Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 14, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE mm—— e B ROSEW. T PURLIEHED MORKING UNECRIPTION. (4ny), One Year One Voar R TERMS OF (Without 8 and Dally 1 Daily Rix Monh Three Montls Bunday iee, Ui Baturduy Boe, O Werkly Tieo, One Yonr o Year Yen The Ttes 2, Finger 11k ufls, 21 Pearl 5, 14 und 1 sener N and 20th Washington, 107 # % W CORDESPONDENCE smminleations relating t ter should be w Al torial ANl busine should be addressed npany Omalia rier . ot compan. BLISHING COMPAN he Editor 1 CIRCULATION of The Bwe Pub. - iy that the € full and « pies of the Tivening amd ¢ {5 print 1 of May, 15 15 follow " 7 19,004 1 Fiiuivi yed in my pr If China has not learned herself by this time our little friend will have to administer spanking. to behave Japanese 1other Now there is to be a rus The discove of rich gold deposits on Kodiae island will doubtless make Pa cifie const miners invest in fur coats and sealskin h for Al Dboots, A new political movement, called the Independent American party, has been started in bleeding Kansas, With pro- hibition, Mary Lease and chinch bugs, Kansas' cup of woe is almost overflow- ing. Governor Hastings of Peansylyania is being earefully groomed as a davk horse for the republican presidential . due time we shall ascertain whether his eandidacy is anything more than a fly for Senator Quay a real call higher up. or What Is to bt done with the conviet labor in the penitentiary now that Dor- gan has turncd his back on that indus- trial institution? This is the problem with which the executive department is ealled upon to grapple in the very im- wmediate future, The work of vepaving Sherman avenue bas actuaily begun, During long, weary years the people on t thoroughfare have waded in the slough of decaying wooden blocks. Asphaltumized Sherman avenue will again be onejof the popular drives of the eity. 8. Hascall and Johnnie Thompson acting as their drummers to stir up strife and sedition in the police and fire departments, Broateh and Van- dervoort will soon be in position to take peaceable possession of the offices and perquisites of the police commis- sion. With Isaae Judge Scott probably thought that the police commission squabb’e was apt soon to become a stronger drawing card than himself, so he twi the judicial bear again. highly tisfactory Judge's candidacy whole heaps of good. The re and will do the for renowmination e Whisky trust las scored a victol In the New York courts and the wrecked octopus is to be reorganized on a basis of what the traffic will b hat menns, of course, that tie water squeczed out by the process of liquida tion is to be pumped into the by hypodermic injection. concern Specifieator Winspear makes the start- ling statement that frregularities in the office of the clerk of the district court have netted Mr. Moores $175,000. This amounnt is so large that the impression at once obtains that Winspear is simply romancing and that he knows little or nothing about the matter, It is confidently predicted in demo- cratic circles that the organization of the senate is lable to be decidedly ani mated it Colone! Henry Duapont, sena tor-clect from Delaware, persists in claiming the seat occupied by Anthony Higgins. The eruption of the powder mill man, like the dropping of a nitro glycerine homb, is liable to create a ter ritic explosion. Although there has been a change in party majorities in the House of Com mons since its dissolution, William Court Gully was re-elected spenker without causing even a ripple of exeftement. But ¥ Mr. Gully had not been re-elected the action would have heen denounced as entirely without precedent. That is the dilfercuce between the English and American proc It is stated by comy authority that more eattle will be fed in Nebraska this season than evér before in the his. tory of the state. ) will be plentiful and cheap, pasturage will by exception- ally good a late, 80 that the cost of fattening stock will Le less than usual. “Fhis fact, taken in connection with the fact that the live stock interest on th western ranges is witnessing a wonder- tul revival, argue for an unp: year at the South Ow reedented aha market. The croaker is still with us, forecasts a within the next thirty days and tells us that the co crop of Douglas county will be almost a failure, The failure of soveral business Lhouses has often been predicted, but they stubbornly decline to fail apd will not fail. Considering the fact that Omaha was bardest bit of any great western city, being in the center of the drouth region, it is warvelous that no heavy failures have o bere the past year, Ho now {from turbulene Teibune Bullding. | | ni | | many of these men number of heavy fuilures | ON THE VERGE OF A CRISIS. Two weeks ngo Omaha was saved and viot by the inter- Injunction proceedings and the timely warning of Mayor Bemls. The asstmption that there was not the remotest danger of disturbance as the consequence of contending police com missfons s liable to Dbe dispelled within the next forty-cight honrs. No wman, who reali the existing tension between tl irian factions, an believe for a moment that two sets of wglicemen, holding office under rival commissions, ean rol the ¢ity of Omaha for a single day without a col lision at arms. This is precisely what vention of " {would have hdppencd two weeks s it Judge Hopewell had not ordered temporary frue Despite all the scoffing and jeering at Mayor Bemis for isuing the proclama- tion warning citizens iinst turbulent gatheriy it i a matter of common ity that the radieal faction of the \. . A, which has gathered into its onth-bound councils scores of the most reckless ronstabouts and political riff- raff, together with many of the dis- chiarged policemen and dangerous agitn tors, had for severnl weeks prior held hily me in pre tion for an outhrea Threats of violenee were freely made, and it i< well known that ve been carrying concealed firearms and other weapons. It was to an apprehended col- lision between these men and others of opposite political and sectavian views that the proclamation of the mayor v issued. And now the erisis is at hand, vnless the new police board desists from its announced program to enlist and swear in a second police and fire force out of the police officers and pa- trolmen discharged for inefti ordeily conduct and insubordination by the old board, and such of the old foree who members of the oath-bound order are obeying the behests of its ir- vesponsible leaders, That this police foree cannot patrol the streets of Omaha and do police duty side by side with the regular force of police under Chief White, without coming to Dlows, is wanifest. That such a conflict will lead to viot and disturbance is also a fore- zone conclusion. Who will be responsi- Dle for the terrible consequences? Surely not Mayor Bemis or the present com- missioners. Under the decision of Judge Hopewell they have a right to exercise their function 1l supervise the police and fire departments until the court have ofherwise lered. Under tl same decision the Churchill-Russell board are practically barred from doing anything which may lead to a breach of the peace. They must first establish their title to the offices by the pre seribed proceeding in the courts. They have a right to demand peaceable pos- session of the office, but organizing a force is not trying to get coable possession. Inasmuch the present board nnot surrender their office without ving and losing their rights and privi- leges to continue in those offices, they tainly do know that they eannot got peaceable possession. Their attempt to reeruit a second pol force is mani- festly an attempt to settle the issue by force and not in the courts, On behalf of law and order, we warn them to desist. They have their remedy in the courts, and the courts alone are authorized to determine the legal status of the controver: If they honestly desire to settle the question peaceably, pro- 18, ent fency, dis- as let them institute quo warranto cegdings and no obstacle to a speedy tlement will be raised by the prosent vd. It they persist in foreing upon our city a police war and seetarian riot, they will find Mayor Bemis ready to do lis duty to restore and pr o order. In such an emergency the charter con- stitntes the mayor chief executive, and in control of the police, without the intervention of any police commission, and policemen Who are being enrolled by the new commission will either be compelled to olx the orders of the mayor or take the consequences. AGAIN DEPLETING THE RESERVE. A few days ago it was stated that officials of the treasury were expecting an early movement of gold toward this country and expressed contidence that the reserve would be maintained. A considerable depletion of the treasury gold immediately following this state ment is well ealculated to arvest atten- tion and to suggest the question whether the bond dicate, whose agreement to protect the treasury against a drain of wold still has some six weeks (o run, is fulfilling the contract and will be able to continue to do so until the date of its expivation, It is generally conceded that up to this time the syndicate has done wll that it proposed to do. It agreed to control the i specelators and shippers for profit and thus far it has accomplished this, but will it be able to hold control until Oc- tober 1, before which time, if ordinary onditions obtain, the gold movement ought to be toward the United States? Tiere can be no question as to the im- portauce of this, for the indieations arve that the ability of the syndicate to pro- tecet the treasury reserve will be strongly tested, and if it should be found unable to continue carvyiug out its agreement the consequences might be serious, not al ue to the treasury, but to-the tinancial interests of the country. The treasury has lost about $6,000,000 of gold within a month, or since it re- ceived the final payment on account of the last sale of bonds. Auother demand like that of Mounday would reduce the reserve below the $100,000,000 mark. The recent withdrawals are said to have been largely or wholly by lmporte who having legitimate balances to setile abroad have found that they can ship zold at less cost than thoy can buy ex- char at the rates fixed by the, bond teo I the demand could be coge fined to this souree there would he serlous danger, but there is reason to pprehend that it will not be, Indeed, 18 not to be doubted that a part of the late shipments has been on speculative account. It is said that this is the view of conservative bankers abroad, who think the object is to affect the price of stocks. A combination for this purpose is by no means impossible and in the sy syinlic event of exports falling much below what they are expected to be during the | the courts, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: next ninety days a rald on the treasury gold would be more than probable, Statements differ as to what would probably be done M case the gold re- serve should be again dangerously de- pleted. One i that no more bonds will e fssued unless the reserve should fall below the lowest point it has ever reached, while another is that a new is sue of honds will he made If it is neces. sary to maintain the gold reserve, and it will be made without permitting the r serve to sink so low as on the oceasion of either of the previous bond issues, Those who make the latter statement say that the president and secretary of the treasury ave fully determined that the upward course of industry and eom- meree shall not he arrested by the con dition of the treasury and that there will be no hesitation to act if the re gerve drops materially below $100,000.. 000, While the cash balance in the t sury is ample to meet all demands until the meeting of congress, still a serfons depletion of the gold reserva would have an unsettling effect damag ing to the financial and business affairs of the countr THE It appe bounty ¢ SUGAR BOUNTY SE. rs probable that the sugar fmants will have to appeal to It is not expected that a ¢ will e given by Comptroller before the return of Secretary to Washington and the belief the decision will be adverse to ving the bounty, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury. It is sug. gested that Mr. Carlisle may take this position in ~order to keep the monc over $5,000,000, in the tre Wash- ington dispatehes say ther Dbelief quite general that though Mr. Bowler probably did not consult with Mr. Car lisle the seeretary will be glad to ha the bounty held up, so that the troasury defieit may be reduced by that amount. If there is any such motive as this it cannot be too strongly condemned and it is not casy to believe that the secre- tary of the trensury would be a party to such an expedient, in view of the t injury to nunerous individuals in- in withholding the bounty. In ease the matter is carried into the courts the litigation will probably extend over one or two and in the meantime some of the parties to it must suffer arent financ havdship. Whatever the vesult of the hearing, it seems céertain that one of the first subjects brought before congress will be a bill to more strictly define the powers of the comp- trolier of the treasury. The unprece dented proceading of Mr. Bowler, in ar- rogating to himself anthority superior to congress and the executive, makes an imperative demand for such legislation. cision Jowle Carlisle is that pi HOW OUR TARIFF HELPS THEM. A Tondon dispatch states that trade isties for the quarter show that while there has been a shrinkage in British ports to the principal European coun- tries, except Germany, the total value has been largely increased through the expansion of commerce with the United States. The iner re most noticea- ble in the woolen, cotton and lingn man- ufactures. The English and Scoteh cen- ters of these trades, the dispateh says, are now feeling the beneficial effects of the revival of trade with America and the new tariff regarded highly favorable for the woolen, worsted, cot- ton, linen and jute industries of Great Britain, The improvement does not ex- ud equally to iron and steel manufae- tures and tin plate. Barrow and other centers of the steel trade are greatly de- pre The manufacturers reluctantly lmit that Ame ns are no longe large customers for heavy classes of steel and are gradually taking posses- sion of the tin bar trade, as they have previously secured the wire rod trade. This shows to what extent the demo- cratie tariff has contributed to the pros- perity of the British manufacture It has been the greatest boon ever given the woolen and cotton industries of Great Britain, Before our present tariff law went into effect those industri and particularly the woolen industry, were greatly depressed. They had for ars experienced the hardest ), in their history, A great nge in theiv condition has taken place since. We noted a few days ago that the woolen mills in the Yorkshire dis- triet are all working overtime, some of them running night and d and they are doing this for the American mar- ket, where iheir sales have more than doubled within a year. The British woolen manufacturers are expecting to secure almost complete command of the American market and what th alveady accomplished in this direction gives them warrant for the expectation. Such a ult would mean disaster to our woolen manufacturers and our wool industry, but if the effect of the foreign competition shonld not go as far as this it has already vindicated the prediction of the friends of protection. Free wool ught no advantage to American manufacturess, as was promised by its advoeates, whila it has caused an im- mense loss to our wool growers. I'ree traders, who will doubtless find ation in the fact that our riff has resuscitated the woolen and cotton industries of England, cannot do other- wise than regret the failure of the last congross to be equally considerate of the welfare of the British iron, steel and tinplate industries, which it appears are languisking beecanse of the decline in the American demand. The democratic party improved well the ouly oppor tunity it had in more than thirty years to advance the prosperity of British manufacturers and they are wise to make the most of it, for that party will not have another chance to he!p them for a generation to come, 1508 sed. One of the important topics that will be discussed at the annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical assoc tion, which is to be held in Denver this woek, is the proposed repeal of that sec- tion of the Wilson tariff bill that allows aleobol that is imported for medicinal purposes and the mechanieal arts a re- bate equal in amount to the internal revenue tax on distilled spirits. This vebate is lable to deain the treasury of millions. The patent medicine com pounders would not be the only im- porters of alcobol for medicinal pur- poses. Every wholesale druggist, and, | Ing claims for *téhate, WHEDNESDAY, for that mattéf, twholesale jobbers in whisky generally, would purchase thelr supplies of wijighy and aleobol in B rope and make handsome profits by fi- under pretense that the lquor fiad been converted Int medicinal comppunds or sold to photog- raphiers and artists. The rebate clause on imported aleahiol was evidently smug. gled into the Wilson bill to make smug- gling a fine art, For & while it was given out that the office of the district clerk was worth $25,000 & year, and as the campaign ap- proachies this amount has grown to fabulous proportions, The office un- doubtedly pays better than any other in the state, but in the opinion of experts it is not worth more than $20,000 a year after office help and expenses arve paid. The profit aud loss account has always been in evidence, There are thousands of dollars due Clerks Armstrong and Ljams, a shave of which is now outlawed and uncollectible, There can be no question that the legislature should put this office in the relation to the county as ave the treasurer and recorder of deeds. For them a salary is stipu ated, and nues inexc that sum - must turaed into county bhe the kept this town in an up- roar for weeks in the fight he made upon the institution of the present police system, which supplanted the old exclse board and contirmation of appointees by the eouncil. Haseall would be in the present fight hammer and tongs if he conld. All that is left for him to do is to stand on the street corner and incite trouble among police officers When a fire alarm telegraph operato iberately defies his superior officer in the middle of the night his insolence and defiance is commended by the World-Herald and his insubordination is made a passport to the favor of Broatch and Vandervoort. Here is a beautiful state of things. This is municips em with a vengeance, i Camping on Holmes' Tra Washington Post Hon. Bill Bryan appears to his flow of talk and otherwise disgu self. have cut off 1 him- ——— Hot Wenther Amuscment. Chicago Chronicle. seems to b an alarming tendenc; among politicians just now to nominate their dearest foes for the presidency. The idea is that in the presidential race the early can- didate carries the heaviest handicap. Aidi g e se with the Indianapolis Journal Now that the comptroller of the treasury has assumed the fupctions of the supreme court in the sugar bounty matter, an economical administration may deem It un- necessary to fill the vacancy in the supreme There D t. e o iy ent Dise ery. ladeiphia Press. The discovery male in the Treasury de- partment that its vomptroller has a veto power which he can exercise to nullifiy the signature of the president is one of the great discoveries of the age. It is encugh to make the founders of the republic turn over in their graves, 3 A P ews Sllver. Gloe-Democrat. An official count shows that there are nearly 50,000,000 silver dollars stored-in the naticnal mint in Philadelphia, and one of the papers of that city says that “all efforts to get them into active circulation have been futile.” Facts of this kind make demands for more silver coinage ridiculous. S Ssge Too Hot for the Season, New York Tribune. Mr. Watterson's observations about a third term for President Cleveland are vigorous and full of shrewdness, if not in the highest degree complimentary. He maintains ~that the president cannot be renominated, that if he were nominated he would not carry a single congressional district in the United States, and that the man is ‘“a fool or craven tool” who thinks that Mr. Cleveland will be cousidered one of the greatest state men of the country. But why this heat? AU s Too M Joke. Dot Press I was a heavy joke that was played re- cently on a free silver man in Secretary Morton's Agricultural department. Upon his return a few days since from his summer vacation he received his entire accumulation of salary in silver dollars, the gross weight of which was about twelve pounds. He took it good naturedly at first, but by the time he had lugged the stuff around to half the banks in the city in the vain endeavor to exchange it for bills or something lighter, he came to the conclusion that it was carrying the joke too far, and became disgusted with silver, —— State and Loenl Taxes, Chicago Record, The government of Prussia recently fnaugu- rated a comprehensive scheme of tax reform which contains some useful suggestions for American leglslatures. The distinguishing feature of the new dispensation is the entire separation batween the general aud the local systems of revenue. Formerly, as in the United States, the towns ralsed their direct taxes by simply adding a certain amount to the state taxes. Now the sources of state and of local revenue are quite distinct. The towns are permitted to impose direct taxes upon real estate and busincss, but not to levy a general property tax. The revenues of the Prussian state are derived chiefly from the property and collateral inheritance tax. The separation of state and local reventies in some such manner as this has been advocated by tax reformers in all parts of the world The attempt to derive general and local reve- nues from the same scource has everywhere been more or less of a failure. In the United States the attempt has resulted in the estab- lishment of ‘hoards of equalization which do not equalize, Uuder the existing system every assessor will make his valuations as low as poss'ble, in order that his district may escape its share of taxation,for state purposes. The trouble is bound up with the general system of taxation, There ere strong feasons for advocating the adoption in this éountry of a system by which state and local reventes are derived from sep- arate sources. e e uty as to Cuba, Review of Reviews. As for Cuba, It 18 American doctrine that the European colotiid] system represents only a transitional stage. Cuba s an American country, and her pol'tical ccnnection with Spain ought not, to list any longer than Cuba herself desires.’ 1 /8 monstrous that war should be waged, {n Cuba, and the whole land devastated by Spapiards, because Cuba prefers 1o establish her own.independent government It is no duty of gues 10 assist Spain in holding Cuba. On the contrary, it is our duty at the earliest pos:ible moment to recognize Cuba's belligerent rights, and to give her moral sympathy in her struggle. At the present moment our government is incurring a large amount of expense In the attempt to keep Americans from going to Cuba. A reasonable amount of precaution on our own soll to prevent the fitting cut cf notorious filibustering expeditions must be exercized, un- der the terms Of the existing treatiss with Spain, but it certainly is a question whether our government is not show'ng misdirected zeal in sending ships to patrol the Cuban coast, lest some ald may come to Cuba from Cuban friends and sympathizers in the United States. The ques'ion is a difficult ove for our government, and the Washiugton policy must not be condemncd withcut good cause But certainly the American people do not expect that the strength of the United States will be used to aid the Spanish monarchy in keeping its brutal hand upon the throat of an American lsland commuaity, Our AUGUST 14, 1898, LOCAL CAMPAIGN OMATTER. Paul Vandervoort s howling for populists to stay with him in the middle of the road. Paul has been on both sides of all the polite feal roads and has been ruled off for crooked driving and thefe's nothing left for him now but the middle. M. O. Maul wants it understood that he is a candidate for the republican nomination for coroner. That's an affair that Mike wiil have to settle with Dr. Ricketts, who ¢laims the nomination in reward for his eminent serv- ices in advancing the dervish Interests in the late legislature, C. Ranter Scott and Uncle Hiram Savage have established thelr reputations as men of blood. They are both eligible to commlssions in Cclonel Redfie'd’s army that Is being raised to repel a forelgn invasion. L. M. Anderson and his rasbutans are in evidence again. Colone! Anderson recently Nad a commission for certain work for the Union Pacific railroad out tn Idaho. He for- got what he was sent for and was indus triously organizing A . lodges along the line when he got a letter calling him home on an indefinite furlough. The letter was not signed “Yours In I\, P. & P.," either. He is n duty at the old stand and hand in the coming figit now Jim Casey over from the lowa side yesterday, where he is working on the rip- rop. Ha requested Campaign Chatter to an nounce him as a candifate for the dervish nomination for sheriff, was Charley Unitt denies that he made a speech to the Poles denouncing the Junior Order. He says he isu't denouncing anybody these days but just tries to be whatever his audi- ence thinks he ought to be. Ernest Stuht isn't saying a word these days. He is afraid that if he gets prominent some one will ask him why he hasn’t paid the Lincoln Journal for that famous collar that he wore at a republican state convention in Lincoln several years ago Editor Hitchfake says that Judge Hopewell made himself ridiculous in his decision of the fire and police injunction case. Colonel Hitch- fake knows what it is to appear” ridiculous He and his bear, Dancing Dick, have been specialists in that line for some time. “Rev.” L. P. Ludden and A. P. A, Jones of Lincoln were In the city yesterday. They came on a mission and felt the local dervish pulse on one of Tom Majors' schemes. Tom wants to have the republican state central headquarters removed to Omaha and the machinery put in motion to help out the local dervishes in their struggle to con- tinue the gang in office. to committee It seems to be a remarkable coincidence that these barroom fracases always oceur in the court of Chew-the-Rag Scott and that the other court rooms are as orderly as a lady's parlor. Bailift Savage's tenacity was worthy of a botter cause. Having been knocked down for his efforts to protect the sacred and august presence he soon recovered himself and pushed the attacking party out of doors. And yet his salary is to stop December 31, eiSidiiy IOWA PRESS COMMENT. Sioux City Journal: Mr. Bestow will just let them use his name, as a sacrifice to his love of the democratic party, but he is re- solved that he will retain the custody of his mouth, and that his right arm shall not be caught in the humiliating act of writing a letter of acceptance. Mr. Bestow of course does not mean it, but, really, he seems to offer his name as the cheapest thing he has in stock. : Dubuque Telegraph: Some of the dailles of tho state are discussing the alleged blunder inyolved in the democratic nomination for railroad commissioner as earncstly as if Mr. Jerkins had a shadow’s shadow of a chance of election. Mr. Jenkins is a genial gentle- man, but if the Marshalltown convention had had the faintest expectation of electing its ticket he would not have come within 950 votes of the nomination. Sioux City Times: The returns of the Towa census coming in at Des Moines Indicate that the work has been very imperfectly done in many counties. Some of the enumerators have neglected the statistical work almost entirely, aside from that relating to the num- ber of inhabitants. It is said that it is not improbable that some of the returns will have to be completed upon order of the exec- utive counc'l at the expense of the delinquenl counties. It is unfortunata that the value of this state census must be discounted in ad- vance of its publcation. Des Moines Leader: by good authoritie It has been estimated that Towa lost last year $100,000,000 of cash by the fallure of its corn crop. That amount would have been realized from the sale of the surplus, it the crop had rot failed. Its loss was a severe blow to the state. This year the state will have that money. It means the renewal of good times and the revival of confidence in every line of trade. If the fall business this year in all departments of trade is not the best in years, it will be a great dsappoint- ment to those whose judgment is best. Dubuque Telegraph (dem.): Cleveland's profession of devotion to civil service reform is a sham. The convention at Marshalltown was packed with federal officeholders, and placefillers who had failed in their efforts to become delegates were present in force devoting themselves to the task of influenc- ing opinion and votes against silver. Erat- while Cleveland characterized this as “per- nicious activity” and forbade it. Now he not only sanctions the evil, but he gives offic holders to understand that their tenure contingent upon the assiduity with whic they practice it. The postmasters, collector: etc, must do what the dictator bids or wa the plank. . e PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE, Minister Le Ghait, who has been recently recalled by Belgium, was the most popular of the Washington diplomats. Like the rest of Washington, he and his son were smitten with the bicycle craze. Major Henry Stanton, “the Sweet Poet of the Elkhorn,” in Kentucky, had the singular distinction for a poet of being a practical inventor. He devised the iron tie for bind- ing cotton bales, and it was a success. Old Jules Simon Is quoted as saying that the young German emperor speaks French like ‘a Parisian, whereas the first Na spoke It all his days with an Italian accent, and the third Napoleon with a strong German accent. John Morley, freed from the cares of office, will now complete his half finished biography of Chatham, long promised in the twelve English statesmen series. He has another historical work in contemplation. ““The His- tory of Ireland During the Establishment of the Union." Ex-President Harrison is fond of both shooting and fishing. He is desirous of getting a shot at a deen in the Adirondacks alter the season opens, and it will be an unlucky deer that gets within range of his gun. Mr. Harrison has a steady hand and a keen eye and is a first class shot with a rifle. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hutter, who was so well known during the war by reason of her labors on behalf of the soldlers in hospitals, died re- cently in Philadelphia. She was the first woman to cross the line after the battie of Gettysburg. She went by speclal permission of President Lincoln, in a car provided for her use by the president of the Pennsylvania rallroad. Under a law passed two years ago by the California legislature, fourteen jurors ha been impaneled to try Durrant, who s ac- cused of the church murders in San Fran- cisco. The extra jurors attend the ses slons of the court regularly the same as th other jurors, but they will take no part in formulating the verdict unless called upon to act as alteruates, They are for use In an Emergency only, when regular jurors dle, become s.ck, OF are otherwise incapacitated will haye a | END OF THE AFFAIR IN SICHT Energetic Demands of America and Eng- land Had Their Effeot. FIVE CHINESE RIOTERS UNDER ARREST vernment at Tusists that ery Effo Gullty Pekiug Vigorously It Will Esxhaust t to Bring the to Justice. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—The following cablegram signed by the Chinese foreign office, the Tsung Li Yamen, was recelved at the Chinese legation today: > Amerfans were injured in the recent | riots, though several English were, Five of the riotecs have heen arrested.” This is the first official {nformation which has been received and the fact that no in- formation was received herctofore is taken at the legation to mean that-the Chinese government Is anxious to have the outside world understand that China is exerting her utmost endeavors to punish those who par- ticipated in the assaults upon the mis- onaries, The officlals of the legation maintain strenuously that the Chinese government will exhaust every cffort to bring the guilly to justice. They controvert in strong terms the assertion that the matter will be loft to a partial commission. While admitting frecly that prejudice exists among some of the lower classes of the Chinese against foreiguers, they contend that the wealthier and better edu- cated do not share this feeling The legation officlals also refuse to accept the statement that the officials of the prov- fnces in which the rioting occurred were implicated in the disturbances. They admit the possibility of negligence, but not of culpa- bility on the part of the officials. They also direct attention to the recent decree of the emperor for the protection and liberal treat ment of missionaries from foreign countries as proof of the absence of antagonistic feeling to this class of foreigner SHANGHAIL, Aug. 13.—Mr. acting Bfitish consul at Foo Chow; Mr. the British vice consul at Padoga island; Colonel J. Courtney Hixson, the United States consul, and Messts. Bann'ster mud Gregory and one of the licutenants of the United States crulser Detroft, will start from Foo Chow for Ku-Cheng, the scene of the re- cent massacres, o soon as possible, in order to make a complete inquiry into the matter. The consular party will be escorted by a de. tachment of 100 Chinese braves, the viceroy having refused to allow an escort of foreign soldiers or marines to accompany them. Mansfield, the Allen, SILVER MEN WI ALK IT OVER. Free Colnnge De crads to Hold Monetary” Confere . WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Senator Harris of Tennessee is the only member of the com- mittee which signed the call for a conference of democrats on the silver question to take place in Washington tomorrow who has ar rived here. Senators Jones of Arkansas and Turpio of Indiana are the other two members of the committee and both are expected be fore the opening of the conference. The meet- ing will be held in the parlors of the Metro- politan hotei and will continue one or two days, its duration depending upon the will of those present. It is not intended that the meeting shall be a mass convention, but merely a meeting of representative demo- crats of the country to the extent of two or three from each state in favor of the free ¢ in- 2ago of silver by the United States independ- ent of other nations and who believe that the success of the party in the future is depend- ent upon its assuming an aggressive policy on_this line. Tho call for the Washington conference grew out of a meeting in Memphis in which only democrats participated. The meeting here will have two principal purposes. The first of these will be to devise a plan to hold all silver democrats in the demoeratic party and the second to insure, if possible, a de claration for free coinage at the next demo- cratic convention. To accomplish this latter purpose it is that an organization will be perfected in every state represented in the conference whose principal purpose shall be that of securing delegates to the convention pledged to a silver platform and to a candi- date of corresponding views. It is expected that men will be selected to take charge of this work in each of the states Senator Harrls thinks about thirty states will b® represented at the conference. Representative Cox of Tennessee is the only delegate to the conference who has arrived at the Metropolitan. *The object of the confer- he said, ““l= to perfect an organization inslie the democratic party. We have no sympathy with movements look'ng to inde pendent action." At the hotel it is estimated that the attend- ance will not exceed 100 and there is so far no evidence that it will reach that number. Senator Harris says Senator Jones of Arkan- sas will be temporary presiding officer. Minister Denby Still Active. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Advices have been received at the State department that Minister Denby s consulting with the British_and_Chinese - authorities relative to the full and complete investigation of the riots at Ku Cheng. This commission had not yet been appointed, but it was being formed. There s no doubt expressed at the State department that United States interests wili be carefully looked after when this com- mission is appointed. It is stated also that Minister Denby o far has done all that was possible for a representative of the govern- ment to do to bring about reparation and redress, The State department has given such instructien as will cause the mindster to neglect nothing that will insure better protection of the interests of Americans at Ku Chcng. He will also, with the co- operation of Admiral Carpenter, take steps to prevent further riots and to protect Ameri- can_interests should any new cases of out- rage arise. it N Elepement in High Life. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Samuel H Gresham, a nephew of the late secretary, and a prominent busine s man of N rf Ik, snd Miss Sarah Kobbe, a_daughter of Captain William Kobbe, of the Third United States artillery, eloped from Hygea hotel at Old Polnt Com fort Sunday evening and were married in this city yesterday. The wedding took place at the Hotel Oxford, whera the coup'e reg'stered after their arrival in this city. Denth of Major Bates. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.—Brevet Major Francis H. Bates, retired, of the army, died last night of paralysis, after an illness of over six weeks. He was retired in 1593, New Orleans Times. of rich and honest ancestors known to fame, Not a stan of foul dishonor e'ef had crossed e noble na Not a single scion e'e they loved so well, the last descendant of the grand old ‘family, fell. he sudden and completely—he, cashier of a bank; rom his upright, high position, ment sad he sank; 1l as fell 5o many others who have met the self-same fate One misstep and all was over—came re ance then too late. Born rents, with disgraced the blood the in a mo- When the fatal step wa fallen from his place, the shadow was of anger ayd of pain upon his face 'd just glve” he said, “a dollar for a moment’s ' forceful falk With the man who threw that peel of ba- nana on the walk.” ) taken, and he'd m | tion | ana TALK ABOUT DAYARD, Tnftanapolls News: To talk of the presie dent of the United States governing 8 top Toftical twaddle. If Mr. Bayard belioves In that sort of thing, he is what Bumble the beadle called the law-~"The law Is an ass,” said Bumble the beadle. . New York Tribune: We are patiently waiting for Mr. Dayard to deny,”with right- eous indignation, the published reports of his speech of last week at Boston, England, He was represeited to have said the president of the United States stood am'd people Who S0ught to have thelr own way, and whom It took a strong man to govern. That would mean (hat the people are not to have thelr own way, but are to be ruled by the will of an individual dictator, Surely, Mr. Bayard Wil make It clear that he Is an American, not a Russian. Washington sketched was Cleveland while ft may be that Mr. Cleveland would like to be a dictator there is no more of a chance of his becoming one in this country than there Is of Mr. Dayard becoming un- popular in England. President Cleveland often does right thing: sometimes ho i3 wrong; very raroly does hie do a ridiculous thing. It is thorefore most unkind for Mr. Bayard to put Mr. Cleveland in an attitude where these “‘self-confident and oftentimes violent people” cannot do otherwise than ugh at the figure he cuts, Chicago Record: ms to hafe cau Star: The Cleveland the Dictator, and e Ambassador Bayard | d a_shock In diplowmatie | clreles by his recent Id speech concerntng | diplomacy. Mr. Bayard fs quoted as saying very bluntly that does not belleve in | diplomacy Letween nations. “In wy opinion,” he continued, *“the bost diplomacy consists n perfect frankness and in preventing or re- moving of misunderstandings.” It would e nteresting, indeed, it the diplomats of the world would adopt the practice of saying what tlhey mean and drop the usual air of mysterious secre But they would, of course, cease then to be diplomats, Globe-Democrat: Ambassador Bayard 1o have some cu se ap- ous not'ons about the nature of his country’s system of govern- ment and the character of Its citizens. In an address at a banquet recently given to him by his British admirers he said: “The pr dent of the United States stands {n the midst of a self-confident and oftentimes vio- lent people, and it takes a man such as Mr. Cleveland to govern them.” This Implics that our president corresponds to a king or an emperor in the sense of exercising direct and decisive authority over the masses. But any American schoolboy ought_to know that such is not the case. Our Mople are not subjects of the man who happens to hold the office of president, He is thelr servant, not their master, and has no power except that which comes from them. The constitu- plainly defines and restricts his duties privileges, and he is responsible to the people for his official proceedings, and may be removed from office by tho process of impeachment. To say that he “governs tha people s to utter an absurdity. He is sworn to execute the laws enacted by congress and to preserve and defend the const'tution, and he stands in the midst of the people simply as an agent for the management of their af- fairs in conformity with their wishes, for which they pay him a liberal salary. - BOWLER'S HEAD. pe 1EAY Treasury Comptroller n Bigger Mam Tha Cleveland, New York Sun. Mr. Bowler, the comptroller of the trease ury, has refused to issue a warrant for soma $12,500 in favor of the Oxnard Beet Sugar company of Nebraska, and the argument of the alleged constitutional question’ was com- menced before Comptroller Bowler on Wednesday last. The comptroller of the treasury arrogates to himself a power greater than that of the sccretary of the treasury, a power equalled only by that of the president of the United States, and a power which could be exercised by the chief magistrate only by the use of his veto. If such be the law, and if the comptroller of tha treasury ba vested with the prerogative of reversing the action of congress, it would be well here- after for the federal legislature to attach to any appropriation made by it a provision that such appropriation shall be paid pro- viding it be approved by the comptroller of the treasury, and not otherwise This sugar warrant wi t to the comp- troller by the first auditor. The Revised Statutes of the United States provide that it shall be the duty of the first comptroller to examine all accounts settied by the firat auditor, except those relating to receipts from customs, and all accounts settled by the fifth auditor, and by the commissioner of the general land office; and to certify the balances arising thercon to the register. to superintend the adjustment and preser- vation of the public accounts subject to his revision; to countersign all warrants drawn by the secretary of the treasury, which shall be warranted by law, and to superin- tend the recovery of all debts certified by him to be due to the United States. The duties, therefore, of the first comp- troller are administrative or ministerial, and he is vested in no sense with any judi- cial or discretionary power. According to our construction of the law, it is not for this official to declare or to decide whether an act of congress be constitutional or not. His function is limited to the verification of the accounts settled by the first auditor, and to the ascertainment of the correctness of the figures for which the various wa rants are drawn. Were it otherwise this subordinate cer of the department would be vested a practical power greater than t sessed by his master, the secretary of the treasury, and, in point of fact, greater than that possessed by the chief magistrate, to whom he owes his official being. offl- th At pos- harply called been loafing all finds some work for idle this basket and bring out day. “Satan al hands to do. in some Kindlings. Star: “De only ting" sald 10t some men nebber git's Gber, am tryin' ter lib witout Washington Uncle Kben, S0 1 wuh'kin’.” Somerville Journal: Up woman's rights generally thing that man has left to the gy have been ent, any- fonal Hotel ~Reporter: Bring me some lobster salad and some cus cumbers. — Waiter (bringing pen, ink and aper write your name and address hefore kle that Customer— you t. Harp om_$ou. atkin's hters n unable to g to collect it of stuff.” ma’am:. You and quart, The Watkir pay the bill, and I'm try those who really got the Philadelphia Record says the Wissahickon some, people. They're eries.” These here ochoes,' w 15 like all’ ‘ho mock= Detroit. Free Press: Mrs. Darley—You don’t _look very well, Juck. Why don't you go and take & bicycle ride? Or are you too i1l to ride a wheei? Mr. Darley—Well, [ think off. I'll be bel Hanapolis Journal laughed the g; now." or fiye days he had and had neither eaten nor He had done nothing but Under the clreu nees sertion that he had 'em bor of verit BICYCULAR _C'0-OPERATION, Truth, I'm Jjust “Ha, ha! tective. ha have them been on the trail slent. drink his joyous as. the similitude On w John, As @ f the ladies do; Say, John, won't you help me get dear? I've always been nice to you Dear Mary, you know I could never Mary. dylng to get & it, John refuse To assist one I 8o, If you'll get hustie around for the air that tire. 80 much admlr the wheel, I will you need in the Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roval Baking .ABSOLUTELY PURE, Powder =