Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 16, 1895, Page 4

1 THE THE OMAHA DALY BEE. . ROSEWATE e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, DITOR. ENMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Daily Tiee (Withant Sunday), Yenr :.)‘nu;‘ I and Sunday, On . . x Mont $dine Three M Bunday Baturln Weekly Be Omaha, The Tee Buildine . Bouth Omaha, “inger Bl ner N and 3th Sts Counell Tiufrs, 12 Pearl Btrvet Chicago Oflic hamber of Commeree. New York Rosms, 18, 11 and 15, Tribune Bullding Washington, 1407 7 Burect. N. W CORRESPONDEN All eommunications relating to news and ed! torial matter should be adiressed: To the Editor BUSINESS LI s ra and t Jren should be S Pumiehing Company kn am postoffice orders t KA e Pof ihe company be made pay OMPANY T™H BTATEMENT OF George 11, Taschuck it BRE bt PUBLISHING CIRCULATION wecretury of The liee Pub lishing company, being uly sworn, xavs that the actunl homber of full and complete cople Daily, Mort Evening and Sunday | durin the month of May, 159, was ax follow Y TY Y 1 19,004 18,0000 19,016 0 189040 2),18 10’097 19,014 19124 19,174 Lews d e for unsold ‘coptes ek Not salen Daily avera *Sunday TZSCHUCK GEORGE ubscribed in my pres Bworn to before me and @ this 1st day of June. N ary Public the unavailable assets of the Nebraska is one penitentinry ment, cost, $1,501.10; value, —_— S0 long as Judge Scott is the only one to propose his renomination to the bench the subject is not entitled to seri ous consideration. —e The Nebraska farmer who can afford to keep his corn and feed it to stock the coming winter will enjoy large profits next year. about crews and dis- cussing the foot ball prospects of the different college teams. college It is a trifle early for the prosecution of the Towa campaign, but politics will be a-humming in the Hawkeye state be- fore Novewber rolls around. Cattle rastlers still infest the gu'ches and canyons of Keyn Paha county. Phe regulators are in hot pursuit. Noth- ing but regulators that regulate can caus cattle rustler to hy Secretary Carlisle will have the presi dency within his grasp if he can only persuade the Nebraska free silver demo- cratic convention to put up a ticket composed of sound money administra- tion candidates. I the free silver anxious to use the don't they help the sury put the gre silver stored in the t ington into circulation? advocates are Iver dollar, why secretary of the it stock of coined asury at Wash 80 Rev. Mr. Beall Is very much wronght up about the gamblers of Lincoln. Last year he was very it because The Bee declined to support for governor of Nebraska a man who won $000 in cold cash at one sitting at poker. Parliamentary elections will come thick and fast all this week., The elections alveady held, however, indicate the r sult without leaving room for the slight- est doubt. The outcome of the first con- tests can not but have great influence in determining those that follow. Senator Peffer has expressed himself in favor of a new political party. He says the three existing great parties are incapable of accomplishing the reforms demanded by the people. But the pro- posed new party wounld set out under a great handi Peffer does not promise to keep out of it. at deal of the neering is done by the wives and sisters of the candidates for seats in the House of Commons. he Amevican woman has not yet got to this point. Her electionee when- Over in England a gr parliamentary electi ng, ever she does do anything of the kind, | has not got beyond herself as the ob- Jective point. Bootlegger civilization among the Omaha Indians has ever had but one result—murder and death. The killing of George Parker is only one instance In many. The native of Africa cannot stand the civilizing effects of British tanglefoot, nor can Lo on the Omaha reservation with paleface firewater without di 1ts. poor toy The next few weeks are that tell for the corn crop of Nebraska. With favorable weather the farmer will soon be assured of a bountiful return for the labor he has expended upon the cultivation of hi id. In this turning point in the corn crop every person in the state is intensely intervested. Com pletely restored prosperity is almost in sight. the we Fifty thousand people in attend ance upon the Budeavor mecting at Bos- ton! The maguitude of this number can only be appreciated by comparison. A town of 50,000 population is a good sized community and an influx of that many people would swamp most of the citios of the United States, Pifty thousand is twice the effective force of the eatire United States regular arny. The professors in the agricultural col- loges of the United States are to Denver. This Is good so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. A meet fng ought 1o be culled of the pupils of these professors of agriculture and an epumeration wade of thos actually engaged in agricnity It {8 greatly to be feared that taught by the professors of never becoiue furiers. 1 work the boys iculture { serve | o not { was compelled | replenish [ petition goes on increasing at the | mins MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CREDIT. "l‘m. Senator Proctor of Vermont, mueh of a business man than politician, is of the opinion that the re publicans at the coming session of con oxs should puat forth eve cffort to prosers renlit the government, “The “will more of will do so. the senator, assistance to relicve and he thinks they ropublicans,” said ve their any proposition 1o the without thinking too nmuch of They were the prineipal adwministration during in all efforts to pre the eredit of the il 1 think that in the next congress it will be found that republican party has snffered any loss of patriot isn Mr. Proctor admits that it will be uscloss to attempt neral revision of the tariff and he does not think treasury party politics support of the the last con s country an [additional tax on fermented liquors or | of in The only sugges beer would be the best creasing the revenues. tion he had to make was that the sched ules of the tarifl which affect importa tions from Canada need to be changed, though inereases: of duty there would 1ot Iy help the treasury in its present difficulty. It was under the rule of the repub lican party that the national credit was built up to the hi standard it had I tained and standard was means materis this | preserved until a democratic administra tion and Then by of that jorit congress came into power. son of the economice policy party and the fact that a ma of its representatives in congress in favor of a revolutionary change in the monetary system of the country doubt was created respecting the future of the national credit. This was mani fested when last February the treasury to borrow in orde the gold resery Impaired confidence forced the government to | higher rate of inte on its bonds. If it were now to negotiate another loan it is questionable whether it could be floated on as favorable terms as the one, the fact that the revenues the government are steadily running behind the expendi tures and the uncertainty as to the im mediate future tend to impalr the value of government as an invest ment at the low rates of interest that have prevailed. Nobody doubts that ultimately every obligation contracted by the government will he paid to the i1st cent, but if it must on iner ing these obligations, been d since the present administration cani into power, impairment of th credit of the nation is inevitable, i wor to a st necessary st because securities some It i not as strong now as when the repub lican party surrendered control of the government. It must be still further weakened under existing conditions, Democratic policy being responsible for the loss of revenue it is the duty of the demoeratic administration to pro pose practicable and acceptable means of increasing the revenue, and if unable to do this it should be willing to make concession to republican methods, The republican party believes that the needed revenue should and can be ob tained from tariff duties. Republicans renerally believe that the present tariff law ought to be materially changed with a view both to providing more revenue and affording better pro tection to home industries, ot which are now subjected to a very for midable foreign competition. It would be most unreasonable to expect the re publican representatives in congress to disregard the position of the party in this matter and adopt democratie pro- Do which must arily be con trary to republican principles and pol- ie, There will be an easy solution of the problem if the democratic administra tion and the ate democrats shall be disposed to yield something to repub lican demands, and it is they who are responsibie for loss of revenue and con sequent impairment of the government credit, and not the republicans, who should make whatever concessions are necessary some THE GROWING IMPORTS, If a country is enriched by what buys rather than by what it sells, as the free trade contention im plies, the wealth of the United States Is rapidly increasing, for the imports of merchandise are running largely in ex- coss of the exports and the volume of the former is steadily growing. The appraiser at New York has furnished the Times of that city some statistics of fmportations which that paper conspicu- CAly presents that good times have returned and have come to stay. It is learned from these statisties that during the first six months of the current year there has been an inere of about 50 per cent in the importations of silk goods as compared with the cor responding period of last the value of the importation of these goods for the fiest half of this year was ninst $15,000,000 in the first half of 1804, There has also been a large increase in the importations of France, Ger- many and England, and in woolen and cotton Lostery, the appraiser remarkl that the indications are the present sen son's business will be remarkable, Of on all these articles the duties fmposed by the present tarviff are ve it evideuee woolen dress goods from course | much lower than those of the tarif® of | 1890, so that while more of them coming into the American market than under the former tariff law the treas ury is getting less revenue from them. Increased importations of a great many other articles are noted, nearly all of which, of course, come into competition with like artic'es of home manufacture, With an extraordinary demand due to the fact that of goods throughout the had Dbe nearly Awerican manufacturers been enabled to resume production and continue it up to this thwe, even increasing wages and in some cases enlarging their facilities, but the guestion is, how lon can they keep this up if the foreign are stocks countr; come exhausted have com- rate the last few months? With our own in full operation and European tanufacturers pouring their goods into our markets It cannot be a very gr time bofore the supply again outruns the demand, and then there will have 0 be a curtallment of bowe produc who 18 { ment 1 must v [the nmeavy and inereasing Imports { tions, anid while the great body of con | «umers may for a time be benefited by | less than for the previous ye | consideration. thrown out wages reduced. the inevitable result Hor his ot | this sort of thing, in the long run it {eannot be best for the country. Under the operatiou of the present tariff law. which encourages importations, the bal ance of International exchanges is being | turned against us. While our fmports | are growing our exports are declining. For the year ending June 30 last the [ oxports of merehandise wer 000,000 indications are prosent not | favorable to improvement. | trade at present is very unsatisfactory | and with the excessive imports and the | fmmense sums taken abroad by Ameri t onr alrendy heavy in ness to Burope is being rapidly the foreign [ ean teavelers debi | increased. Even adverse has ba other directions, While, therefore, business has improved and the condi- tions appear favorable for a continu |ance of activity and increasing pros perity, the fact that we buying | from abroad a great deal more than we |are selling is one that merits serious It cannot be regarded as an entirely sonnd and healthy condi tion. ances in almost ceased. AMBUSCADE. Mr. Rosewater wrote a letter to himself and signed it Fides. We commend It to every intelligent citizen as the most asinine production that has ever emanated from the den of the “venal vampire.—World-Herald. The manufacture of bogus lette the exclusive provinee of the fake mill. During last year's campalgn severat columns of lettérs from Nebraska re publicans endorsing the action of The Bee in refusing to support the tattooed ecandidate were published over ini The cry w thereupon raised these letters were all fictitious, when The Bee offered to exhibit letters and did exhibit them mittee of three responsible fraud cry subsided The Fides letter is authentic. Any reputable person may examine it at The + editorial rooms—not only this letter but also md letter, with the en velopes in which they were posted. The second “asinine production” is written in the snme disguised handwriting, and signed by the same Fides. While this backeapping patriot retains his mask he discl s himself in his troe light of the Pharisee. He out with the assurance that his first letter was not intended for publication, 1l had no reference to the Citizens' League, He furthermore that his sereed was not dictated by any malice toward The Bee, but v merely a friendly warning that it should not pour its abuse upon a very large and worthy share of Protestant citizen which low and provoking abuse will be resented.” The tender mood of our “friend” is then discarded, and he breaks loose with the following arraignment: It is well enough known that George P. Bemis holds the office of mayor and draws the salary, but that you run It. And It is just as well known that every candidate for office Is expectad by you to submit to your dictum or be disclaimed. You seem to chal- lenge the motives of every one who is acting independently of your motions of what is best and right, and oppose every candidate who is not a friend of The Bee; or, to state the case in the very best light, you give no support to such through your paper. Now, sir, citizens are not bound to endure such proceedings; and longer to truckle to such intolerance cannot be expected. It can be, you are seeking to be equal in au- thority in this community to the Pope of Rome over his subjects. Your inflammatory utterances are receiving just such condemna- tion as they deserve. It i ely probable that such slan- derous vaporings would emanate from the office of The Bee. This compound of malignant slander and cowardly innuendo b the only stock in trade of every boodler and im- Dbecile who has heen exposed or deposed through the instrumentality of The Bee. Nobody denies that many hone#t and reputable citizens have at one time or another been identitied with the A, . A, order. Reputable and honest men have Wt been subjected to any provoking juse, But this class finds itself in a hopeless minority within the active councils of the order. The hoodlum element and the scum of polities, which The Bee has dubbed as the howling dervishes, f d itself to the front and made the ovder odious by reckless raids upon the taxpayers and starchamber conspiracies against honest government. It is decidedly remarkable that the editor of this paper is held responsible for all the mistakes and ill-advised ap- pointments made by Mayor Bemis, and is not credited with any of the mayor's xcellent appointments or with any of his acts by which millions of dollars have been saved to the taxpayers, nor with the frustration of the jobs and fraudulent claims and steals of bood- ling contractors, and downright steals of political barn: . As a matter of | fact, Mayor Bemis is by no means political dummy. He has conferred with his political friends and taken connsel upon matte £ public concern with men whom he knows to have th welfare and interests of Omaha heart. Some of his appointments been forced upon him by couneil ¢ bines against his own judgment, others 1 heen disappointments himself as well as to his fri body certainly can truthfully the editor of The Bee with dictating the appointment of THealth Commissioner Saville, Israel Frank, or for that mat ter anyone connected with the health department. The same applies o doz ppointments made by the mayor within the past four years. The oft-repeated slander that The always opposes men who do not a with the political views of its editor has been exploded time and again. It was disproved in the ank Moores, who for his first election was one of the most pronouneed | opponents of the political policy of The | Bee, As the agent of the Wabash road Iways an aetive member of the faction nd loud-mouthed opponent of Rosewater. But he re- | coived the vigorous support of The Bee { without money, without price and with out promise of political reward. Even ANOTHER S that But the to o com o men, the starts insists sear s been crook, m and to No we ol ens of Bee ree ar, and the | altogether | demand | for our securities, relied upon to settle | is | it | oath on he had 1 , with the politigal frie | lie had, nelther dhefore tion of 18¢ of employ- '(Iuv Inte Sheriff, Bennett admitted under the witness stand er Deen allied in that while any way nds of The Bee, nor after the elee to contribute a dollar for its support or solicited to ant political favors All this is sa)d now, becaw as wel [in the Vg, whe neentrate all ot en our space to tie discu ciples and issucs af s cam, The street raflw would, of course, redu a funeral, 4 cometery would | train were not put on lively demand for a sion to Florence, less pay frrespectiy to Forest Lawn, The the new state fair | near the cometer | ehire. Should put on the ne provide a fun no doubt of event livery | to give up motor has wh of its gener men in well siness. A Wwo despi uizh by funes the last straw, A Matter of Globe-Dem Towa’s republican was worth fighting its November. nom hard A Natneal In Indianapolis When_stree ized at $95,000 a mile while the average of ,600 a mile, the water has been applied early and in liberal quant as th elphia 1 Here is a phr: Morton, “the ve volumes of value.” fond of alliteration We but w to the other members of t Cieveland should lay braska jack-rabbit, and of mouth, Suleide E roit Free the annually suicides, and every day some list. Of late t n the part of theze unfo or more persons with { known, and the Chic | entire family is only | of law, morals ard s | imputse t | | i | ™ | D | Thig s 20 ence o self-destructi terrors that are linked w death. The Indianapolis | Hon. J decorations, silks and valusble services In help! Japan. If any other the assistance of capable fca stands ready to sippl tice. Do not be dlarmed by any of our citizens. gos can be induced to I Overs Philadelphia The increase in e ikt sion and idleness it to explain and remedy when all have work and 1 1aid aside for more profit ness men who have seen ish without any be impressed by the argu maintain that cent silver dollars. The Advance of Chicag Every indication points of trade this coming fall t! for severcl years. In ma ditions resemble those | ening fi It pa to a One sound monetary syste after another mills e up, trade became lively, sion and | prises were entered upon | dustry, low at first, kept | by the close of the year With the activity w presidentia opening of election then fall, and before the close land. Such an era for the signs and peared in 187 | chance o being ference of a I year. Let the politicians not disturb the public good times, by diverting first two autuma morths more than ample for that s manife ortents Nor do and a roaring trade Sound Advic ew Yo The man who for aments to blame if he figures am race is not always to t given once a year that more Amerieans W space of time thando the nation, it is also true‘t Americans lead the’ world terprise, while they dre | trary | be succe: other, and physical sful nd the typical Am Let no man persuade | means time wasted or | Take your ~vm\mr"‘mtl cares and thoughfs Yehi; and desk t fica of his necessary that you position to accept this v | Bood philosophy for the su ass the man who'h health and business will be found am declined an outing when rapid for human Take a vacation. nature, pay even grounds the street essor 30,000 or 40,000 plurality electric raflways are fair Miterative hands A type. fore! the general the country threatens destruction to the free | porters of almost any theory wh change monetary functions of silver are not likely to the salvaticn of this c pends upon the unlimited free coinage of 50- restoration of specie payment, and the om the long business depress succeeded the panic of 1873, was not until the first half of 1879 had 1 that (he impetus caused by the return building commence alert and maving, itzble boom took place in the disappoin & presidential campalgn next? mind, Kk Mail and to aid exhausted is money earned and saved. World in their recreations. labor, should be the relaxation. withowte due regard chief; the leader of the future in New to its editor. it be said at this time as later on m we propose to ergies and devote | ssion of the prin- v funeral frain co the expense of to Prospect Hill it a funeral There is also a motor line exten ieh would doubt of a funeral car + proposed line to will run the Holy Sepul- ear company stub and in there ¢ be ral use. In that uld be compelled ir. The electrie destroyed their train would be lines n WMajority. at ination for for governor 1t will bring next terence. Journal, capital- a late report shows, e steam raflway is inference is that to such properties itie Artist, nquirer. o of Secretary of Agriculture inless viscera of vacuity; vast are not particulari e suggest, in justice he cabinet, that Mr. upon this Ne- muzzle his mobility —— pidemic. Press. recurring period adds to their grew- re seems to be a mania rtunates to take one them to the dark un man who killed his The impotency n dealing wth this on_onl ith the mys! r gets $200,000, foreign ther trifles for his ing China let go of n countries want peacemakers Amei y them on short n at flerce expressions The most savage jin- y aside their desire for blood and push along a peace policy for any country of ggod financial standing. dowed by Prosperitys Record. prosperity of In times of business is easy to find sup undertakes existing evils; but wages, theories are able matters. Busi- the hard times van. whatever in the uments of thosa who untry de- _—— Prosperity. to a_heavier volume han has been known ny respects the con- of 1879, after the wak- n that 'm began to be felt and furnaces opened and railroad exten- W enter- and the hum of in- on increasing until every section of the union was smiling in plenty. 1880 every business and despite the coming on, a ver- ummer and of 1580 an unparal leled era of prosperity spread over the entire stly at hand again, are the same as ap- we want to run the " by the inter- make it short and now intent on it to politics. The will be ample and purpose. Let noth- ing be done fo mar the return of piping times —_—— Genoral Use, Express, that the pace of our business life is a killing one has only himself nong the slain. he swift, and The time nature While it is true ear out in a short people of any other hat this 15 because in industry and en- still behind the Old The greater the the mcre arbi- Neither can for the nerican will rust out almost as quickly €4d# will wear out, you that a vacation opportunities lost. g, leaving business nd ycu. Become a boy again for a manth) for a week or even for a day, and you will ret\rn to quickly overtake has remained at his watch the opportunities, at the saerl strength, upy a It not commanding it is quite as ubordinate as for the York is view; ong those who never | it was time for one, and who never growled that the pace was too | too, Rosewater | ar | W | before his honor (%) it o enraged th | month | curit JULY 16, 1895. ENCOMIUMS FOR JUDGE SCOTT, Gretna Reporter (rep.): Judge Scott has established a censorship over this publication for the next sixty da Papillion Times (dem.): a litigant it he have the whole world on his side and yet fail to find favor in Judge Scott's secret political soclety? Osceola Record (rep): If Judge Scott Omaha is {nsane he should be sent to asylum for treatment. If he is not “disposition” which should be regarded sufficient cause for sending him to the “pen He has no business on the bench. There certainly can be no good eause why the re publicans of that judicial district should re nominate a man whose record is a stench in the nostrils of the whole state. If they do they deserve defeat at the polls on this par- teular candidate. Cralg Times: Judge Scott of Omaha dellv ered a two-hour oration at Oakland on the Fourth. Most of the time was spent by him in roasting the lawyers of this county, who were so determined some time ago in having the festive little judge declared insane. dwelt upon at length, and as the adjectives poured from the speaker's mouth they rolled to the ground and up all* the mud in that vicinity. Al things together, he reminded us of a boy who sat on a bee and had been stung Gretna Reporter (rep.): In our recent se ance before Judge Scott we neglected to get a roster of attorneys who would be allowed to practice in his court, and so employed E. Simeral, and this act of negligence on our part was doubtless the cause of our being incarcerated. When Mr. Simeral appeared Judge some one who had of the was some that he must vent his spleen on and to get even with an attorn incurred his enmity and to display his au thority some one had to go to Jall. A5 we were the most convenient mark for his venomous shaft, we suffered the penalty. During his harangue when the sentence was suspended prevent it going to a higher and just tri bunal), this knave displayed considerable tal ent as a mind reader when he delivered him selt ag follows: ‘“‘During this entire trial you have wn the utmost disregard for this court, and even this morning I see depicted in your countenance the utmost contempt for this court.”” But why continue; sometimes we are almost constrained to pity a man in his position who cannot control himself even after the rotten deal we got at his hands. KEPUBLICANS. New York World: The Towa republicans adopted resolutions in favor of bimetallism by international agreement only. The free-silver a4-16-to-1-withoutasking--anybody's--consent progra to be less acceptable in the than it was supposed to b two ago. After all there is ce of practical common sense in which is our best s national blundg 1004 west or g gl merican peopl against disastrc a savi the ing. Indianapolis Journal: The republican con- vention in Jowa, without dissent, relterated the money resolution of the last can natfonal convention and added an ¢ request that republicans in congress th utmost ‘to bring about a conference which will adopt an international coinage ratio for both metals. That is the true re- publican ‘position and doubtless the one which the next national republican conven- tion will be most likely to adopt. Springfield Republican: It is to be con- cluded that the Towa republicans accept the main features of the existing law as an embodiment of orthodox republican tarift doctrine, They would tax luxuries higher and take the duty from sugar; and something broadly indefinite is said of general re- ductions which have| reduced wages. Its main feature of free raw materials sesms to be acceptable. To its free wool, free lum- ber, free salt, free flax and hemp—no ob- jection is raised. Prosperity and advancing wages shine through them all upon the re- publicans of Iowa. Chicago Record: However much the Iowa republicans disagreed upon the question us to who should be the nominee for governor, the platform adopted is one of the most manly utterances of any convention for many months. It is to be expected that they should wax a little warm over the glories of the party and considerably denunciatory of their opponents, but that is only the ebullition of party politics and does not go far nor mean much. But upon all ques tions of public policy the platform is, while partisan, a clear and positive declaration of the feelings of the lowa republicans, with no attempt to evade or straddle any leading issu Chicago Tribune will_not accept any The Towa republicans scheme the effect of which would be to lower the purchasing power of the dollar. They have a currency now every dollar of which is worth its face and it is their intention to keep it so. The are genuine bimetallists. They wish to u silver as well as gold, but only to the ex- tent that it is safe to do so. If the commer- clal nations of the earth can agree upon a n by which silver can be used In greater ntities than now they are for it, but they will not consent to the United States “‘going It alone,” or, what is about the me thing, trying mad experiments in con- junction with the silver monometallic peoples of America and Asla, S, PERSONAL AND O THERWISE, Minister Bustis sorrowfully acknowledges he did not know the gun was loaded until it kicked. By some strange process of law a public defaulter has been imprisoned in Muscatine county, lowa. Peter Lookaround is pushing for a diploma in the Haskell tute of Kansas, Chief Bullet of the Creek Indian nation is sald to be very effective as a peace pro- moter when loaded. The tremendous blow in New York Satur- day but meagerly measures the breath and strength of the rush to lay in supplies for a Saharale Sabbath. The pretty story of Russian generosity proved to be, on official inquiry, a profitable warm weather filler, though it was a severe strain on the long bow. Dr. Thomas Dunn English, author of “Ben Bolt,” has received a cane from admiring friends. If he gets a chance to use it upon Du Maurier all will be forgiven The Chicago aldermen accused of sand- bagging the ice dealers are unable to secure a sufficiency of congealed cakes to keep cool during the probing of the grand jury. After thirty years of more or less pro- found peace the south threatens to invade the north. A combine, pf southern coal dealers will back the hold-up movement. The new Portuguese minister to the United States, Mr. Ade Sequeira Chedim, is a par- ticularly handsome man about 40, with very elegant and attractive manners. He speaks English with only a slight trace of accent. While a Pittsburg man was sleeping off the effects of a jolly jag a goat masticated the greater portion of his whiskers. But the silly billy is dead and the neighborhood is at @ loss to decide whether the hair or the aroma precipitated death An epidemic of contempt Is South Carolina. Federal courts have im- prisoned constables for contempt and the state courts are jugging saloon keepers for a like offense. The assertion that Omaha bad a corner on the contempt business seems to be unfounded While a democratic county convention in Kansas was wrestling with™ arid principles and policies, ex-Governor Lewelling slaked the thirst of the delegates with thirty gal- lons of buttermilk. That served to lubri- cate the political wheels and the populist ticket was promptly endorse Justice occasionally removes the and takes an admiring peep at the national game. ays the California supreme court oker playing for money, however objec- tionable in fact, 18, In the eyes of the law, as | innocent as chess or any game played for | recreation, and its players and the places where it is played are not criminal. straight ahead Indian insti- raging in bandage Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, S. Gov't Report Re al VETTD Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE What will it profit | he has a | Then, | | IMPROVING RIVERS AND HARRORS | Eng ineer Corps Makes Some Recommen | | | | tions for Future Work. WASHINGTON, July 15.—Colonel J. A Smith has made his report to the chief of en gineers upon the improvements of rivers and harbors on Lake Erie west of Erie, Pa. The | most important point in the district is Cleve. land n course of construction and harbor dregding has been carried on. The Cuyahoga river, being the drainage outlet for Cleveland, has formed a settling basin for mud and impurities in the west anchorage which Is a great detrim. to the harbor and the health of the p and it is proposed to cut an opening breakwater in order to effect a botter age. The draft of the largest vessels using the harbor is seventeen and half feet The largest ve Is do not load to full depth At Toledo the work of dredging the harbor and the channel of the Maumee river has been continued, and a good depth of water has been secured, averaging about eighteen feet in the harbor. The shoal at the mouth of the river has been cut to nearly that depth At Sandusky the straight city front, 200 feet wide and seventeen feet deep, has been completed. The dock channel and the outer harbor are in bad condition and the money yet available should be used in im proving them Fairport harbor is continually being blocked up by bars which are peculiar to tha shore of Lake Erie, and requiring dredging every year. All the money appropriated has been used for this purpose Ashtabula harbor is said by be very important, being port on the lake for shipping grain. It now proposed to construct two breakwaters, each 1,600 feet lon, which will make the harbor what it should be for the large vessels of the lakes Major W. A. Jones has made to the chief of engineers of work in Minnesota, which includes Mississippi and the reservoirs at waters, The upper Mississippl Anthony Falls to Grand Rapids is 337 miles and the project to secure five feet of water. Nothing been done during the year on th About $40,000 has been expended on the reservoirs. The reservoir system is designed to ald navigation by holding the water of the spring freshets and | allowing it to flom when the water becomes low in the river. A rise of 1.2 feet has been obtained at St. Paul by this system. Major Jones also reports upon the k on the Red River of the North, the Chippewa and the St. Croix, where small sums have been | expended in dredging and protecting the banks of the stream! SEEN Secretary of the loterior Changes Views on the \oney Question. WASHINGTON, July 15.—Secretary Smith’s attention was called today to an article .published yesterday charging that he had been at one time an davocate of the silver free coinage and subtreasury plans of the Farmers alliance. It was said that | five years ago he published a letter advo- | cating these views. Speaking on the sub- Ject the secretary said “My attention has just been called to the | publication of a letter written by me in Sep- | tember, 1890, to Hon. W. L. Peck and pub- lished at that time in the Atlanta Journal The Journal was then openly opposing the subtreasury scheme and my personal oppo- sition to it was well understood. The letter clearly excluded the idea of committing me to all of the seven propositions which it presented, although it was known that I did favor the free coinage of silver. 1 was giving most of my attention to my profes- sional work at that time and supposed without thorough investigation that the free | coinage of silver would carry the value of the silver bullion coined into a dollar to par and also keep silver and gold dol- lars upon a parity with equal purchasing power. Since that I have given the rubject more study and being thoroughly satisfied that the free, unlimited and indep:ndent coinage of silver the ratio of 16 to 1 would result in silver monometallism, I have for several years openly oppposed it. | MAKES IMPORT where breakwaters have been it in the drain channel on the Colonel Smith to the greatest his report on rivers the upper its head from St is has river. HOKE HAS NEW 1IGUT His Hoke T TAKIFE CHANGES, | Exporters (o Australin Will Bo Interestod | n New Schedules, WASHINGTON, July 15.—United Consul General Maratta, at Melbourne, Aus- tralia, transmitted to the Department of State a list of a number of alterations to be made in the tariff of Victoria, as the result of the work of a special board, The subject is now before the Parliament of the colony Among the more important changes made in the schedules are the following: Horses, tree, formerly £20 10s per head; wool apparel, 5 per cent, formerly 50 per cent; india rub- ber and cotton belting, 20 per cent, formerly free; blankets, 10 per cent, formerly free; carriages, 8, formerly £10; bicycles, 10 per cent, formerly 25 per cent; portable engines, 15 per cent, formerly 25 per cent; agricultural implements, 15 per cent, formerly 20 per cent; manufactures of metal, 20 per cent, formerly 35 per cent; machine tools, 20 per cent, formerty 35 per cent; pitch, 25 per cent, formerly free; spirits, 13 shillings per gallon, formerly 15 shillings; watches, 15 per cent, formerly 20 per cent = Dot Continue to Take the Bonds. 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