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

THE OMAHA DAILY Blfi‘,_ FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. 1895. VAVATER, Bditor, SHED EVERY MORNING. l’\MIy no-* (Without Funday), One Year. | B Thiese Montlis Bundny Tiee, O Saturiay e, One Weekly Les, One Ve OFFICH fiuiid Yeur Year Omaha Bouth c The ha ufts 1o Commares. 4 15, Trivane Bullding N, W, SNDENCE. <t news and edi- iy Ay 1 " the Eattor BUSINIES LETTERS, otk awhingLon, Al torial maitey All busin addressed Omaha be mad ¢ the comp G COMPAN 1 [ THE DI PUBLISHT CICULATION of The Bee Pub rn, says that th George 1} Tishing cr actual num Dally Morning, E Quring the month of May, 45,000 15,004 19018 15,940 full ning and 158, A 181466 was as {0 | L 10,014 19124 19,174 Totnl Less dedictions e copl snve for unsoid and Net Daily nv n, TZSCHUCK thed in my pres GRORGE fore me and subsc it June, 1595 {. P. FEIL Sworn to this st al.) Notary Publl A NEW SERIAL STORY. Tir, OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. THE HILLS: yrnfa life by and popular in hig old-time ht adventures IN A HOLLOW OF A splendid serial of Califc Brot Harte, the famous novellst—A stary dealing wity with road agents. ni Inn forest, mine discoveries and earth- quiakes A attractive love tile, in whic fhe principal actor will live as one of the roblest and most loves charac- ters in_all the fiction of Harte's authorship—This serial will eommence in The Sunday Bee publiched August 11—-Watch for it THr OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. A NEW SERIAL STORY. No free silver in ours—lTow Democratic Convention. So 1t is to be a late and a short state campaign. people will not object. state convention But the Towa demo cem to have ‘a peenliar leaning toward gubernatorial candidates whose naies commence § with the letter B. One thousand and fifty-seven dele gates in the republican state conven tion! Why not call a mass meeting of all the republican voters in the state? The latest is that fever is “carrying away {he Spanish . soldiers in Cu How fortunate that there is something Dbesides the revolutionist enemy to which their failure can be attributed. The question is, Why should the state socretary of the A. I'. A. organization have been supported at the expense of the people for whom the contributions for the velief of the drouth suffercrs were intended? Wo are still of the opinion that the missionaries who work among the laun- dries the United States have a more atteactive field than those who devote themselves to the conversion of the heathen Chince in his native land. Mr. Dixon of Chieago should have tendered the services of his 5,000 armed Americans from Canada to the authori- ties of Illinois te put down lawlessness at Spring Valley. There is no use go- Ing so far away from howme as Omaha. Irishwen in Ireland ought to be able to look after their own affairs and omit nothing that will delay the free- dom of Ireland unnccessarily. Irishmen in America have a sk just now to free themselves from oppression in the United States. When they have accom- plished this object they can again turn thelr attention to Ire'and. Judge Hopewell rebuked the lawyers in the council for ignoring his order, saying they were more to be blamed than the members not versed in the law. The judge, however, omitted to discuss the attitude of the acting as- sistant city attorney, who steod up in the council chamber and shamelessly advised the councilinen that the court's | order was without force and effect. The suggestion that Omaha put on ber best bib and tucker in preparation for state fair week will carvy its own welght. The city should be made bright and clean and the deecorations show.d be made to eclipse arything Omaha has ever attempted. Fhe city is just recoy- ering from a long spell of business le- pression and our people are now bent on showing the world that Omaba is alive. Reports from the seat of war In Idaho are to the effect that the soldiers out there can find no Indians at all. The commanding general it to employ some of the newspaper correspondents who have boen exploiting the war busi- ness us scouts. They would people the whole country with Indians in a jifty and have them Kiled off in a bloody battle before the regulars could cateh up with ther | The authorities of those counties whieh lent money to the drouth-stricken farmers on the security of seed grain notes last spring wi'l have to be on the alert now to see that the obliga- tions entered into are promptly met. Most of the favimers who were thus assisted have such a harvest in sight that they will be glad to liquidate their tndebtodness as they possibly can. Those who are reluctant to pay should Dbe persistently dunned and brought to time, if only that the con- sclentions borrowers may suffer no n- Justice or discrimination. as soon I |of the I ‘n‘llwll | edged head of the W Tateriient Laurel HiL THE 10WA DEMOCRATS. The declining free silver enuse re- {cetved a more damaging blow from the | Towa demoeratic convention than cven |and that dealt it by the Kentucky demoe: hecanse it more distinetly repre- sents the Judgment of the nk and file of the party. In Kentueky the party leaders werc and popular men being on either side, and the rank and file were largely in finenecd by the charactes and prestige ders, Fhug Mr. Carlisle ex tremendons influence, his ad of =onnd meney unquestionably making thousands of converts, In lowa, however, the real leaders, in cluding ex-Governor Boi the acknowl Iy, the free coinage of silver, and the fact that they were defeated in the convention shows that the masses of the party have been doing their own thinking on this sub- jeet, rather than taking counsel of the leaders, with the result that a majority of them are opposed to debasing the curvency by the free and unlimited pge of silver at 16 to 1. Under the circumstances, therefore, the majority in the convention in favor of a sound curreney was n signal vietory for that enuse, the effect of which can havdly fail to be marked. A decided majority of the democratic farmers of lowa have deelared, throngh their rep- resentatives in convention, that they want an honest dollar for their prod ucts and that they sre willing to pay their debts with honest dollars, and this declaration will have its influer upon the agriculturists of other states who bave been impressed by the asser- tion that the welfare of the agricultural interest of the country depends upon secaring the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the United States at the old ratio. It will induce the democratic farmers of Nebraska, Kansi the Dakotas and other states to think mor cofully on this matter, and when they do this there can be no doubt of a fa- vorable result for honest mone, Bxcept the utterance of the lowa dem- ocrats regarding the currency, the acticw of the convention does not call for much attention. The attenipt to lug the liquor question into the cam will not help the party, because it not and cannot now be made an issue. Of course the party does not expect to win this year. It will not poll its full strength, the fact that a nuwber of the free silver men bolted the convention before the nowinations were made in dieating a considerable desertion of this element from the party. The ean- didate for governor, Judge bb, is a man of ability and character, but it was with difficulty that he was per- sunded to accept the nomination, and it is not to be expected, therefore, that he will make a very vigorous eampaign. The republicans, on the other bhand, will undoubtedly make their eampaign an aggressive one from start to finish, and baving all the conditions in their favor they will not only win but should voll up ome of the largest wajorities ever obtained by the party in the Hawk- eye state. a voeney o8, e o A WAR ON BUCKET SHOPS. The Chicago Board of Trade has de- cided to inaugurate another war on “bucket shops,” those institutions for the smaller class of gamblers in grain and provisions which exist at all the commereial conters and at many places are not centers of commerce. It appears that the bucket-shop interest has been rapidly growing during the ast few months, an incident of the general revival of busin dence of the increasing tendency speculation. It is stated that there at least five of these shops in Chi now where there was one at the open- ing of the year, a good many of them being run under the name of an inc poration for a blind when there is no- body eonnected with them who is at all responsible. “Ihe Inter-Ocean says that some of the bucket-shop firms have from fifteen to thirty branches scat- tered throughout the west, many little towns of 1,500 inhabitants having a grain and stock exchange connected with the main house in Chicago by private wire. The operations of these places are said to be seriously injuring the business of the legitimate comnis- sion houses. Just how the Board of Trade pro- poses to attack these institutions is not explained, as it would obyiously be un- wise to develep the plan of procedure in advance of its application, but it is intimated that the board may stop sending out continuous quotations, as it did with good effect several years ago in the cffort to suppress the bucket shops. But this plan did not to | then accomplish all that was desived and would not be likely to do so if tried again. Perhaps the only way of effeet- ively reaching these places is by legis- lation, and thus far the Board of Trade has not been able to obtain from the Ilinois legislature any action against the bucket shop. It is said that an ef fort will be made to get legislation from and doubtless nothing short of this will be adequate to their sup- pression. But with what sort of propri- ety or cousistency can a body like the Chicago Board of Trade, which counte- nances and enconrnges speenlation, ask federal legislation for suppr bucket shops after having most vig ously opposed the measure introduced in congress a few years ago for the purpose of putting a stop to all gam bling in food products? he bucket shop is peculigrly an American institution. It Is the natural product or outgrowth of the speculative f trade and stock exchanges. It congress ssing cators as prevalent amoug men of small means, who cannot afford to pay thou sands of dollavs for membership in such a body as the Chicago Board of Trade or the New York Stock exchange, as it is among those who can command hun dreds of thousands of dollars for spec ulation. That it is an evil will not be questioned, but the principle that cou demns the bucket shop is valid against the gambling on a larger seale which i tolecated by boards of trade tock exchanges, and indeed it may not wireasonably be contendoed that the latter is the more serions evil, because its Influence and effects are more far veuching, Tlere Is uot a thing to be ] divided on this fssue, able | to the gambling instinct which is | and | lnnkl in defense of the bucket shop. It [ Hnvites nid encotrages a system of gom [ bling which Is altogether demoralizing | nurtful. It has brought ruin and | disgrace to many. It ought to be x-n|>| | prosse But to be eonsistent and just |it is necossary to condemn all gambling in the products of the country—the deals whiel involve millions of dol equally | with those in which only hundre | staked—and to make no discrimination it it be proposed legislate for the | | suppression of this kind of speculation | The hundred dollar gambler is certainly | not more dangerous than the one who “Im\ a million. POLICE REFORM UNDER BROATCIL AND | VANDERVOORT. If men are to be judged by (1 and not by their professions the of genuine police reform and good gov {ernment o nothing to hope at the hands of W. J. Broateh and Paul Van dervoort if they should suceeed in be- coming police commissioners. Their carecrs have shown them both to be men lacking in moral stamina and that inflexible integrity which inspives re spect and contidence in public officors. Without convictions or prineiples to ! uide them, unserupulous and reckloss of they have at all times | and in all places shown themselves un worthy of any public trust. Vandervoort made his advent into Omaha as an imported chief clerk of the iilway mail service. In that position he had control of the railway postal clerks between Omaba and Ogden. In- stead of attending to the duties of his office and enforeing the roles and dis- ipline of, the department, he devoted the greater purt of his time to politics and converted the service into a machine to dominate the republicans of Omaha and Douglas county. At every repub- lican caucus, primary election and con ition Vandervoort dragooned the pos clerks into line and substituted in their places in the mail ears on the road ward bummers and vagabonds who were without experienee in hand- ling nd were not even sworn in. When an effort was made to purge the primaries of fraud by a rvegistration of cpublican voters Vandervoort, at the head of a gang of rowdies, made a forel Dble raid upon the polling place, knocking down the election officers and demolish- ing the ballot hox Instead of doing his duty to assist in the suppression fraudulent lotteries which were illegally using the mails, Vandervoort exerted his influence to expedite the circulars and letters of the netorions Pattee lottery swindle, which had its headquarters in Omaha, its hind- quarters in Wyoming, and its vietims ln every city in the union. After hi missal from the railway mail ser by Postmaster General Gresham, Van- dervoort turned his talents to the oil- room lobby at Lincoln, where membe of the legislature were debauched and jobbery was promoted. When he had worked himself out completely as a monopoly lobbyist and capper Vander- voort professed to experience a change of heart and became @ rampant anti- monopolist for revenue only. During the prohibition campaizn the great Paul tendered his services to Peter Tler, president of the Owmaha distillery, and when his offer was declined he turned in with Helen Gougar to bolster up the prohibition crusade. In many respeets Broateh is a counter- part of Vandervoort, with whom he has been infimately associated in political deals and crooked work. There is no hoodlum too low for him to associate with and no political skullduggery that he has not abetted. During his term as mayor he talked reform to the preachers and church wmembers and played into the hands of the gawble and the keepers of disorderly hous He beeame the father of the burnt dis triet and the protector of the blacklegs. While proclaiming his devotion to the Interests of the taxpayers, his lust offi- cial act was to sign an order for the frandulent $45,000 gas claim. While boasting his stalwart republicanism and party loyalty on all occasions. he or- ganized, with the help of Vand the Omaha Tammany Twent, i acts friends CONSCQUENCes, Is dis- to defeat the republican candidates for mayer and treasurer. With such wen in control of the police and fire departments of Omaha wmunic- ipal reform would receive a Dbuc from which it would take years to re- cover. OTHER UNPALATABLE PARAL ome people still insist that there can be no excuse or justification for any officer to refuse to enforce every kw exactly as he finds it on the statute books. They say they ecannot comyie- hend what right the mayor and pres- ent police commission have to decline to vacate their offices as police comnis- sioners until the courts il havy passed upon the constitutionality of the Churchill-Russell act. These people seem to have forgotten that less than three months ago there was a parallel case refgrred to the courts apon a simi- lar state of facts. The late legislature passed g w di- recting the commissioners of his county to submit to the people & propo- sition to vote bouds for the construc- tion of the proposed Platte canal when- ever the requisite petition was filed with the board. The commissione de cided to refuse to enforce this law until after its constitutionality had been tested and atirmed Dy the supreme court. In this position thoy were sustained by some of the ablest lawyers 1 ais by the district court. Nobody charged the commissioners with Hling narehy. y charged them with being guilty of law defiance and ~tbjoct to impeachment for questioning the validity of the canal law and refusing to at once put it into effect, In the canal case there was a conflict the authority of tho conunissioners and the authority of the proposed canal comn mers. The commissioners resented ttempt to deprive them of the of all | county hnprovement woere con wended for thelr stand by some of the lawyers who are erying for the te Installation of the Churchill ol police comumissioners. 'S a0 poser for the men who are clamoring for the strict enforcement of oot botween connty the conteol and | precedented sthecenks | the ‘nl:m- fi ane | ana | have llh‘ Churchill-Russell bill without first souw uy s vuveasin | RAWORTH & SCHODDE, CHICAGD, | v submitting the qdbstion of Ms validiny to the courts Al roads wilt Iv"nl to Omaha in Sep- tember. The country press and the o of the smte generally have been that Omaha is determined to make the state fair an un The demand s for, something new-—up-to atures ont of the worn-out, beaten that fafr visitors have long of.. People will longer pumpkin show and a crazy quilt collection. The Conunercial chb the State Board of Agriculture recognized the new demand and proy it. Pla have formulated which contemplate s than the has ever cortainty of abundant aid the fair mana plans to a successful issue, week's festivities within the the city will form no less an than the fair itself, Everything comes to him The long-deferred extensions and im provements In the water system ahout to started With enlarged water mains and an efficient fire depart ment Omaha will have perfect protec- tion against the fire fiend. peoy convinewd this year age path staté tived patronize se 1o meet 18 Digger known, willy to show Th of state crops conrse, onr their while the gates of attraction who waits. cvela &t Tribune Tt the tide of public opinion continues ru ning In its present direction H. H. Holmes will soon appear as the hero of a Sunday school story for the Hmitation of good little boys, cro. as Not by Chlengo What is to be under about a “‘joint debate” between the candi dates for governor of fowa? The country has supposed that all the Iowa “joints” had been suppressed by the prohibition law. - Paul nnd Viegil, Western Laborer (Omsaha) It is rumored that the Douglas Populist club, headed by Paul V. 0. Strickler, a number of A. P. A.'s ani several disappointed seekers after gubernato- rial appointments s fixing the fences to give Gavernor Holcomb some kind of a black eye at the coming state populist convention. Considerable. bune od by all this talk County Vandervoort Dervish It is said that the republican party of Massachusetts is going to be told by the A P. A, that if it nominates Governor Green- haige that order will fight him. The A. P. A. is apparently strong in the Bay state, as its Progenitors on one or two occasions were It is safe to predict, however, that Green- halge will be re-elecicd this year. —-— Raising o Delicate New York Sun. Congress directed that one of the two new 11,500-ton battle ships should be called the Kearsarge, *n honor of the famous old craft that sent the Alabama to the bottom in one of the greatest navalidusjs of modsrn time It said nothing, however, of the name to be given to the sister ship thus letting it take the ordinary couvse of earrying the name of some wstate to be selected by the executive authorities. Now the suggestion is offered that the sister ship should be christened the Alabama. That raises a very interesting question, Question. There should b2 no'end of preaching nl and day to the farmérs of this section the gospel of diversified industry. The fluctua- tions of the grain market and the great de- cline in wheat prices within recent vears would be a mattef of comparative indifference to*the farmer it he had adopted long ago the policy , which Prof. Shaw lays down as the true one. Just as he refuses to follow it, he must suffer. A year like the present, when the soll yields abundantly of its product should not persuade the farmer or any friend of the farmer to be oblivious to the in. terest that he has in adopting this prudent, sensible and profitable practice in' agriculture, Rotation of ecrops and diversification of products, for the enrichment of the land and the permanent prosperity of its owner, Is the indispensable condition. We will do our share in keeping it constantly before the at- tention of the northwestern farmer. et al Clennliness amd Health. Globe-Demacrat, Colonel Warring, the new sloner in New York City, and other w of the the best method, would pay a profit of $7, 000,000 a year, or enoush o meet the cost of clezning, paving and sprinkling the streets The wastes of the eity now bring in but $150,000, and are treated in a manner injuri- ous to the public health and comfort. Col- onel Waring contends that the municipality should have complete control of the removal and disposal of house waste, dividing it into four separate classes—paper and other light rubbish, street sweepings, garbage and ashes. ~The light rubbish is salable, the street sweepings are needed at the parks the garbage is valuable for fertilizers, and the ashes are useful for roadways and for conversion into coucrete. Colonel Waring is a thoroughly practical man, and what he says about the waste of millions In our large cities cannot be controverted. ————— Moving the Crops, Washington Post The certainty of a great demand for trans- portation facilities to move the large crops of this abounding year would be more gratifying to many of the railroads if the were better pared to meet it. During the period of depression thay could give no attention to improvements. They had no use for additional rolling stock, even if they had been able to pay for it. The result is that they now find themselves short of cars and have Httle time to supply the defleiency It is stated that the car building e ments all over the country have booked for more cars than can be built this year. They are working to their full ca- acity, but fears are expressed that scarcity of cars will be seriously felt in a few weeks when the great wheat and crops are ready for the market The largest harvest of cereal staples may be productive of temporary annoyances and dtsappointments, but the inability of the Munic street commis- says the sewage if handled by y | roads to handle it as rapidly as the farmers wish may not prove an unmixed evil. A sudden and great rush of grain to market is not caleulated to enhauce prices. the average of prices for a year would be higher if the delivery of crops were ev distributed throughou! the months of the year. But that plin would be impracticable because the produycers' need the pay for theis crops. If, however, fhere 1s an unavoidab delay In transportdtion it will maintenance of remunérative prices. ol A. Blnck She r Ocean, AN Chicago, Int Charles Tupper, Heatty, supreme s of the American Pr ive the city. In speaking of Omaha over the twg p that the Omaha branch very ¢ e “We in folich with the leaders and their entiments in 'regard to th recent troubles in Omdha!" he sald. “Within a few days I have faceiyitalked over the whole matter with a lesdisgmember of our order foom Omaha. This officer has, In case of trouble, advised that the courts settle the Qifficully by quo warranto proczedings This is not an A. P. A, fight. We want our members to lve up to the law not countenance any unlawful proceeding: About the J. W, Dixon telegram of August 1 to J. C. Thompson of the Omaha paper, the American, is a plece of sensational news, a strong inducement, when announced in priut, to sell every>copy published. “We have, like all organizat 8. called our black sheep. These A. papers are not official. They are medium of the money makers of orde I is unfortuna for the soclety that these organ print these wild-fire letters and telegram They misrepresent us and hurt the American Protective assoeiation materially. We have made every effort to find J. W. Dixon. cannot place the man. Some ove hostile to our organization s re.;ousible for this new bit of tricker assoclation, Is in the trouble in boards, he said the order was of what may be so-called A. F the our of | been are | Probably | and do | We | 'WILL REBUILD THE ATLANTA Plans for Making a New 8hip Out of an | 0ld One. CRUISER TO BE ENTIRELY TRANSFORMED With New | | | Engines and | ment | | | She Wil 1 of Any of (he Fights & Ships of the Mavy. | WASHINGTON, Aug. § | ment has determined Atlanta a thorough overhauling r it congress can be induced to appropriate the necessary funds. It will cost about $300,000 to do this, but it the plans in contemplation arrfed out the old Atlanta will be prac new ship when she emerges from the hands of the workmen. She will be given new boilers, new triple-expansion en- gines and twin screws instead of the single screw she now carries. The result will be to make the veesel a sixteen-knot ship, wher she is now capable of only thirteen, to in- her horsepower from 3,000 to 5,000 | and in addition to increase her coal capacity | by at least 100 tons. The changes will not stop here, however, for the press battery will give way to rapid-fire guns of the most modern type, making the Atlanta as good a fighting ship as any of the others in the na WORK OF The give Navy depart “the crutser xt to winter, are ¢ tically a | | | | crease THE BLEVEVTH CENSUS. Will ANl Be Comp ed by the End of th Cnlendar Yenr. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Carroll D. Wright, United States commissioner of labor, has forwarded to the secretary of the interior his report on the operations of the eleventh census during the fiscal year 1804-95. The report places the total cost of the census up to date at $10,531,142. The appropriation now available will be enough to finish all the work except the final printing and binding. The chief cause of delay has been the popu- lation schedule of the population volume. Great care has been exercised to eliminate errors. The only other parts remaining un completed are the vital statisties, a part of the compendium and the second edition of the abstract and the statistical atlas. Mr. Wright hopes that the work of the census may be completed and given to the public before the end of the present calendar year. Seven of the reports, giving the names of the veterans of the war, their rank, services and present address, have been turned ever to the pension office. These returns will be of great value to soldiers wishing to com- plete their claims. Kil WASHI Browning ha vestignt Commissioner telegram to Agent Teter of the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Teter’ telegram, in which he informed the Indian burcau of the return of the Indians to their reservation and of their good conduct while away from it. The commissioner added: “It is excoedingly gratifying to all friends of the Indians everywhere that they have returned peaceably to their reservation and gone to work without having committed any act of violence against the persons or property of the whites. This will certainly be to their lasting credit. Tell them so, and that the office will do all in its power to have a faith- ful investigation of the killing of the Indians made and to see that justice is done. Am looking for a full report from you giving the details of the whole aftair. a Favors Canadian S WASHINGTON, Aug 8.—Secretary Morton has issued a special order regulating the im portation of sheep and lambs from Canada for immediate slaughter. These will be ad- mitted into the United States hereafter when accompanied by certificates having the fol- lowing new and more liberal provisions: A certificate from the official veterinary of the port of export or distriet in which the ani- mals were raised or fed, stating that no con- tagious disease affecting sheep has existed there during the past three months, and an affidavit from the owner or importer that such animals are from the district covered by the certificate; that they were not els where during a period of three months pre- ceding shipment, and that when not driven they have been Shipped direct to the port of import in clean or disinfected cars, Prize Puzzles \l‘l' lable, WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The assistant at- torney general of the Postoffice department has rendered a decision n regard to the puzzle device employed by some newspapers to increase eirculation. The Times-Herald has been awarding bicycles to boys and girls who should cut and paste together and name correctly disarranged fragments of portraits of people notable In politics, the drama or war. To this Chicago’s postmaster objected on the ground that the scheme was a lottery. Mr. Kohlsaat, owmer of the Times-Herald, called at the department yes- terday and asked for a ruling. Judge Thomas decided that if the awards went by merit and not by chance the idea was not a Jottery, but on a par with the award of prizes in a sehool or college. rench Imitating the Columbia, WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—News has just reached the Navy department that the French government has shown its apprecia- tion of the fine capacities of the fleet eruiser Columbia by ordering the immediate con- struction of two vessels as nearly a duplicate amous American flyer as they can be the absence of our exact plans. re to be known as ‘“croiseurs saires’” or pirate cruisers, and, notwith- standing the criticisms that have been passed the Columbia because of her ligit sttery, those French cruisers will have still smaller caliber guns, the largest being but 6.5 inches, as against eight-inch guns for the Columbia. Interesting Indian Statisties. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Statistics re- ceived at the Indian bureaw show that 30,000 Indians are now engaged in farming, stock ralsing and other civilized pursults. During the year they raised over 1,873,000 bushels of corn and other grain and vegetables in pro- portion. They own 206,000 head of cattle and 1,284,000 sk About 22,000 Indians voted at the last election. It is estimated that 30,000 out of the total Indian population of 247,000 are church members. Out of the 247,000, at least 189,000 are self-supporting and 35,000 pay taxes. Yl Stud in \l‘ ved with Distinet WASHINGTON, Au 8.—United Minister Denby, in a report tu the department, dated Peking, June 22, ealls at- tention to the “gratifying fict that amid the degradauons and decapitations which s0 common of Chinese military officers the recent war, in every way in which a returned American student s men- tioned In an imperial decree he Is com- mended and awarded honors for bravery." Cr Pros WASHINGTON, Karel at St. department with a review pects in Russia. The report s to the effect that while in some regions there is a good crop, in others the outlook is very poor, owing to bad weather, late sowing and other conditions. Mr. K says that both winter and spring wheat has suffered, as has also the rye crop. Wil Exn WASHI of the curre Wallace of examiner, signsd Military WASHING Hodge iled States N in R Aug. 8.—Cons Petersburg furnishes General the State of the crop pros s mine National Bankws. ON, Aug. 8.—The comptrollet oy has appointed Frank M Pittsburg, Pa., a national bank to succeed A. F. Henlin, re- 1 Detail (o Towa Weslevan, 'ON, Aug. 8.—Captain Charles wenty-fifth infantry, has wilitary instructor at rsity, Mount Pleasant, Ia, | n Widow Aug. 8.—Mrs. comparatively young and T. Barnum, married yesterday to Demilri Callias Bey of Constan lnopl: a titled Greek holding high rank in Turkish government. Mrs. Barnum was second wif of the showman. She was in Southport, Lancashire, England, forty-five years ago. Her malden name Sancy Flsl. been the det as Remars was | the the | bern | abou | was A1t e COTAI L e O ST S e oo | Nancy Barnum LOCAL CAMPAIGN CHATTEN Coming events cast thelr shadows beforo This aceounts for the pald annowncoments I big type and biack ink of the candi ducies of sundry and various patriots who are wililng to sacrifice thomsolves for the good of their country and fat salaries that are being made through subsidized sheots that o Lrying to fill a long-felt gap in this community. In contrast with these huniry ofti; the dense ing their Clatter tuture payment, pleasing task uts of seekers who that prev 1 necossities, without price taken upon publishing the | patriots who positively ‘Ihnr names to be offices for which mentioned in sidewalk | corner conventions. deplore ils concor 1gno e wants Campalgn or pledges of itselt the following announceme decline to allow In councction with have been favorably caucuses and street used they in PIMl Winter candidate for has heen pinked times, but it satisfied s that he is not a Judge this year. Phil with political virus several n't and his honor is Announ take, Tke Haseall announces that he is not as vet a candidate for councilman-at-large. He doesn't know what he will run for until he gets his orders from Solon L. Wiley, Claus Hubbard he Is not candidate for y treasurer. He does need the position, and Charley Unitt 1s for Unitt, and asks his friends themselves accordingly. ank Crawford announces that he is not candidate for superintendent of the poor He has had an awful hustle for many years to keep away from that institution and he don’t propose to be forced into the place now even for the good of the party. announces that a not does, to gov 50 he m a farm, Hitchfake (s not a candidate for mayor. His duties as a member of the law firm of Ransom MHitchfake & Hall demand his entire attention. He has just got a new set of wheels and, barring a puncture, ex- pects to make a record in his defense of the dervish police board case. G. M is nk Munn apnounces that he is not a candidate for city attorney, and the use of his name in connection with that position is wholly unauthorized. He says that he has paid no attention to the slanders of his political enemies, but when they accuse him of having ambitions as a legal light, 1t is carrying a joke too far. T K didate cation. Sudborough denies that he is a can- for a member of the Board of Edu- He says he has experienced no diffi- and until such no idea of going on elected by the people, emergency arises he hat | the board himself. Rufus Windy Gibson declines emphatically and finally to be a candidate for regent the State university, although by education, literary attainments and high degrees in F P. and P., he is pre-eminently fitted to shed lustre upon the whole cluster of red school houses on the university campus. Rufus reserves himself for the high place that has been reserved for him by Vandervoort and Broatch. of Herman Timme positively declines to be a candidate this year for any higher office than justice of the peace for Jefferson pre- clnct—a position which he has held to the profit of himself and loss to his constituents for something like eighteen years, more or less. Henry Knodell (not Dumpling) desires to aunounce that he is not a candidate for justice of the supreme court or for clerk of the dis- trict court, although other members of the school board have had ambitions beyond thel depth. Pate Schwenk announces that he is not a candidate for anything. It is just as well, he says, to announce that he will not run as to run. The results are the same in either event. Prof. Allen is not a candidate for county superintendent. He would like to be, but his partner in F. P. and P., Prof. Hill, has a prior claim on the office. Macleod announces that he is not a for any specific office. Like Cassius, he says: “For my part I have walked about the streets, submitting me unto the perilous night, and thus unbraced, as you see, have bared my bosom to the thunder stone; and when the cross blue lightning seom’d to open the breast of heaven, I did present myself even in the aim and very flash of it.” Sam says that while he won't dodge a flash of political lightning he don’t propose to handicap him- selt by specifying the kind of a shock he will welcome. am candidate Dick Smith nnounces that he is not a candidate for city treasurer. He believes in the first place in the old adage of honor among dervishes and admits that Edwards has a prior claim. Then, Dick says that he is too independent to place himself undes obligations to his bankers by asking them to sign a bond. Hahnemann Pyburn announces that he has no ambition to be county jailer under th next sheriff. He bhas had all the jail ex- perience that he cares to accumulate in one litetime, Colonel Mel Redfeld announces that he is not a candidate for any office. He thought for a time that he would run for county clerk, but he finds that his military duties are becoming too operous as the danger of invasion by a foreign foe increases and he must give his time and talent to the saving of the country first. I R. Andrews announces that he Is not a candidate for district judge. In the first place he says he does not want it-and in the second place, and lastly, 1t would do him no good to want it. Allar is not a candidate for comp- He hag an ambition to be 4 of his friend Cadet Taylor in the council trom the Righth ward. He was a little modest at first, but lately nas decided that what he does not know about municipal matters won't make him conspicuous in the company he Is secking Jim trollel a colleagu Israel Fr. oftice. ank 1s not a candidate for any He says if the republican party owes him anything the party has none the best of him. He is a debtor h'mself on le. no small Harry Van Alstine would not be city electrician if he could. He has all the trouble he wants in keeplug the light of his own reason burning brightly enough to keep Dr., Tilden and Frank Moores away from him and Is not as ambltous as people might think him, Rl has | of | culty heretofore in controlling the members | | | witte THE VANISHED WAR. A Sucelnet Revtew of the Cnusen and the Results, Chicagn Tribune, jort from Jackson's that there are no In- Hans and thore have been none there; that the Bannocks, off their reservation, are peaceable and trying to got back, and that the only danger 1s that white settlers may attack and murder them hefore they are again under government prot and’ this is all there is to the Bannock war The r 1 of events 1 leged Indlan war is ¢ June 7 it was reported The Ia authen Hole 18 to the offe thers sadiug up to the ale graceful and eriminal. in Jackson's Hole that some Bannocks were shooting elk in violas tlon of the game law of the state, theugh 'y are given permission to do so by their aty with the United States. A warrant was fssned and given to a constable, who, with twelve deputies, managed to find an In- dlan with green elk bides in his possession. he hides were tak from him and he was fined heavily. About two weeks later there was news more hunting. The constable and his deputies warned the Indlaus to desist, but made 10 arr at that time as they were not strong envugh. July 10 the consta- ble, with a larger force, arrested ten Indians nd marched them toward camp. A reporter of the New York World has had an interest- ing talk With this constable, from which we take the following illustration of his idea of justice and personal rights when Indians “Do I understand that arrested, charged with mum penalty for whi three months' imprisonmn had not been tricd, and that you con-ider that, in the event of their attempting to escaps from your custody, you had the right to kill them?" I wonld consider that my right larly with India they boing savages and likely to do harm themselves and to resist with arms. I believe I would have the right, considering this, to order the men to shoot them." “But T understand you to say you had sate isfled_yourself that they had no arms upon the: ‘That s correct, as near as we could de- termine, as to their having arms." It is needless to say that when the In- dians sought to escape six or seven of them were shot. TImmediately following this butch- ery the rumor was set afloat that the Ban- nocks were on the warpath and had mas- red all the settlers in Jackson's Hole. The scared governor called upon the United States for help, and cavalry and infantry at large expense were ordered to the scene. They have arrived there. There are no Indians there. No settlers have been molested. There are no Indians on the warpath. A little handful of Bannocks who have been Hving in peace for soveteen years, and who had besn hunting elk for food, as their treaty provides they may, are hurriedly fleeing back to the reservation to avoid being killed by settlers, as their companions were killed by the consta- ble's posse. That is all there [s of the Bannock war But it shoull not be all. Every dictate of humanity and justice demands that the mur- der of these Indians shall be investigated by the government The Interior department should institute an inquiry at once, and if the facts are as they have been stated these white murderers should be brought to justice. gl AND OTHERWISE. is somewhat conspi in Oklahora. Several are in jail with highway robbery, others are rapid transit divorce. It is evident from the restrained exple- tives of the Chicago Times-Herald that Mr. Kohlsaat punctured his tire or took a header toying with Postmaster Hesing's whiskers. Captain Jamison, one of the present com- manders in the American line flect, has been selected to command the new steamer St. Paul when she goes into service between New York and Southampton In October. The New Yotk World's new departure is not without merit. Preaching liberty to New Yorkers is_decidedly original as well as re- freshing. There is an abundance of room in that quarter for an educational campaign, Colonel William Winthrop, who was placed on the retired list of the army a few day: ago, was connected with the office of the Judge advocate general for more than thirty years. Theodore Winthrop, the novelist, i3 his brother. Prof. Lippman has received the prize of 000 francs awarded every six years by the aris Society of Encouragement for the dis- covery most useful to French industry. The protessor gained the distinetion through his method of photographing colars. Bar Harbor, the fashionable summer resort on the coast of Maine, is sorely perplexed by a contest between duty and dough. The lo- cality is run wide open thereby fracturing the prohibitory law. But there is big money in the fractures, and there you are. x-Mayor O'Brien of Boston, who died the other day, was the only citizen of foreism birth who ever occupied the highest municipal office in the gift of Boston citizens. With two exceptions he held the office longer than any other mayor since the incorporation of the city. thesa Indians were an offense the maxi- hois a fine of §10 and t; that the men particu- ERSONAL The new wom 1 Apa’s poem up Ere the ink had And the doctor he As a case of writer's cramp. Atlanta Constitution, Keep your old heart happy still— fime’s a reckiess rover Don't griecve about the milk you While there are cows and clove Times-Horald Wisdom in this yow'll surely find, Where'er your Steps may range: No matter how you chanze your mind, Be sure to mind your chaige, Chicago Detroit. Tribun “I haven't the face to wear them, Quoth the girl on bloomers bent' They looked at her and they silently It was figure she really meant. Monthly. thought Midiand Hot and dusty, Housewlives crosty, Victuals musty rments rust Hourenion Tust Dogs not trust Villnins scheming, Insects teeming, Children screaming, Tear drops gleaming, Sunlight beaming, Poets dreaming! Atlanta Canstitution. "ull maoy a fish he's landed At Buzzard's beauteous bay, But none as fat and frisky As the fish that got away. He'd give a year's good fishing, Likewise a year's Tull pay, Had he but nailed the fish that f The fish that got awa THEYRE Atlanta Constitution. 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