Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 25, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DALY BEE. & st LOSEWATER, Baitor, E. UBLISIED EVERY MOINING, TERME OF SURSCRIPTION Daily 1 One Yoar Daily Bix M Three M Bunday I3 Baturday One Weekly One Year Yenr OFFIC Pes Dullding Inger Blk 17 Pearl 27 Cham Omalia, T Bouth Ormal ¥ 1 laff Corner N and Mth Sts et Commerce. A 15, Tribune Bullding N, W g to news and ed\ Irowsed: To the Editor, LETTER Washington, 1407 ANl camm torfal matte INESS ANl Busin and ren addreesed 1 Omaha, 1 ATION £ The 1 N Topl Tee vas as Put that th « of th pr actual o Daily, Marning. F during the month of May 19,024 LR in my pr ary Publl military promunciamento from Brigadicr General Coiby s in order. This year's heet v crop in N ka threatens to be a world beater. Wonder if the State Relief commis- gion thinks it has become a permancnt state institution by preseription! e sug: b tion of good order and would suggest a eity is the arch cnemy of conside soclal economy rock pile. Work the sneak thief. The United Sta Tive tes would not be happy if it did not have a few periodie Indian troubles to afford entertainment to the War department. w ©an extra session of the late Nebraska legislature would be a rather embarrassing meeting for quite a num- ber of the member If an extra session of the legislature Wi called the Hon. R. H. Jen- ness might have an opportunity to get his county seat bid clinched. parties In the dispute at Pender have done well to curb their enthusiasm until the members of the Nebraska congressional delegation could Dbe called upon to give their ealm ad- vice. o only Opposing ' The prospective shortage In the reve- nues of the state will make no difference to the taxeaters on the state pay rolls, except Insofar as it compels them to discount their sulary warrants with the war If that Drinceton geologieal parfy were only composed of college foot ball players there would be no fears what- ever entertained as to its ability to take care of itself in any ordinary encounter with the Indian; Hoke Smith is abroad rorgia delivering a s on the money question. Georgla for sound finance, be a ni power logie. 1 the land of fes of lectures That The n in the state able to re ul influence of Hoke's persuasive settles Prof. Cooper, the new school super intendent, may be a better educator than Is Dr. Marble, but he will enter upon his duties in Omala handicapped by the star-chamber propaganda to which lie owes his eleetion and which will review his offic And now several states are preparing to enter the field with bids for the priv- flege of entertaining the proposed Corbett-Fitzsimmons puogilistic contest. These states ought to compete for the privilege of hoarding the bruisers for an indefinite period in their state peni- tentiaries. The Bee wants to see Omaha a great grain center, yet there is no immediate prospect of it. Pointing out the chief obstacle in the way cannot be construed to mean opposition to any movement looking to the creation of a grain mar- . In this respect the city is wholly at the merey of the railroads. People in Washington are commencing to count on a short session of the congress that meets next Dy m- ber. A congress seldom gots very far fnto its ‘work before the constituents express thelr preference for short ses- sions, and there is no reason to expect the next congress to be an exeeption to this rule. wd implement are protesting against railroad tarills which compel them to pay 33 per cent more to southern Nebraska points than competitors in Kansas City and St. Joseph are vrequired to pay on their ship- ments to the same points. It is only another instance showing the disad vantage to which Omala shippers are subjected and the chances arve that no remedy will be found short of the maxi- mum freight rate law. The boodlers in the Ilinois legislature have shown thelr consideration for the taxpayers by refusing to institute a legislative Inquiry into their own erook. edness. They seem to think that they know all that is nece bout ruption at the Springfield capital that the people have no right more than they now know. Of it is idle to expect boodlers to investi gate themselves. There is but one v to get rid of this cancer on the body politie, and that is to vindicate the law by sending the offenders to prison with the mgximum sentence periissible. cor and n urse to BBOE: The Washington authorities last been bronght to realize the threat nature of th in the Hole country in Wyoming, and rous measures to bring the trouble end have been decided upon Coppinger, commander of the Department of the Platte, has received orders to send a foree to the scene of the disturbance, and as the troops diness to move there will be no in forwarding them. The latest arding the situation 1 no doubt of its seriousness, fully justi fying the representations that have been the government by tl v ernor of Wyoming., It made vory plain by the statements from entively | trustworthy and that the intention of tile, and th te a carefully matured plan for \ eral uprising. This Is an obvious in for from the fact that the trouble is not confined to the Bannocks, but in volves tribes, all apparently operating together with & common Blood has been shed by both the Indians and the whites, the effect | of which to create a determinatios on the part of cach to punish the other. It is evident that only United States troops can avert a conflict that might have the quences, As the dispatehies clearly ex- | plained, this trouble from the hunting depredations of the Indians, practice that for years though the present movement is mor | extensive and in flagrant viola tion of law than has oceurred befor a long time. As far back as six yo ago the attention of Indian agents was called by the bureau to complaints that Ind in the habit of leavin, their reservations for the purpose of hunting and that they Killed game in |1 » quantities in violation of the law of the state or territory in which they resided, and last year there were com- plaints that the Shoshone Indians were wantonly sliughtering elk and deer that had been driven down from the | Rocky mountains by the sovere weathor id deep snows, Tt will thus be seen that the present trouble is not a new development of Indian lawle and the fact that it is a wmore aggressive exhibition of that spirit than hitherto or since the Bannocks and other tribes in that region were made to feel the military power of the government in 1878, is due to the failure to hold th Indians to a proper responsibility for such vnlawful practices they are now charged with. Had violations of the law by them been adequately pun ished in the past and a firm determi- nation been shown to hold the Indiarn to a rigid accountability for illegally destroying game the present trouble might not have happened, but too mueh ation has encouraged them to gronter boldness in disregarding the lnws, Whether ve ening situation in re delay advic e made to is responsible sources the Indians is hos movements clearly indi is nee several and purpose. is the presence of hs arises has existed is more s were or not the present trouble | assume the proportions of a war annot now be determined. There is » information as to how many Indians absent from the tions and showing a hostile disposition. Probably the number not large, and in tha case a moderate military force will he suflicient to induce them to return to the reservations without a contflict. Dut more bloodshed before the troubls settled s by no means improbab! SWEEP BEFORE YOUR OWN DOOR, Ten mewmbers of the council ordered the judiciary committee to in- vestigate the character, complexion and conduet of the Board of Pire and Police Commissioners and also to interrogate the members about their right ap- point a chief of police and discharge a bateh of policemen at without mality and why other men were en- rolled in their pl Thes i impertinence which the commissioners will be justitied in treating with silent tempt. The Board re resery o to once a piece of of Fire and Police Com- missioners is a co-ordinate boc by the same law that creates the council. It is moreover appointed by the goyv- ernor of the state and accountable to the governor only. If the board is not properly constituted the governor ajone is responsible. I members of the board have violated the law in any particular they are amenable to charges and sub- ject to removal by the governor only The council has authority to meddle with the police commission than it has with the Board of Education or the Board of County Commissi It has no more right to ask the pol commission to explain why it has lelected Martin White, formerly of Chi- engo, chief of police for two years than it has to ask the school board to plain why it has ted IPfank B. Cooper of Des Moines superintendent of schools for two years. Why doesn’t the couneil sweep befqre its own door Why doesn't it pass a resolution making inquiry as to the questionable and lawless conduct of its own members and thelr complicity with 3 id defaleations? Why does it direct the chairman of the jodiciary committee to report by what authority the late city treasurer of Omaha paid the firm Saunders, Macfarland & Dickey, attorneys, $240 of the funds belonging to the city of Omaha without any warreant or appropriation wnd without any claim whatsoever by that firm against the city? Why doesn't the council direct any of its committees o request the commissioner of health to report why he persists in retaining on the pay roll of his department a man who has taken money out of the city treasury on a fraudulent check, drawn on a bank in which that person never had a deposit? Why doesn’t the couneil direct its finance committes to ascertain by what right one of its own members drew $6,000 out the city funds for speeulative purposes with full knowl that the law requires all city 1o be deposited at interest in ted depositories for the city's Why does the council its committee to Inquire of tl whether It Is not willing to detail a policeman to keep order at the council weetings and an other policeman to serve subpoenas on wituesses i city whereby the no more o ele of out design benetit? direet palice not commission THE THREATENED INDIAN WAR. | taxpayers of Omaha will be at | THE foved of a useless ally necd i for an equ paying $2,100 a | sergeant at-arms and | 1e Mer? Why doesn't the coumel the fence and vote the comptroller, who never checked up the guilty or fnnocent of gross neglect of duty? Why doesn't the direct the judiclary committee steps for the recovery of the in the city treasury and to bring to justice all parties who are fmplicated i the embezzlement of the funds? Wlhen the couneil through with all these little matters there will still enough of its legitimate business to at tend without usurp the functions of the ‘:u\. rnment, MENACING EUROPEAN PEACE The latest advices indicate that the Macedoninn insurrection Turk ish rule has beconie so serious as to be [ thought & menace to the peace of ku rope. Thot only a few | werks ago the outbreak seems to have wn to forn treasuroer, conncil to take 2,000 shorte gots be to trying to against developed |& (e proportions | the Turkish government feels it to be oy to make extraordinary prop- In the re 4hat g ] suggested g | avations for ported determination | ment, to mobilize ! 3 there s greater n than that of putting | down the revolt in Macedonia, Turkey oubtedly realizes that there is dan ger to her in more directions than that and that in order (o avert it she must be well prepaved every possible ey, It she shall have only the Macedonians to deal with the task would not be perhaps a very trouble- ome one. But a small part of her mil- itary power would be required to crush out the insurrection. What Turkey ap- prehends is the support Macedonia may from more powerful than Lerself, for there is the possibility at least that the influence of Russia is in the matter, with the promise that the hand of that mighty power will be in evidence at the opportune time. It i said that the countries in the triple al liancg—Germany, Austrin and Italy— arve to consider the situation, with a view to perfecting an entente with re- gard to Macedonia, but if such is the fact it has not, it would scem, operated to allay the apprehension of Turkey. A war that will result in destroying the Moslem power in Iurope is o pos- sible event of the not remote futur its suppression of wern- much howeve th conee eme: receive soure is WANTED—A YELLOW DOG PA At the recent meeting of the Ward Republican club Dr. J. J. delivered himself of an appeal for “a il gan Now, what consti al party ¢ 1?7 Forty years ago a loyal party organ was a paper subsidized with money and patronage ud to the skies eve hack and swashbuekler who sought office in the name of its party, to defend every of its party leaders and ofticcholder no matter how dishonest or incompe tent, and to vilify and misrepresent the candidates and leaders of the op- posing party and to oppose and belittle every act and measure that emanated from that quarter. The day of this kind of party organ has long Subsidized or- gans and papers that are known to sub- sist on political pap wield no influence whatever with the American people. The paper that upholds corruption and imbecility in pul because the men in office profess its political ereed commands neither confidence nor re- spect. The paper that denounces indis. iminately w ma, originate with men of different polities, whether right or wrong, earries no weight in any community and m no converts to iy cause. The greatest of American editors, Horace Gree one of the most bitter yet conscientious of partisans, boldly rent asunder the shackles of { blind partisanship which bound the American press in his day by commend- ing what he believed to be right and op- posing what he believed he wrong without regard to party. That bk in the fifties and sixties, Today no f-respecting editor or reputable paper will sacrifice the public welfar by championing pernicious measures or upholding dishonest officials on the ground of party fealty, Now, what does Dr. Saville and the men who train with bim want? They want a paper that will gloss over defalea tion and embezzlement it committed: by one of their set. They want a paper that will keep as dumb as an oyster when the treasury is looted taxeaters and boodling contractors. They want a paper that will praise ras- cals and imbeciles and smirch honest men and faithful officers it they are on the other side of the political fence. They want a paper t will cringe to judicial nsurpers and keep silent at the miscar- riage of justice. They want a paper that will support yellow dogs for offic if they only bear the party label affixed by party hoodlums in a packed conven tion, The Bee never has been and never will be such a p . It draws the line at public thieves and yellow dogs. Henee there a long felt want in Omaha which the political garbage col- lectors and darklantern patriots feel called upon to fill. PEF Bighth aville since passed. oftice ever to wis sel is The announcement of several western republican senators and representatives that they intend to propose in the next congress taking wool from the free list and reimposing a duty on that commod. ity promises to give the question some prominence again in public attention. The wool industry of the United States attained to large proportions and great value under the policy of protection. In 1860 the production of wool In this coun try was 60,000,000 pounds and in 1 it had reached more than times that amount, or 364,000, 000 pounds. At the latter o the United State had 17,000,000 sheep, valued at $125,000,000. The eap ital invested in the sheep and wool in dustry at that time estimated to | be $500,000,000, and was suld to be over million ralsers and i the United States. It was a profitable industry, ylelding fair returns on the money invested in it. wils 1l sheep re a wool growers in OMAHA DAILY other branches of local | o that | THURSDAY, But accordime ito the statements of those who sHUl) know it Is not now profitable and copsequently is declining. With our market: made free to the wool of the rest of the supply of which has been steadily inereasing, the price of the domestic product w greatly lowered, the des mounting to n loss to American w year 000, world, 18 wers Inst of probahly 1l not s than 30,000, of has Rince business be, advaneed, lower than revival price wool still_considerably | the best figures - reached in 1802 and there is no reason to expeet that the prices of that year will return so long remains on the free list xpectation 1s, therefore, that sheep raising and wool growing in the Unite will o de eline, The losses of this industey have allen almost wholly upon the west and southwest and have been seriously in those sections, There is not the least probability that an effort in the next congress to wool restored to the dutiable list e successtul. Mr. Cleveland regards wool cardinal feature of the tariff reform policy. He made this apparent in his emorable messag 1887 and he still adhe democrat in ress holds view and may be counted upon to solidly oppose any proposition for restoring the wool duty. It is per feetly safe, therefore, to say that wool will remain on the free list at least during the term of the present admin- istration gun the but it is as wool he reasonable tes continue have will free as congress in it. Every the same con A notable trait of the British govern- ment is that it looks well after the wel- fare of the queen’s subjects no matter where they may be. Some months ngo an Englishman named Dawson and nily entered Sarpy county in an emi grant wagon. They were assaulted and robbed by the notorions Vie MeCarty gang and soon after complained to the British consul. Now the British minis- ter has taken the matter up and pro poses to have a full investigation and proper settlement of the case. There Is | little doubt that the complaint is well | founde The McCarty gang should have been ousted Tong ago and it would only serve the state right to be com pelled to make full reparation to the outraged Dawsons, rain, rat First Save (h Glabe-Dem fact that the farmers of Minnesota find it d.fficult to get horvesters enough, though they offer from $35 to $40 a mouth to reguiar hands, should be read from the platform of the next silver discussion. The crime of '73 can be chewed ani rechewed after the grain is saved. - o It Chica Theodore The It Mr. eyes for will take his one thoment off the tea drinkers in the city hall, New York, and glance at the latest returns of the English elections he may decide’ that' beer, while a harmless beverago when moderately indulged in, can on oc n rise to dignified political im- portance. But, then, what does Theodore care about politics? It Is the law he is after; and he means to see'it through. i 2 niive to Job Washington Dost. When a party holds power by a mar, An In ery. narrow n it is on its good behavior, and has no ‘“‘money to burn’ no ears for ‘“corrup- tionists,” no countenance for ‘“jobbers.’ Some of the overwhelming victories of 1594 have produced bad fruit. he republican party would be stronger today if it had been less strong last November. It is very much in the situation of the good parson who prayed for refreshing showers and got a devastating deluge; likewise the reproaches of his flock R Commotion in Jackso Philadelphia R troubles in Wyoming have grown out of an attempt to arrest Bannocks and Shoshones who not only are off their reservations, but have been violating the law by killing game in the region south of the Yellowstone National park. In the attempt one of the Indians was killed, and this has naturally enraged the others. The governor has summoned the militia and the United States government has been notified. The uprising will be speedily quelled when the troops get into the fleld, as the Indians are but a few hundred in number, but the dan- ger of the situation s that settlers may be attecked before the troops can arrive upon the scene. The Indian Statisties Indicate t Beat the Chicago Chronicl Railroad managers,-it is said, estimate the growing crop of corn In this country at 2,400,- 000,000 bushels, while statisticians, estimat- ing on the basis of the latest government crop report, figure it at 2,375,000,000 bushels. The lowest of these figures is about 202,000 000 bushels in excess of the largest crop ever harvested in the country, tha crop of 1860, Of course nobody knows what may happen before harvest, but it may be said that the chances are twenty-five to one that the crop will beat the record by at least 250,000,000 bushels, or a quantity not much less than the average wheat crop until twenty years ago. In view of this prospect it will be of in- terest to mote certain facts in connection with our corn crops. In the first place it is a fact that as a rule the larger the total yield the greater has been the export, and, generally speaking, the greater the yield the larger has been the percentage of the whole exported. The three largest and two smallest ylelds for the last thirteen years will pretty fairly fllustrate the general fact. The figures are as follows: Bushels, Crop Bushels, Per Cent, Year. 1590 102 159 1988 11 It explanation that when we have a short crop Wwé require nearly all of it at home, chiefly ‘s food for cattle and hogs. The farmer, however, will be especially interested in the evidence furnished by the figures that there is much elasticity in the foreign demand, #hd that a very considerable quantity can be disposed of abroad when the price is low enough The farmer wilL#80 be interested in know- Ing how it has béen it regard to price in the years of abundancé and comparative scarcity. The figures in thEapove table are for years ending June 30. §he table in the agricultural reports giving the value per bushel is for rn:ondnr”y»ars &p@d«g forward the date to correspond with ghe'above table and avoid confusion we find-4hé\ average value of the 1890 crop to havelbedn 28.3 cents per bushel of the 1892 crop, 40.§ cents; of the 1389 crop, 34.1 + of the [A48 Crop, 41.4 cents; of the 1891 crop, 50.6 ceptdg This goes ta show \lat the larger the crop the lower the price, as a general thing, though the average Price for the great crop of 1892 was nearly as high as for the mini- mum crop of 1888. It is true that the total value of the maximum crop of 1850 was nearly $160,000,000 less than that of the far smaller crop of 1891, but, on the other hand, th | value of the great crop of 1892 wa $ 0 greater than that of any other year. Experience, therefore, does not nec discourage t expectation that the grov crop will bring more than any former crop brought, while the fact that last year's yleld was the smallest since 1874 goes directly to encourage such an expectation. It is not im possible that the valu will aver age 3 cents, even the crop veaches the 2,400,000,000 bushels es- timated by rallroad men, and in that case the total value will be no less than $840,000, 000. That will fully make good the losses resulting from the partial fallure of the wheat and hay crops and prevent any reflo- ence of the wave of prosperity which is now rolling over the country. i 25, 1895. | LOCAL AN CHATTE CAMPA . “Me and Marble couldn't agree on our 1deas of running the schools, so he just had to go,” said Meat Inspector Israel Frank, in speaking of the re change In the su perintendents of the Omaha schools. Israel a1 not what assur he had that “him ar would work together har- moniously ent sy s of the dervishes in the announcement mmerman it out sottled at the Eighth ward club meetiag on Monday even- ing that the Board of Education would ¢ Mr. ( r to succeed Superintendent Marble and Attorney Willlams of Omaha to succeed Prof. Homer P. Lewis as principal of the High school. The Board of Education failed to carry the entire program, but it understood that the dervishes are after Prot. Lowis' and not rest until they et were a Mttle pre matur of their plans. gave ut is scalp will Pyburn, late chief of detectives, is the | the dervish ranks. He and his friend co-laborer for reform, Frank Crawford mpted standing room on the Pat ok next to their friends, Munn and Statesman Hubbard, and 1 be open for the consideration of matters the good of the order each day. Any candidate who avoids that side of the street runs into the arms of Van Alstine and Rig Windy Gibson, who have taken up sum quarters the York Life corner for the addition Hahnemann spotter lat to | and | have pre terson bl Attorney est corner W Cunningham Scott has. taken the con- tract to B M old and others of the incompetents who were recently dis- missed from the police force. Mr. Arnold is now urging the new appointees to resign and them “that they will be reap- pointed by the board if they will on his suggestion. If they insist upon stay- ing on the present force they will lose their heads as soon the dervish board gets into power. R Instate assures new act as When Ceneral his guns at Pender he m for them in Colonel Mel getting ready to resist stand between him and office. Colonel Redfield bloodthirsty every day. Peter Schwenk has broken into the Ward Republican club, and the Broatch boom is expected to expand visibly in that part of the city. Peter may miss the com- pany of Chaffez, Cap Palmer, Charley Inskip, | Judge Eller and other dervishes of the | Seventh ward, but he will have to travel to | keep up with the procession in the hth Handicapped by a lack of acquaintance, he is apt to make a poor showing in the pre- liminary heats with such veterans as Jim Allan, Charley Youngers, Van D. Lady, Hal- y W. Reynolds, Doc. Saville, Harry Van ine and Prof. Allen. There are two ns In the Eighth ward now. They spell names a little differentl and the only other distinction is that one is a pro- fessor of politics and the other is a political professor. Pecbles gets through with find a purchaser Redfield, who Is foreign foes who the county clerk's is getting more Jighth Comptroller € still at Lake Wash- ington, walting for a report from the city council on his misconduct in office. Stryker doesn't know whether any being taken to improve the sanitary of the county hospital and thus the spread of typhoid fever there or not. George is giving his attention almost entirely these days to advancing the plany of the howling dervishes, and a few deaths more or less at the county hospital don't | count in the face of his duty to the gov- ernment of Douglas county and the city of Omaha, George steps are condition check It is given out that the city and county republican conventions are to be called later than usual. The campaign is to be and decisive. Meantime the local have been wrapped up in gunnysacks and laid away on ice in a dark clo Open discussion of candidates s to be frowned until a few days before the ratifying conventions. Electioneering is all to be done after nightfall and there are to be no noisy meetings within the city’s gates. The idea is to keep out of sight of the enemy, all the while keeping an eye on the enemy. short slates down And the job that Sam Macleod waited for never came! Tke Hascall has got it bad again. We nean the mayoralty fever, of course. Ike 1s hopping around among the saloons of the First and Second wards working up his boomlet for mayor on the install- ment plan. Last time he was a populist. This time he says he is a repub- lican and he carries a certificate of political feith signed by George Covell, who was down in Mizzoura when Ike was in Kansas. it PRESS COMMEN Cedar Rapids Republican: Towa Is for Allison first, last and all the time, but re- publicans are not going to attempt to nomi- nate him by making war on any of the other distinguished seekers after the presidential nomination. That is wretched polities and ly at variance with Mr. Allison's meth- 10WA s Des Moines Leader: The democrats of Towa have a chance to come out of the pres- ent campaign infinitely stronger than they went in. The question is still open whether they will avail themselves of it. The party cannot be made stronger by democrats shoot- ing at one another. It would seem that in a campalgn which confessedly only has to do directly with state issucs the party should be able to make a platform on which all who believe in the essential principles of the party may have no difficulty in stand- ing. Davenport Democrat official is having a hard son, the auditor of Muscatine county, was run’ down at Honolulu, brought back, and is now In jail at his old home awaiting’ trial Cassatt, the Pella banker, looks at the few friends who arz permitted to see him through iron bar: Chester W, Rowe, the defaulting treasurer of Poweshiek county, has been caught in Mexico by Pinkerton detectives The way to deter rascals is to catch them when they go wrong, give them a fair trial and then let them suffer according to the magnitude of their crimes Sloux City Tribune: The Liberal league of Towa has called a conference of all per sons who are opposed to the submission of the proposed prohibitory amendment to the constitution and favor a repeal or modifica tion of the mulct law and the right to man- ufacture all intoxicating liquors in this state, to meet at Marshalltown at 10 o'clock a. m., August 6, 1893. This is the day be- foro the democratic state convention, and the design is undoubtedly to influence that onvention. It Is the plan the prohibitionists used to follow with the republican But the prohibitionists have reformed. They have seen the error of their ways. All they want now Is forgetfulness, and a saloon on every hilltop, so0 far as the record goes. What does the Liberal league want? Is it battling for a principle Ottumwa Democrat defaulting treasurer The defaulting Towa time of it. John- Chester Rowe, the of Poweshiek county, has been captured in the City of Mexico, and requisition papers were issued for the arrost of him and his brother, Richard Rowe, who 1s with him. He has been treasurer of Poweshick since 18%0. Owing to specula- tion he was in trouble, and In April last skipped with $30,000 of the county's cash No trace of him could be secured, and the county placed the Pinkerton agency at Chi ‘ case. It traced the Rowes to Mex brother, Richard, has been living in Kansas, and it was through a knowledge of his movements that the palr traced. Chester Rowe was arrested two weeks ago, but the fact was kept secret il pow. They have bzen running a saloon in the City of Mexico, and have the $30,000 deposited in the Mexican International bank. It has been attached, IAPAN BESET WITH TROUBLE | Recent Outhreaks in the Flowery Kingdo Part of a Well Laid Plan, CHINA FAILS TO LIVE UP TO THE TREATY Corenn Affairs in o 1 and Lives of British an Residents Are 1 by Mar Muddate e VICTORIA, B. C., July 24.—The steamer | Empress of India has arrived here bringing Toklo advices to July The Japanese authorities are now of Information from China new explanation of riots in Szechuen directly implicating the Peking Among commercial stipulations treaty with Japan the one opening the remote interior to forelgn trade has met with tlie strongest objections from the court and the Tung LI Yamen, and it is allegad that Vice- Liu was secretly justructed to foment urbances in order to prove that the upper g Tse provinces were unsafe for strangers By this means ft was hoped that aliens might be prevented from availing themselves of the privileges, but since the outrages lave been resented with a wholly unexpected spirit, the government has taken fright and en deavors to escape responsibility by Liu and making him the scapegoat is more than the deposed viceroy is willing to endure and his followers threaten trouble in case he is subjected to a public trial, as the French envoy proposes to publish facts Inculpating some of the highest dignitaries of the empire. If Liu must fall he is de- termined that others greater than he shall g0 down with him. An attempt to detain the Japanese envoy Hayashi at Tien Tsin failed utterly, as was doubtless expected by Li Hung Chang, who fully realized the absurdity of the orders sent him from Peking. Hayashi reached the capitol on June 22 and presented his cre- dentials to the emperor in person July 7. DISTURBANCES IN COREA. Negotiations respecting the full and prompt fulfillment of the provisions of the treaty and the restoration of the Manchurlan territory were opened on July 8. The latest political disturbances in Corea, culminating in the flight of Home Minister Pak Yong Hyo to Japan, grew out of the contest for supremacy between the queen and the minister and in which the latter was defeated. Pak has never really possessed the confidence of the court or the Corean nobility, He was con demned to death for conspiracy in 1884 and took refuge in Japan, where an unsuccessful attempt v to murder him about a yéar ago 1 ries of the king. H. was pardoned last autumn at the in ssion of Count Inouye and was given a place in the reformed cabinet. For a short time the queen sought to make him one of her parti- sans, and until May of this year he held clos confidence of her majesty. The alliance was broken and the minister soon found his life in danger agai He concocted a plan for reducing the queen’s power by removing the regular body guard from the palade and substituting a force devoted to himself and his faction. ~ The king at first approved of this change, but on being warned by the queen that it portended danger to the throne lie signed an order for Pak's arrest, which his energetic consort endeavored to carry into effect on the n of July 6. Having re ceived timely warning Pak flad at midnight with a few fellow plotters and escaped down the river to Jinshen, from which port he is believed to have sailed for Japan. An edict charging him with treason was Issued and agents were sent to Jinshen to capture him if_possible. His purpose was evidently to hold the queen in restraint, if not actually to depose her, and in view of the extreme meas- ures he proposed the Japanese officials in Seoul refused to support him. The queen's rule Is for the moment absolute. Her am- bition is to bring back her exiled relatives (the Mings) and reinstate them as heads of the administration, but the king distrusts the Mings and he may be persuaded to oppose this progra COUNT INOUYE RECALLED. The absence of Count Inouye in this crisls Is calculated to endanger Japanese interests and on July 11 it was decided by the Tokio government that he return immediately to his post. The Japanese troops in Seoul are patrolling the city and a guard of marines recently dismissed from the United States legation has been recalled by Minister Sill. In the belief that -the Chinese government would honestly fulfill its pledges to prevent disturbances in Formosa, the Japan authorities originally sent only a sufficl military force to occupy positions from which it was expected that the Chinese could peacefully withdraw, but since the Peking officials have broken’ faith and are known to be enconraging insurgents to resist a fresh brigade has been dispatched from Japan to the region, which is still in disorder. The northern ports are submissive, but Tokio and Taiwaut, on (he west coast, are threatened by a mob of “black flags” under General Liu, against whom the foreign residents have now no protection, and until the 1st of July the English denizens, twelve in number, were guarded by the British marines, but on t day this force was withdrawn by the com- mand of Admiral Butler, whose reasons for leaving countrymen undefended are not clearly understcod. Besides the English in the exposed ports there are some twenty other Buropeans and one American. The Japanese acting as speedily as circum- stances will allow, but their original plans have been somewhat disconcerted by China’s failure to perfect their obligations. In Ha Ten district of Tonquin in- surgents have risen against the [Frenc authorities, the revolt being tacitly supported by the native officials. Captain J. G. Cox, a prominent sealer, re- turned on the Empress of India from Yoko- hama. He says the Japanese coast catch fell away below last year's. Sixteen Brit- ish “schooners took 14,340 skins, against 25,390 last year, while ten Americans got 3,785, against 9,206 taken by eight schooners last ~ yoar. The total catch in Japanese waters, including Japanese fleet, was X Licutenant N. J. O'Brien, United States military attache, and V. De Laguerie, French military attache, who followed the Japanese. Chinese war in the interests of thefr gover: ments, arrived on the Empress, the former proceeding directly to Washington and the latter to Paris. Both declined to talk to press reporters. e L Burned the Y. M. C. A. Building. WASHINGTON, July 24.—The Youn Men's Christian association building on New York avenue, near the Treasury department, was almost destroyed early this morning by fire. C. C. Bryan's fine grocery store a joins the Young Men's Christian association building on the west and was badly burned, while the hardware store of James B. Lamie was also damaged. The total loss reaches about $35,000, e~ s of Preserving Frult, GTON, July 24.—Consul Debelet France, has Informed the State department through an officlal report of the discovery of a new process for Keeping fruits fresh, which consists in treating them to a vapor from water and alcohol. The dis- covery was made by a Mr. Pettit, who co tends that even fruits which have begun to decay may be preserved for an indefinite length of time by the process. Surrounded a Handit. SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.—John Brady, one of the bandits who held up a Southern Pacific train n Tehama county and mur- lered Sherlft Bogarda a few weeks ago, fs said to have been surrounded by a posse near Sacramento. It s expected that he will be captured today, but as the robber is heavily armed a desperate conflict 1s likely to take place. — in pos session glving a and government in the peace roy 2,000 New ¥ WASHID at Rheims, degrading | ON SOVEREIGN. Chicago Inter Ocean w knights can manage to worry along withou pocketing national bank bills possibly the banks will survive and ail will be happy yet. New York World: Th t of national bank notes s likely to find favor only with those whose trade fs agitation and whose salaries are earned 1o the sweat of other men's faces. New York free silver instead tional bank notes Then we shall us body will be happy Indianapolis Soverelgn w It Soverolgn's Tribune of let relgn wants time on nas up the gold. and everye Journal: Master learn just where the limit of his authority {s when he sees the unanimous | manner in which the Knights of Labor will Ignore his order to refuse national bank notes. So long as bank notes pay the bills “the toils ing thousands” will decline to accopt them Philadelphia Workman Raniz re fonal bank n men Workman Master labor ore the na- a class in this axes to way of neral of of ons cott alt r \erous untry re men who have | grina take the shortest | Baining their ends Philadelphia Times In the Knights of ey understand that to involve them in affecting their own have honest n will aceept it, who assumes should Issue against it. Minncapolis Journal man Sovercign’s boy program, if suce sful, would have the effect of contracting tho currency some $200,000,000, which is hardly what such an inflationist as he sires.” Another probablo effect would be t s0 embarrass employers as to deprive a good many workingmen of their jobs—about only thing, by the way, that Sovereign developed any capacity for thus far Boston Globe: The scheme of of the Knights of Labor would be the first instance in our history of a proposal large bodles of organized men to boycott any of the various Kinds of money that make up our currency. But it is safs to say that the average creditor will con- tinue to be satisfied with collecting any kind of money that is owing him, and not a few would gladly make a fiberal cash discount secure anything legal that might be of- The workingmen who Labor are not fools. iemegogues have sought mplica nterests, and wher pressnted to them even though Mr. Sov to be their des| a thousand pronu ar they they tame Grand Master W th chief m to fer AND OTHERWISE, PERSONAL Miss Helen Gould Christian En. Rev. Dr. has society “America What's in a_name? W. Sullivan Vander- bilt Allen has been arrested for debt in Chi« cago and Mrs. Minnehaha Love McKinley Smith has been_admitted to the bar of the County of New York In a recent specch in London Sir Henry Irving mentioned his son as a striking in- stance of the social ban against the actor in Ergland. His son is a barrister, and as such was eligible to be presented at a lev held by the prince of Wales, but now baing an actor, though still a barrister, the honor is forbidden him. It is Mr. Gladstone's latest statement that the older a man in good health becomes tha greater his mental activity ought to be. He declares that the mind grows stronger nd clearer as the body’s vitality dwindles, and he does not see how anything except disease of the latter can prevent Intellectual progress from continuing almost to the end of a man’s life. It is given out cold in the hot precincts of St. Louls that the local company which lights the city with arc lamps is losing $150,- 000 a ycar on the $75 por lamp rate. With a generosity poculiarly rare, the company re- fuses to give up the job, preferring doubtless to lose all rather than violate a municipal obligation. Such philanthropy —deserves a crown with a halo on the side. It was George Davidson, recently removed from his place In the coast and goedetic survey, who persuaded James Lick, the California millionaire, to establish’ tho great telescope that bears his name. The eccentric philanthropist was induc>d to gi up a pet plan for a magnificent pyramid, to rival that of Cheops, only by Davidson's suggestion that a glant telescope would be a far grander monument. TRIFLES presented to 50,000 coples the ot ALKED ABOUT, Detroit Tribune: *“Was he warmly re- ceived upon the occasion of his debut in tragedy?’ “Warmly? Why, they had to ring down the asbestos curtain,’ Life: The Wife Husband—Hardly. up yet. It must be bedtime? The “The baby hasn't waked Boston Transcript: Bragg—Oh, you can't get_ahcad of me, nex—I don't know as I care to get a head of you if the ono you exhibit 1s'a fair sample of your s in trade. Chicago Regord: “‘Beverly ought not to be allowed to ride a’ wheel “Why “He's o thin you he coming toward can't you. see him when xas Siftings: “Is (her much dissipas n here?"’ asked a New Y: ker of a Maine ! was the reply. ‘‘Why, the sun can't even dissipate the fog." ew York Weckly: Appetizing. (in cheap restaurant)—Give me with mushrooms. Waiter (loudly, to cook)—Slaughter pan, wid fumygated toadstoo Customer a beefsteak in de Indianapolis Journal: Minnie—Dear mo! It costs $31,000 to kill a man in battle now- mie—I wonder why they don't use trol= ley ca Atlanta Constitutio new raliroad is im “Tmperfect, “Yes, sir. your fank, and Now, where in thund, his map of your suid the judie. on, ther: is your receiver? look as If you elephant, nos- fore you go other peo- trim down shaking his too much Chic Tribune: needed a hair cut,” ing about the lion's cage. around making remarks ple's appearance you'd bette your ears,” retorted the lion, mane. *“You show your Ivories when you talk, anyhow." Norristown Herald: put a great deal of scene, Can you get some as to resemble a bear? Assitant—I think so. There s seven chorus girls who hay, their wages for ten weeks. 1 HORTICULTURAL EVENTS, Indianapolis Journal, bbage and the butter bean tered for a race; ure was the starter, and The weather set the pace. “You aid th g0 i about Manager—We must alism in this wood one to growl so all them. The And now the losing ones protest That things weren't on the dead: Not tfil the butter bean was pulled Did the cabbage a head A SONG OF PROGRESS, Frank L. Stanton in th How fast this world moves sclence as its gulde! (Johm, fire up the carriage; 1 am golng for i ride.) In darkest space it leaves a rare iHluminated path. (Order six yards of lightning for electric’ bath.) Horald with Tim along, a quick various its inventions! They dazzle sense and wight! able there to London for a dinner sday night.) How #wift the march of scierce, though p-s- simists may laugh. plcture, painted by the new ph) How re's telautog: It's forward march! forever—the great pro= Bressive (I see they" cute 1t's forward bolts Sing around the n ut new life In that electros march! forever—in spite of 1 bars. strike that alrship for a trip stars.) (r'm Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S, Gov't Report Roval Baking owder ABSOLUTELY PURE