Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1895, Page 4

HE_OMAHA DAILY BEE ®. ROSEWATER, Editor, ny TERMS OF SUNSCRI Datly Ties (Without Sunday), One Year... Daily e nnd Sunday, One ¥enr Bix Mon asinsd e Three M 8 1 Yaar.. urdny Dee. One Year. Weekly Tiee, Otie Year OFIICES, Bujiding ger Mk, Corner N and 2ith Sts, I Pearl Strect 7 Cramber of (! 1e 13, 14 And 15, Tribune 107 1° Btreet, N. W, CORRESFONDENCE, Al comm w relnting to news and sl torint mitte 1 e addressed: To ihe Editor, LETTIR 3 remitiances should be iyl ing npany, stoftice orders to )t the company 1ING COMPANY, Omaha, Eouth Omatin Sl Chi New York Wawtiington, The T 8 n fullding. ANl bus " ' addres } Omal, . v at the wies of the cople Not wnl Dally s : Sworn 1o hiefore me und subscribed in my pres- ence (his Ist day of June. 1 (Seal) NP, 17 Jim Corbett, the champion bruiser, has married an Omal: girl. However, Omaha does not feel particularly flat- teved. The I enworth distillel has gone up in smoke. Thus Kansas s once more relieved from the stigma of con stitutional cussedness in violating her prohibition amendment. is down in Texas silver, although at heart e doesn’t believe in any kind of that can truthfully boast “1 know that my redeemer liveth.” General Weaver spouting for free Eastern investors realize the fiact that now is the time to invest in Omaha and Nebraska vealty in order to secure quick returns and good profits, Rapid ad vances in realty values can be expected in the near future. Omaha has been chosen by the Com- mercinl Law league as the place for holding its next annual convention. Omaba has made a reputation as a con- vention city and usnally gets what her epresentatives go after. The jobbers of this st ing a proposition to make a special ex- hibit at the state fair. This would be an innovation of mutual advantage to the fair and to the exhibitors. We hope the jobbers will carry out the project. te are consider- The lawyers have just about sueceeded in getting Taylor, the defaulting treas- urer of South Dakota, out of the meshes of the law, owing to a defect in the statutes. This defect, however, could not be made a subterfuge for liberatin, common thieves, It is a loophole only for high class defaulters. lint Divector Leach, who is now connected with one of the leading banks of New York, dec that there is no signifieance to the increased export of gold. Mr. Leach ¢ this year's gold produet of the United States at $45,000,000, besides some $5,000,000 in ore from Mexican mines and $2,000,- 000 from the British possessions and Alaska—all of which comes to our mints. This increased volume of gold will more than offset any demand for export that may come from abroad. Tor years the railroads of the west have chavged as much for transporting coal 500 miles as the coal was worth. Consumers in Omaha have for y paid $3.20 a ton for hauling coal from Chicago to Omaha, when as a matter of fact half a cent per fon per mile or $2.50 per ton would be very profitable hauling. The prospect of cheaper hard coal this year is good, due solely to a hroken railroad pool which has drained the west that the coffers of the railroad coal barons of Pennsylvania might be filled to overflowing. The maxim proclaimed by the State Board of Agriculture is: “Each suceeed- ing fair shall excel any of its prede- cessors.” This is a mighty good rule to swear by and from all accounts and appearances the promise is to be fu filled one month hence. No Nebraskan need apologize for the state fair this year, as he felt called upon to do with reference to the Nebraska exhibit at the World's fair. The board is putting up a modernized show, which must prove a revelation not only to Nebraskans, but to visitors from abroad. It was a cruel plece of sarcasm for Mr. E. J. Cornish to declare in his ad- dress before the Grand View Republican club that Isanc 8. Hascall was a walk- ing encyclopedia on republicanism. Mr. Cornish doubtless had bhis mind's eye looking backward into that period of Hascall's career when the republicans of Kansas, wrought up to patriotic resentment over the treasonable ut ances of the copperhead, were d liberating between two yards of hemp and a coat of tar and feathers, and Hascall was seeking refuge among his rebel friends across the Missouri border by one of those rapid journeys on foot which men who are in a hurry some- times make to get away from un- pleasant company. O, yes, Ike Haseall 18 a walking encyclopedia on republican- ism, as every republican who lived in Omaha in 1864-65 will doubt’ess remem ber who heard his vile and brutal abuse of Abraliam Lincoln and other union patriots during the closing months of the wae, when the Saveholders’ re- bellion was making its last diteh tight. Mr. Cornish evidently also alluded to Hascall's acrobatic flops from rank cop- perbeadism to stalwart republicanism and from republicanism to greeuback- Ism, populism aud back again. THE WRONG 81D here is a steady growth of the in ternational merchandise account against the United States, There have just been Issned by the State department nd- vauee sheets showing, from reports of conusls, the value of importations from France, Gormany and several oth conntries for the first guarter of the enr- rent year. In every instance there is a marked increase over the values for the corresponding gquarter of 1804, From Gormany the inerease amounted to §7, 000,000 and it was nenrly as great an amount from IPrance, more than 72 per cont of the entire valnes received from the ter country being made up of articles of personal dress, ornament and luxury. Undoubt edly the value of the importations for the second quarter was considerably larger than for the first. This state ment does not include Great Britain, from which there has been during the past six months a very leavy importa tion of merchandise, probably a greater inerease over the corresponding period of last year than from any other Bure country. According to the statement of the Bureau Statisties for the fiscal year ending June 30, the net balance in favor of the United States was $82,000000 as the result of the year's transactions, which was very much less than the balance for the preceding fiseal year, and this balance was made during the first half of the yoar, the trade operations of the last f not being in favor of this coun try, so far as the balance was concerned. We imported in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, during ten months of which the new tariff was in operation, about 76,000,000 over the imports of the preceding fiscal year and nearly the whole of this increase was made Dhe. twoeen January 1 and June 30. During the same period the decline in the v4lne of our exports was abont the same in amount as the increase in the ue of imports, thus most clearly showing the one-sided operation of the new tarviff. It is true that conditions were somewhat changed independently of the tariff, s a reduced mand for American breadstuffs, due to an increased competition, and Buropean obstructions in the way of our provision exports were detrimental to that line of trade. The falling off in the export of corn was from 63,000,000 bushels to 000,000, the shipments of wheat de clined 12000000 bushels and of flour over 1,000,000 barrels, while the value of provision exports fell off nearly $12.000, 000, The decline in the foreign demand for our food products is thus shown to have been la during the last fiscal 3 nd there are no indications of im- provement. The export movement of breadstuffs is reported to be bavely as large us a year ago and the tone of the foreign markets does not warrant the expectation that it will be larger than last year. The demand for cotton abroad is not now active and is not ex pocted to be for some time to come, But imports continue large, and according to reports from England the manufac- turers of that country are preparing to send a vast quantity of goods to-the American market, which is doubtless also the case with other European manu cturers. When in connection with these facts there is taken into consideration the large amount of mon that will D spent in Burope this summer by Ameri- can travelers and other items of our contributions to Burope, which together make a apidity increasing its Lurope is well calcu attention and command serious eonsideration. It may be is- fying to some to say that all this is evi dence of reviving prosperity, but it is a serious question as to how long we can continue in this course without peril to our national solvency and credit. of SALISBURY IS REASSURING. The speech of I the House of Lords, so f; to the Armenian question, was reassur ing. The conservative and diplomatic head of the British government spoke with more directness than is usi with him and what he said may he expeces to make a decided impression upon the Turkish government, while it cannot fail to strengthen everywhere among Christian peoples the feeling that the time has come to stop dallying with Turkey and to force that government fo treat its Christian subjects with proper consideration. The civilized world is united in demanding of the powers by whose will Turkey exists as a nation they no longer permit this “creature of an agrecwment” to persecute its Chris- tian subjects and commit outrages upon them revolting to all enlightened man Kkind, and among these powers none can exert a greater influence than Great Britain, If that government is really earnest in its determination, as indi cated by the speech of Salisbury, to bring about the needed réforms in the treatment of the Armenians, there can be no doubt of the result, It was a recognition of British public sentiment, forcefully represented by Mr. Gladstone, made in the dec tion of the prime minister that the new govern- ment accepted the policy initiated by their predecessors regarding Armenia. There is no division among the British people as to the duty of their gov ment in this matter and there is e reason to believe that they intend to sist that this duty be faithfully per- formed. The tone of the public meet- ings and of the press, in reference to this question, clearly indicate that the popular mind is wade up in favor of a vadical policy, firmly carried out. to- ward Turkey. The language of Salis bury shows that he 18 apparently in ‘mpathy with this seutiment, but in 1y event he plainly intends to respect it. His warning to the sultan, expressed in terms not .to be misunderstood, can hardly fail to awaken Turkey's ruler toat appreheusion of the situation, if he be not already alive to it. He will hardly be pleased at being told that his independenc the creature of an agreement, to the moral burden of which Europe has long be uneasy, but what will chiefly disturb him is the admonition that be will make a calam- itous mistake if he refuses to accept in is the advice of the European powers rel- ative to the Armenlans. There Is a | pretense at deal of signifiecance in this decla ration of the British prim: niniste wade after careful deliberation and with the knowledge, undoubtedly, that It represented the position of the oth powers, THAT NUMBER FIFTEEN MARE'S NE For more than te ars The Bee published sworn statements of its cireu- lation at the head of the editorial col- nnms of its morning edition. These statements exhibit in detail the cirenla- tion on each day for the preceding month and the aggregate number of papers actually sold. No other paper west of Chicago and north of St. Louis has adhered strictly to this practice, Out of the 200 dailies that make any to rank as metropolitan jour- pals not more than a doz publish sworn statements of circulation every day and month of the year. All the others content to elaim large eircu- lations and mercly publish periodic cir enlation averages or high water ggregates, In Jan quest w lishers v of the present year a re- rocoived from the pub the American News. paper Directory led, for state- ment of the circulation of The Bee for the year 1894, Although the exact figurcs for that yenr were accessible to the publishers { the directory by sim ple reference to the paper, which is con- stantly kept on ftile in their offic the business manages in complinnee with the request filled out the blank. In so doing he made the mistake to insert in place of the figures for the lowest ciren- lation on any day in the year the aver- age daily cirenlation for the year. This avernge had always previously been the standard for all newspaper directories, inclnding the American. Judging by our experience and that of nearly all other reputable publish- ers, these directorie re, for the most part, managed for the dissemination of misinformation about well established stundard publications and for the pro. motion of the bogus claims of bankrupt and mushroom concerns who are willing to pre-empt their worthless advertisi zes at from $20 to $100 ¢ year for instance, ' to order an advertisement in the £ directory. The next volmne both its daily and weekly editions several thousand below the sworn published statements, The only explanation made of this arbiteary misquotation was that the blanks returned by this office had not been received in New York. And now beeause a trifling technical error was made in the return blank The Bee has been placarded among a dozen Podunk and Squashville sheets as being convicted of making fraudulent claims of cirenlation. The fact that the dis crepancy is based on the figures pub- lished under oath by "T'he Bee shows up the smallbore business in its true light. In a nutshell, the statements of cir- culation published by The Bee are un- contradicted and unchallenged, but the figures transmitted to the Ameriean divectory have been found incorrect on one point—namely, the lowest circula- tion on any given day of the year 1804 was a fraction over less than the daily circulation for the whole i, divided by 365, Had there been any disposition on the part of The Bee to fa'sify its cireulation claims padding would have been done in the published statements which arve kept Dbefore advertising patrons from month to month. The whole Printers’ Ink No. 15 expose has been a mare's nest by which malicious and imbeei rivals in these parts will profit ve little. The merchants of Omaha and everybody who has oceasion to patronize the columns of Cmaha dailies know that The Bee has never resorted to im posture and never has made a claim it nnot make as of 120, HARMONY IN OHI0. Bx-Governor Foraker is a recognized force in the republican politics of Ohio. He is able and and, com- mands a strong and enthusiastic follow ing. There has been sowe doubt, ated chiefly by the statements of demo- cratie papers, regarding the feeling of Foraker toward Governor MceKinley as a presidential candidate, The ex-goy o vas interviewed in New York a few days ago and what he said ought to remove all doubt as to his position and to the feeling of Ohio re- publicans, My, Foraker said the party is entirely harmonious and will earr; the state this fall, both for governor and the legislature, a prediction which all the conditions appear to fully war- rant. As 1o MeKinle said that Ohio is practically a unit for Dim, that it has no second choice, and that the delegates from that state to the next republican ional convention will support McKinley as long as there is a possibility of his nomination. “Go from one end of Ohio to the other,” d Poraker, nd you will not meet a publican who has any other candidate save MeKinley.” The republican can- didate for governor, Mr, Bushne'l, has talked in a similg u, and it is evi- dent from these expressions that the demoeratic statement that the Ohio re publicans are not harmonious is ground- less. On the other hand, the democracy of the Buckeye state is badly split up and the promise is that the convention of the party next week will develop one of the Dbitterest factional contests in the history of Ohio politics between the free silver and sound money ele- wments, There is no doubt about repub- lican success in Ohio this year and it is equally certain that the party there is solid for McKinley for president. aggressive cre- The their day experts assure us that will be concluded by the 1st of Septembe That assurance af- fords some satisfaction, The city will only be out $1,200 In addition to the amount emiy d Dby the late treas urer. But will the dervish majority of the conncil under the leadership of t eminent bank financier, Cadet Taylor, take any action for the recovery of the money after the experts have ms thelr report, and if they finally conclude to Institute proceedings for its re ery will they be able to recover in view of the admitted failure of the comptrol ler to check up the treasurer's bank accounts and cash on hand? ov rre arrested vate preserves. Two Britons w for poaching ou p! t Chadron They mark | 1000 | !l‘l‘lfl‘l | themsel majesty, the queen. Plentifulty supplied with money they stubbornly refused to pay the fines sessed and wore put to work on the streets with the chain gang. Finally they lented, paid their fines and mailed a burning protest to the British [ consnl. If these alleged insults to John Bull's subjects are to continue in Ne- braska it will soon be necessary for the queen to estallish a consular station in this state. When this time shall come | The Bee will k leave to present The manifold advantages possessed by Omaha for such station. Wounldn't Express It Minneapolis Journal 1t Cleveland should take the Indiana dem- ocrats’ advice and appeint Harrison to the supreme bench, it would be an act that would surprise the country, but it would re- dound greatly to the credit of the president. Kansas Statesmanship, Kanss City Star, Senator Peffer has discarded free silver and has come out for a currency based upon land vaiues alone. He is opposed to unlim- fted ccinage of the white metal, and has even turned his back on the government | pawnshep scheme, There ie nothing certain about Peffer but his whiskers, Rallway Stoek. Democrat The Street Railway Journal | street railroads of the United italized at an average of $95,60 average capitalization of the m railways is 000 a mile, while their cost perhaps is half as much, and that of a street railway far less. The value of the franchises given away by municipalities may be ciphiered out accordingly. tates that the re cap: 1 mile. The B8 IR, x leon; Detroit Free Press It cannot be demonstrated, but it looks as it Prof. Bemis of Chicago university has been dismissed because his teachings in regard to monopolies are mnot pleasing to that arch- monopelist, John . Rockefelle Colleges doubtless like have millionaires endow them, but if they must, in consequence, only teach just what those millicnaires desire, the endowment is a very doubtful benefit e RV uting for Cournge Minncapolis Journa democrats are holding a con- Washingten. If holding confer. ences and mass meetings did the business, the ilver party would sweep the far west and Alaska. At present the silverites need to get together to assure the country, fn the last words of Webster, that they still live, al- though the statement may be recaived with as much skepticism as that of the spirit of the Irishman, celebrated for his “bulls,” who ame back at a seance to announce that there was no future life. ithe in n Rumor, Times-Herald 3 General Campos has re- signed the captain generalship of Cuba and that he y urges the Spanish Rovern- ment to grant the island of Cuba self-govern- ment is a piece,of news which will need con- | firmat'on. No doubt General Campos a hard-headed, brave old soldier, who has seen much hard fighting' in his day. He under. stands Cuba and the Cubans thoroughly. But if, as reported, Campos Is anxious to get out of Cuba it is much to his credit. body has had better opportunity than he to know the cruel and fgnominious failure of Spain in try'ng to rule this unhappy island provinee. dow Sh Sake. The silver ference in Cola T Chien The rumor {hat i cxiiot for Polities. Philadelphia Ti Tt is an incontestable fact that many per- sons have become’ too clegant to soil their hands with anythng so vulgar as practical politicz. People have learned to believe. that Rovernment s a great. organism quite apart and distinc from themselves, and that | 1t can easily get along without thelr partici- pation. Machine rule has come in and taken the place of personal influence. Democracy | 18 ceasing to be a mass in which the indi- | vidual citizen is the unit. There is but one | way to remedy this evil. The pecple must 80 back immediately anl earnestly to the simpler, wiser, better ways of thelr fathers. e —— # Swenishop Evilw Philadelphia Ledger, The evils of the #weat shops are being cor- rectel in two ways, by the efforts of the workers in them when organized in labor unions, ‘and by the transfer of the work of muking clothing from the crowded cities to the country. Large quantities of alething for | New England are now made in the agricul- | tural districts of Maine, and New York firme | have established great workshops in small villages in New Jersey. Land being cheap, i buildings, though plain, are given plenty and air, so_that the employes work good sanitary cond'tions. Moreover. though the wages pald are low compared with ges in the city, the cost of living is less than in the city, and the operatives arc really better off than their fellow workers in the big cities. Subjeet. York Times. If Judee Scott of Omaha Is going now to reach out for public approbation‘he should mend his ways on the bench at once. H. | has shown himself a judicial tyrant of the Jeftries school, though fortunately of nar- rower jurisdiction and mora limited power. He better kesp off the stump until he shows | upon the bench that he has human instincts land the heart of a man. The Fremont bune says Judge Sc a small aud tt of Omaha, who lectured to ce in Fremont Saturday even ing, was very unfortunate in the selection of a_subj His text was “Human Lib- | erty.” "It is a little strange that such a sub- ject should be chosen by a judge who not only denied Editor Raker of Gretna the right to a trial in his lib2l sult, but denie him the privilege of introducing one fots of testimony to prove the truth of the charges h: made against the man who thought himself libelled, If this is Judge Scott's idea of human liberty, it is little wonder that few people cared to hear him lecture on the subject.” 10WA I'HENl‘I‘vI)MHE!\T. Sioux City Journal: Senator Vest doesn't want to criticise the Towa democratic plat- form until he knows how many officehoiders were concerned in its making. Semator Vest may be sure there were enough of them to make ‘sure’ the indorsement of the administration. 1 Davenport Demoécrat: Des Molnes sends out the report that the hot winds of the past few days have done enormous damage 1o ths corn erop. “'Phere is more scare t truth in the report! A healthy corn field is refreshed by sueh warm breezes as the week has 50 far furpished. Cedar Rapids’ Republican: Democrat accusks the Republican of trying to unload Helen M. Gougar on the demo- crats. We wish to file a demurrer to the chargs and to add that Helen, being cranky. unstable, unreliashle; and having several wheels in her head, appears to have naturally gravitated towand ‘the democratic camp. But if you object te her enterance into your wigwam—why, gust/give her a frigid shoul- der. Carroll Sentinel: The Davenport When we hear popu liste complaining because the democratic party did not adept a free silver platform it makes us wonder they are not satisfied with their own party. They have a full set of nominees for state officers, a free and unlimited coinage platform at the ratio of 16 to 1, and why not stick to it? It was the first to meet and put up a ticket and declare that they wanted nothing to do with the democratic party. Now it is a little strange to think that they want th democratic party to get onto thelr hobby horse, too. Dubuque Telegraph: 1t is sald that the purpose of Mr. Jenkins' nomination for con missioner was to rally to the support the democratic party “the 30,000 railway men in Towa.” But what benefit will it be to gain 30,000 railway men and lose 40.000 farmers, manufcaturers and jobbers? The statement assumes that the 30,000 railwsy men will vote for Mr. Jenkins, Who knows that even 10,000 will vote for him? N body. There is no evidence that he is re- garded by rallway men—that is by railway men who are not officials, and who work for wages—as a representative of their class And now it appears that Colonel Fostor is A bold, bad man. The failure of the new po- lice board to appoint a chief of police and a force and precipitate a double-header system on the city is charged up to him. The der- vishes pointed to Colonel Foster as a man after thelr own heart. Every one of their leaders claimed all the credit for having se- cured Mr. Foster's appointment. They feel very differently now. While the dervish gang still admits that Mr. Foster is all right, they are filled with wos at the thought that partners did not have nerve enough to out- vote him, as was planned in the original program. They would have been happler had the board been composed of men who were all tarred with the same stick. his Henry Ehrenpfort has b has joined L. M. Anderson for recruits to the dervish standing in the community the character of the his stadard, ken out again and in the campalgn ranks. Henry's is guaranty of en who will rally to County Commissicner Grandview Republican think the city of Henry Holln's shortage as city treasurer He he said, that mo more honest man that Henry Bolln had ever lived Mr. Lives: is right in line on this propo- siton with A. G. Edwards, Cadet Taylor W. 0. Saunders and other dervish men, who ussd e Livesey told that he did would lose a cent on account the club not was convinced, ory effort to keep the late in office after his shortage of $30, been d'scovered. According to Mr. it Bolln had been county treasurer his for would have satisfied Livesey any further he did gamble on the bucket and squandered money in the wine Secretary Brownlee Is In a position to ap preciate the which Senator Thurs used to tell and apply to Editor Hitchfake. The senator said that Mark Twain once con- fessed to a minister that he had been think- ing something about where he would like to speud his eternity. The minister was pleased and asked the great humorist if he had reached decision. He replied that he had a great deal of doubt as to his selection. He had lots of friends in both places. Mr. Brownlee's friends are with one board and his duty with the other. Vandervoort ought to little before the new polic irer 000 had Livesey's position, instead of city reputation Mr. investigation, honesty without though even on shops rooms, story on any not, and was in Broatch and cosched Mr. Brownlee a asked him to meet with board. He was called in to tell why the ex-members of the police force had been dis- missed. He told his story, and when he got through Mr. Foster remarked that it ap- peared that there was good reason for the removal of the men. He would not consent to the appointment of any man on the new fores who had been released from the force for cause. That a body blow the many applicants for positions on Churchill-Russell force. Uncle Jo2 Redmon is getting wise in bis old days. He returned from a two weeks rest at his country place yesterday, and was immed y importuned to jolu the howlers against the present police board. He told the boys he liked them first rate, but he did not see why he should make a fool of himself just because they wanted him to. Sam Macleod is not so impatient as some of his fellow howlers. Sam has been disap- pointed too often to allow anything to worry Eim. He says that there can be no question as to the supreme court’s decision and he can afford to wait a few weeks until his friends get into power. Sam gets judicial tips from A. Sylum Churchill, and his faith has not been shaken by the wrong hunches be has received from that eminent authority in the past. have they old to the was There are a lot of people in Omaha just now who are taking advantage of the fol- lowing section of the obligations taken by the candidates for initiation into the A. P. Al: Prasident—"“You have been brought here under a delusion. You expected you were joining the order of A. P. A., did you not? I will now disabuise your mind. You have not joined the order of A. P. A., but you . have joined the order of ‘Amoreans which is the name of an old and ancient order of similar objects. Should any one ezecuse you of being an A. P. A. you can make an affidavit that you are not a mem- ber of such an order.” Now, that's real handy, isn't it? Israel Frank has recovered from his recent illness. Israel it is just his luck When the police crisls was sn and an op- portunity was waiting for him to jump in and clean up the muidle he was taken il It would have bezn different if he had been around. He doss not know yet whether he will be able to sit with the supreme court in special session or not say Charley Unitt told the Grandview Repub- lican club that the interest in the campalgn thus early was “due to the slander that ‘ad been ‘eaped h'upon the party during the last three months.” He said the city and county governments were in better hands than they had besn since the county was organized, and that it was “a slander to h'intimate that the party did not 'ave the ‘habllity to put men in the h'offices that would manage the county as the party had managed the country b'until it was the h'admiration and the h'envy of the h'entire world.” Charley has not mastered the lan- guage very well yet, but he means well. He should stick to Polish, however. If he makes a bad break them neither he nor his hearers know anything bout it. John Jenkins made a speech at the Second Ward Republican club on Thursday night and announeed himself as a candidate for the republican nomination for mayor. John said he had inténded to say nothing about his candidacy, but it had leaked out some way and could be kept secret no longer. The latest story is that Dr. Mercer s to buy an interest in the World-Herald in order to boom his eandidicy for mayor this fall. ‘The doctor's son, George, has worked into dervish favor in the %ouncil, and claims to bave the pins set for’a sure shot on the nomination for the doctor. Jim Allan has taken the contract of in- fluencing the supreme court on the decision in the police board contest. If Jim's brain was as large as his nerve, the state would not hold him long Johuny Thompson is" reported to have re- fused an offer of clerk of the police board under the pew commission. But then you can't believe everything you hear, especially it you know Thompson. He does not come of a refusing famlly. rnest Stubt Is longing for the paign committees to get to work again. can't forget the great graft he had as treas- urer of the republican central committee a few years ago. ago Tribune. The singular story comes from the other side of the Atlantie that the persistent drouth has resulted in injury to all crops in Great Britain, the conditions being worse than any experienced since ‘“‘the black year, 1879.’ Usually the damage is the other way. The crops suffer from too much molsture Instead of from lack of It, th. nosition of the British isiands, rigit in the sweep of winds that have blown over the Gulf stream, causing the al nosphere of those islands to be normally sur- charged with moisture. council- | qypyg The usual eruption of fooling against Ger- many has been breaking out fn Paris lately. Politiclans and fournalists work upon the feelings of the people, knowing fhat they will always find eager listeners to any prop osition for revenge on Gormany. Recent articles explain the possibility of such re- venge being brought about by the alliance with Russia, and_between the lines urge an early attempt. One thing France does not | take Into consideration when she thinks of gotting her reveuge, and that ie the enor- mous inerease in the past quarter of a century of the German population and financial importance. The French population has practically remained the same during this period, and Germany toduy probably has 80 per cent more people than France. The Bourse in Berlin ie o8 important, if not more #0, in the financial world, than the Bourse fn Paris, which was not the case formerly, I would be very unwise for the French to at- tempt to get back Alsace and Lorraine at a time like the present, when their rivalry with England would insure the latter coun try's working quietly, if not open against them. But this war talk is probably nothing but talk; it is to be expected periodically, and should not be taken seriously. The completion and formal opening of the new naval port of France Bizerta, on the coast of Tunis, has not attracted the attention commensurate with the importance of the event from a military point of view. When the French extended their protectorate over in 1881, the possibility of converting Bizerta into an impregnable naval base was recognized, and became the subject of an ex change of views between the cabinets of Lon- don and Parls. In having ignored its prom 150 1ot to annex Tunis or fortify Bizerta th French government merely replied in kind to the broken promise of Great Britain to terminate her, from the French point of view, unlawful occupation of Egypt: and in the Anglo-French game of tit-for-tat the es. tablishment of e new fortress on the Afri can coast at a point where the Medit rancan narrowest has probably been a more telling blow at British prestige than was the expansion of the colonial empire of France on the Kongo, the Niger, and in the direction of the upper Nile, or the extension of Tonquin to the Mekong river and the bor- ders of China. The arsenals, docks and other works which are in progréss of completion at Bizerta will completely throw into the shade and possibly render obsolete the British es tablishment at Gibraltar and Malta. In a word, France has provided herself with an- other Toulon on the opposite shores of the Mediterranean, and the task of Great Brit- ain to maintain her influence in that sea and to keep open her line of communication with the east in the event of a war will become doubly onerous. at e When Nicholas II. succeeded to the Rus- sian throne there were those who hailed the dawning of a new cra in that benighted land. Understanding the new czar to be a man of gentle mind, they looked for an enlargement of civil liberty, and for some degree of religious toleration, They failed to take into account the influences which surround the czar, and are more powerful than he: the traditions and the system which make every Russian monarch neces- sarily a despot, and which can be shaken off only by revolution. While the notorious Pobiedonostzeff is procurator of the holy synod, such a thing as religious toleration in Russia is impossible. Nothing more clearly shows the utter vanity of all those expectations of reform than the present at- titude of the Russian government toward the Jews. If Alexander III. chastised those loug-suffering people with whips, Nicholas II is chastising them with scorpions. The infamous May laws of 1881 have not been repealed nor relaxed. They are being en- forced with increased severity, in every in- stance being interpreted in the harshest possible manner. The Jews have been driven into certain towns, and certain quar- ters of the towns. They are forced to re- main there, crowded and cooped up so that it scems a mockery to call their existence human. They are forbidden to engage in any business outside of the specified quarter Under Alexander 111. they were permitted to go elsewhere, on passing certain high and difficult examinations in learning. That rule still exists. But under Nicholas TI. it has been practically nullified by forbidding the Jews to acquire higher education. No college or high school is allowed to have more than 5 per cent of Jews among its students; in Moscow and St. Petersburg not more than 3 per_cent. This rule prevails in towns where 50 per cent of the people are Jews. In various other ways the per- secution of the Jews is being pressed more | vigorously than ever. ver It now looks as if the death of Stambuloff will be of small benefit to the Russian party in Bulgaria. It is said that one of the con: quences of the assassination will be the for- mation of a strong and compact anti-Rus- slan party. After the retirement of M. Radoslavoft from the cabinet at the be- ginning of the year it was generally ex- pected that his party would wpite with that of M. Stambuloff, the views of both leaders being identical as regards the necessity of resisting Russian aggression in Bulgaria A fusion was, however, rendered impossible, owing to the claims put forward by M. Radoslavoft to the leadership, on the ground that he had formerly held office as prime minister. The dificully has now been solved by the disappearance of M. Stam- buloff. Soon ing of his party was arranged to take place at’ M. Petkoff’s house, but was prevented by the police. M. Stambuloff's followers contrived to meet soon afterward and de- cided to offer the leadership to M. Grekoff, but he declared his intention of retiring from public life at present. The party fore resolved to ally itself with the Rados- voffists. The united anit-Russian party will command forty votes in the Sobranye, and its influence in the country will be very cousideratle, v The defeat of the soclalists in the recent departmental elections in France was more crushing than the most sanguine of their op- ponents ventured to expect. In more than 1,400 elections they carried only twelve seats. Commenting upon this fact, the Paris corre- spondent of the London Times writes: “The socialists, led by Millerand and M. Jaures, have done their best, and their canvassing has been vigorous and ably conducted. this is the ryesult. It is clear that their o veline: . S | curious jewelled watches collected peculiar liveliness in the chamber, their tac. | SHrBUR JEmEled, WRICAE COReres o ng the haunts of pleasure- to | entertaining and every woman should p: tics of obstruction and vituperation, their endeavor to arouse hatred betwee various classes of society have begun fail as alluring qualities in the absence of anything positive to be set to their credit At all events, it is obvious that, where local interests predominate, as they do in depart- mental elections, the community hesitates to intrust its affairs to such noisy and un- practical theorists. M. Jules Guesde at Roubalx let loose the dogs of war in a cam- paign which was expected to have a great effect, but his candidate is roundly beiten, Everywhere the result fs much the same. Where the socialists lent their aid to the radicals, as at Terrasson, where M. Goblet was a candidate, their appearance on the scenes would appear to have injured the | latter.” SRR ey VOICE oy 7T ST L) York Times: There should higher and more patriotic motive in the appointment of the fire and police commis- sion of Omaha than to spite Rosewater, or auy other man. The Ausley Chronicle states the case about right. Chadron Signal: The course of Governor Holcomb in the fire and police quarrel at Omaha is marked by practicai common sense, He is asking a republican supreme court to hear the case at once and decide it on its merits. This is exactly what courts are for. The people, irrespective of party, ought to stand by Governor Holcomb in his course Grand Island Independent: Judge Scott and the PRESS, atory, relate provol canine ferocity menta in_and care of bi events in local cyeling circles, quent fter the latter's death a meet- | prevent the there- | desert the lib the h)rg‘; standards, Henry Tu events world vicinity. sip- eric nbout tennis—Gossip fishing—C ring count before game for boys a tle of the youngsters. for be the opinion of a mau w have been a | ence and obs with weekly rexume by Mr. makes servic Furope, the news of N of Omaha and vi able form and the fighting member of the Omaha Judicia beuch, has hud ancther set.to with Lawysp Beokett, whom he ordered o be (hro out of ‘his court room, and against whom he has now issued a caplas. 1t will be & lucky day for Omaha, when that city shall ho relleved of that judge, though we others will loso some fun MERRY RIYMES, Tirookiyn 1fe. Five-delior billg and ten-dollar billy Are things | don't often see; But four-dollar bitls and nine-doliar bille Are presented quite often to me. While vou' Might be While you Detroit Free Press wifo objects to my cigar— I8 A vice, ®0 she Assumes; And thus my pleasure she doth mMar— She does not smoke, but how she fumesl Puck “If one should steal from you o Kiss, swoet maid 7" “Ixchange is no robbery, ir,” she sald. ¢ Judg ve treated Paradise as though It were of little worth; d now her daughters are not slow fo clamor for the earth A Washington Star From each the xolemn stutement On highway and on byway: There's but one way to run (his earth, And that, of course, is “my way comes, i in a voice §t. Paul Pion as. surf maiden cried, tion, “Te-hel tion'! But a breaker | With a horribie din, And then she was struck with an occan, Th of emoe I've just been struck with a noe Tndinnapolis dournal The prettiest girl he cver saw. A scared young man interviewing pa. A ceremony, with great colat “I'm going right straight home to mal** Maiden name restored by law S THE BICYCLE FACE. New York Sun. U've a “bicycle face,” Which T wish to replace With a face that s not of that kind; And If any one can Provide mie a plan To exchunge, it will quite suit my mindy I've been reading of late Some remarks in debate As to whether or not That there is such a And 1 now have a case Which setties the questlon clear throughs is true, There's one eye that's black, On my cheek is a whack, My forchead is seratched like a file; While my chin is a fright, And my lips are a sight, Less lovely whenever 1 smile. My nose is awry, Of a tooth 1 am shy, An eyebrow is goné from its place; 1 have scrious fears, Will fall if it hasn't a brac Th Till With plaster and splints and a st here are black-and-blue spots, By themselves and in lots, Till the face of me looks like a map. They may stop their debate; I am ready to state, It is true, as 1 find in my case; For alack and alas, When I look in a glass, T'm sure I've a “bicycle fac “Ah me, what perils do environ The man who meddles with cold fron}* 1 started on my flying wheel, The flush of exercise to feel, When, discontented with its load, It scattered me along the road And though I lit on every pl: The most of it was on my face. SPECIAL FEATURES. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE IN THE HOLLOW .OF THE HILLS, Second Installment of Bret Harte's story of California life, in which the famous nove elist weaves a delightful romance. HAUNTS AND TRICKS OF SMUGGLERS, A narrative of the remarkuble and sur- prising schemes resorted to by professional and amateur smugglers to evade the pay- ment of duty, and the manner in which they are trapped by the customs officers, related by Frank G. Carpenter. DOWN IN MISSISSIPPL Quaint feature of life In Jackson, the apital of the state—Interesting observitions and piquant scenes In city “and suburbs sketched by an Omaha sojourner. AND HIS OLD NEIGHBORS. mpses of ploneer life in_ Illinois, in e martyr president was a central figu Incidents of his early struggles, his political campaigns and his convineing or by old nelghbors whose hos: pitaliy he enjoyed ALL THE WORLD A-WHEEL. How the advent of the bloomer costume domestic Jurs, church rows and in varjous pla —Improve= ox—Chroniclo of LIBERTY LOVES THE LIGHT. 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Fashion's decrees for fall and winter set sip about Gossip about ev forth in detall and illustrated—Costly and by New in in the A puke teeming with helpful things, of which rtake. activities of the world and THE YOUNG PHOPLE. “A Collision at the Start’—A spirited ac- of how two yachts were smashed the race began—A new and novel 1 girls—Entertaining prat- THE SMALLEY One of the features of The Sunday Bee's ign news service is the weekly review vents by Mr. George W. Smalley. This Journalist has the advantake of many * residence in London, where he was 1 with the Londoh Times, which now represents in New York. Mr. s summary of the le ents Curope has the merit of acc fi 1441 largely the opinion of one it is se long experis vation ennbles him to speak In_connection with the of English affairs, cabled Bullerd Smith,’ the Smalléy letter The Sunday Bec's foreign news most valuable EXCLUSIVE NEWS BERVICE. 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