have also petitioned the Interstate Commerce commission for an indefinite exten- sion of time in which to equip with grabirons and handholds, under the act of March 3, 1893, certain cars described in the petition as logging cars of peculiar deslgn. The com- mission has set July 22 as the day for hearing the petitions. Looking Over Locations for Army Post WASHINGTON, July 8.—It Is understood at the War department that both Secretary Lamont and General Schofield have made an inspection with a view to the selection of a military post on Puget sound. The secretary looked over the ground selected for the post at Spokane, which was authorized in the mil itary appropriation bill. This post cannot be established without an order from the see- retary. This is also true of the post on Puget sound. General Schofield is known to favor a post on the sound, and he stopped at Tacoma today with a view to making an ob- servation of the advantages offered for such a post. Seattle is also anxious for the post, and considerable rivalry exlsts. Secretary Lamont also has discretionary power as to the location of this post, and previous to his western trip he was not very much disposed to incur the expense of the new post in the Pacific northwest this year. Papors in the Stanford Case Kecelved. WASHINGTON, July 8.—Attorney General Harmon today received a letter from Special Attorney McKissick at San Francisco, trans- mitting a copy of the recent decision of Judge Ross in the sult of the government to re- cover about $15,000,000 from the Stanford es- tate. Mr. McKissick is of the opinion that the court erred In Its decision, and states the reasons for his bellef. He says that if he is not instructed to the contrary, he will take an appeal to the United States court of appeals for the Pacific coast circuit. Al- though the attorney general has not yet given any specific instructions, there is no reason to doubt that he will direct that the appeal be taken, pesaumentl) TOLD TO AMUSE, Indtanapolts Journal penses a great deal of “What do you mean lnply that she I8 always saying sous things in a sweet wa St. Louls Republic: She these Itte suppers quite oxpensive? He-—Yes; but they're not halt so dear as you are, ‘That woman dige oclal lemonnde.” Aren't L. "Won't you please take off your S that I can see the play 2, 8 1t you'll stop talking to your escdre 0 that I can hear it ew York Recorder corpal Bosh! than a hen. “Yowre mistaken there. There len't & man in the corps who CAn surpass me in proficiency In firing in beors. 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