Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 26, 1895, Page 4

Ry P [ L __ Tie_OMAHA DALY BEE. B, ROSEWATER, Editor, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (Without Sunday), Ons Year.. Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year Hix Montha oessor Three Months ... Bunday Dice, Ones Year Baturday e, One Yeor Waekly Des, 8800 1% 1m 19 Omana, Bouth Omahia Council Dinfis, Chicago Ofl) New York, 1t Whshirgton, 1 nger idtle.. Corn 1 Pearl Srest ne Building, PONDENCE. 1o news and edl- the Editor. All commu torfal matter s atlons relating il be ad T BUSIN ness lotters and rem Tiee T'u s and postofl rders 10 ihe order of the company. PUBLISTTING COMPANY be === | White City STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Georgo 1 K, secretary of The Bes TPub. Hshing company. heing duly aw suys that the actual numbor of full and compiite coples the Dally Morring, Evening and Sunday 1 printad during the month of July, 189, W tollows 19,058 Rovessobsveon JOU 11 180 1043 101 1 g i 191 21 19,163 2 Totai ivbinkesussuen Leas deductions for unsold and Net Daily wates B GRORGE 1 TZSCHUCK e me and subseribed in my this 19th day of Augnst, 1 N. P. FEIL, Notaiy Puble. wishing the veterans good weather for their Grand Army encamp- ment at Iastings this week We may be sure the Dorgan warrant has long ago been transferred to the in- nocent purchaser for value, with whos vested rights the courts are so reluctant to interfere. Can it be possible that every man in the court house has an ambition for office or for re-clection? Is there not one man who is content in the obseurity of private life? If there is patronage within reach that Land Commissioner Russell does not attempt to appropriate it must be only because it is alr vy mortgaged to somebody else. With the backing of a good erop, every well-to-do farmer in the state will be sure to take the necessary requived to enable him and his fa to attend the state fair. weation nily The Board of County Commissioners 1s responsible for mismanagement at the county poor farm. It has been re peatedly notified that Stryker would cause it trouble, but it heeded not the warning. The superintendent of the poor farm probably proceeds on the theory that slow starvation of inmates means the highest degree of economy to the county. The revised maxim seems to o pauper Las a right to live.” It is greatly to be feared “that the matter of the proposed reletting of the penitentiary contract may form the oc casion for another discharge of lotter writing artillery between the governor and the land commissioner and att ney general Peaple are still discussing the ques tion of profection from boiler explo- sions brought to the foreground by the frightful Denver disaster. There is one way to secure perfect protection from boiler explosions in hotels. That is to heat the rooms with stoves and to dis pense with the elevator service. The proposed Colorado bull fight will, it is said, be permitted to take place without interference by the state au- thoriti The free silyerites of that state are apparently so eager to come down to the money standard of Mexico that they see in the Introduction of Mexican bull fights one move in the direction of attaining their cherished objects. Jolonel Spaulding has it all fixed now. All he intends to ask congress to do to ‘encourage the construction of his cable from San Francisco to Honolulu i the execution of a contract that will gzuarantee him $260,- 000 a year for the work he may do for the government. This, with $100,000 from private sources and the $40,000 an- nual subsidy from Hawaii, will make $400,000 yearly income. If when this 18 assured the eable does not build itself it will be only because the colonel has found some larger fish to cateh. Reports from Washington are to the effect that the experiment there in pro- gress with the underground trolley is a decided and pronounced success. There is really no son why the under- ground trolley should not be a in American cities, for they have been in suceessful operation in Buropean cities for years past. The overhead trolley may be tolerated temporarily, but it must be a temporary aflliction. The unsightly wires must go and if the electric cars cannot be propelled with- out wires the wires must soon be at least hidden from sight. success Ex-Congressman Coombs, government director of the Unlon Pacitic railroad, nsists that the government must share with the other creditors the losses en tailed by the bankruptey of the road. Quite true. The government has been sharing nothing but losses ever since it becaine involved in the Pacific railroads loans. But when the makes its concessions it w. that it is through with them and that 1t is not throwing the public upon the merey of future nngements, The government may be the heaviest cred government Ms (o know itor of the Union Pacific, but it also | implied that he had represents the patrons who have been paylug and must continue to pay iuter- est on the investment at which it is capitalized. No adjustment of the debt will be satisfactory that does not take Into consideration the charges which are to be imposed on the local traffic of the company. PREPARE FOR TIE FAIR. r'nn It be necessary to admonish the === | tln 250 |1 ¥ | take no risk in N and 2th Sto. | jnstruction it will furn | | | | Sra e | 7,282 | who visits th | ling the fair to the |in all these years he peeple of Nebruska that they should already be making preparations to visit state fair, the opening of which Is now less than thres weeks distant? This will be an oceasion which no Ne- skan who lLas the means time should fail to participate in. We entertainment and fair week, in th most memoruble in the history of the The fair will undoubtedly be the greatest exhibition ever held between the Mississippl river and the Rocky mountains, No other state of this sec- tion has shown such enterprise and liberality in the construction of build- inzs for fair purposes and when the is completed it will be an object of wonder and delight to all who visit. There is every a that the display in all departments will be largest and most attractive ever made and there will be a greator varfety of exhibits than ever before. Never, perhaps, has there been so much zeal and interest manifested by those en- « in this work as now and there is renson to expeet that it will be justified by resnlis Omaba will be at its best during the week of the fair, the preparations made for the enjoyment of visitors being on a veally magni No Nebraskan state, surance every leent se No metropolis of the state at that time will fail to have his pride in it increased. Do not put off preparations for visit- 1ast moment, but be- gin them at once. Let us make the fair of 1805 the most successtul ever held in the state, MR. BALFOUIL MENT. The true friends of silver, those who have hoped for a larger use of that metal in the world's currency through international agreement, will be disap- pointed at the statement made by Mr. Balfour in the IHouse of Commons. It s not expected, of course, that the nment would take any steps to promote the holding of an interns tio conference to consider the silver question. That matter did not enter into the late campaign and while it was considered by the electors in a num- ber of districts and men were chosen who are pronounced bimetallists, still the v party was in no wise committed regarding the silver question. The fact, how- ever, that Mr. Balfour and several other members 6f the ministry are pro- nonneed bimetallists and ¥ Salisbury himself las manifested a leaning to- ward bimetallism used it to be Dbelieved government would take no unfriendly to the holding of a monetary conference, even if it did nothing to favor the proposition. The warranted expectation was that it would not interfere with the project and that if a conference should be called it would send delegates among whom the bimetallists would be repre- sented, Although it is said that the British bimetallists are not at all discouraged by the statement of the government leader in the Commons, it may as well be admitted that it dispo: of all hope of an international monetary conference during the present year and probably during the existence of the Salisbury ministry. There is no other rational conclusion to be drawn from what Mr. Balfour said. He still believes there ought to be an international agreement, thus showing that he is still in favor of a bimetallic poli but he does not think such an agreement would be helped by an international conference. He could hardly have said anything more strongly hostile to a conference and those who are opposed to any efforts to rehabilitate silver are entirely correct in the construction they put upon the utterance. Mr. Balfour disclaimed any right to pledge his colleagues, but it is not to be doubted that all of them concur in his view. After this decl torious position ation from the man who oceupies the second place of author- ity in the British ministry, and from whom {here was expected a friendly interest in the proposed conference, it would seem perfeetly safe to assume that the German government will no longer seriously consider the question of inviting the nations to a conference. That government bas hitherto been guided in this matter by the position of England and there can be no doubt it will continne to be. Without its in- itiative there will be no conference and in the absence of British co-operation Germany will not take the initiative. Such being the situation it is obvious that the subject of an international monetary conference may as well be di missed from consideration, however re- Inctant the real friends of silver may be to do this. One effect of Balfour's statement upon the silver issue in this country will probably be to intensify the demand for independent action by | the United States, but it will not n sarily increase the strength of the silver element, though it 'k the disinte tion of the free silver forces which has been rapidly taking place. TH OF LIBRA SPOFFORD Ior thirty years Mr. A. R. Spofford has been the librarian of congress and during that period the name of no man in the country has been more fa miliar than his to those who have con- tributed to American literature, A man of great intelleetual acquirements and the proficient in the ardu- ous duties of his position, he has com- manded the utmost confidence of all who had any official relations with hin maintained character believed by every one who knew anything of whom to be above reproach. It was therefore a ver great and most unpleasant surprise when recently the charge was made that the accounts of Librarian Spofford with the treasury were not corvect and it was misappropriated money which had come into his hands; 10, that In connection with the copy righit business he has collected f not authorized by law and failed to account for other which belonged to the government, While adwitting confusion in his ac ounts, the veteran librarian, who Is ongh'y foes and the | aying that the coming | s, will be the | | writer of THE OMAHA DAILY lmm 70 years oid, unqualifiedly denies any Intentional wrongdoing and asserts that the final auditing of the accounts | will show that the government has re |ceived every dollar coming to it. There | are very few who will not be disposed | to unquestioningly accept his state- ment and certainly there should be no one unwilling to believe that Mr. Spof- ford is guiltless of any criminal Intent pending the result of an investigation. His long and able service to the gov- ernment surely entitles him to this con | sideration. Referring to the case the Washington correspondent of the I’hila- delphia Ledger says Mr. Spofiord is a man of simple habits and is possessed of very little means outside of his sal- ary, although he has been a constant cditor of publications and frequent fews and magazine articles. His enthusiasm for the maintenance and progress of the library, says this correspondent, seems to have led him into technical violations of the law for the benefit of those entitled to its use. Everybody who knows anything of the excellent services Mr. Spofford has ren dered will sincerely hope that Le will be able to satisfactorily explain ever, thing upon which the charges against him are based. THOMPSON'S THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND, When the official organ of the A. P. A. police board made the assertion ten days ago that 34,000 voters were en rolled as members of the order in Ne- braska we charged the manifest fake up to the carelessness of the typesetter or proofreader. But when the same assertion is made through the Chicago Journal on the authority of John C. Thompson the imposture calls for re- proof. According to Thompson there are in tho city of Omaha four A. P. A. coun- cils, with a membership of about 6,500 voters, and in the state of Nebraska a total of 158 councils, with a member- ship of 34,000. This will be a revela- tion to most people in these parts. there are 27,500 A. P. A.s in Nebr: outside of Omaha we would like to know where they have been hiding. It is safe to say that the entire A. P. A. contingent in Nebraska outsile of Omaha Is considerably less than 5,000, more like less than 3,000, There are fully fifty counties in the state in which the dark lantern order has never secured a recruit. But 25,000 imaginary A. P. A.s more or I cut no figure with swash- bucklers like Thompson. Did not Thompson conjure up those 5,000 armed Americans under Dixon who were ready to march upon Omaha from Chi eago at a moment's notice from himself and his aide-de-camp, Colonel Hiteh cock? Were not those 5,000 patriots armed with Winchesters, who mustered in the attics and dark cellars of Kansas City, also part of Thompson's 34,0007 According to the veracious Thomp- son, as quoted in the Chieago Journal, it is not uncommon for 1,000 men to attend the meetings of each of the A, P. A. councils in Omaha, though as a matter of f: no lodge room in which they congregate would hold more than 300 if packed with men like sardines in a box. When it comes to figures Thowmpson is such an expert that he never bothers about a few hundred or few thousand, so long as the excess s in his THE COUNTY Some weeks ago our attention was directed to the wretched condition of the county hospital by reason of the general lack of cleanliness of the prem- ises and inmates. These complaints were made by young women who were engaged in the laudable work of the Emma Hoagland Flower Mission and who were shocked by what they saw when they carried flowers into the sick wards of the county hospital. While these young women say there has been a wonderul improvement in the treat- ment and condition of the inmates since they began thelr weekly visits, yet recent investigations by representa- tives of The Bee show that even yet the institution needs a very thorough reorganization and overhauling. It is simply monstrous that the in- mates of an infirmary are allowed to wallow in filth and bave their victuals handled by persons afflicted with con- tagious Dblood diseases. It is almost incredible that idiots and insane tients are assigned work In preparing the meals, which at best are made u wholesome by a dressing of flies, dead and alive. The promiscuous mingling of sane and insane people Is also an abnse that calls for immediate remed, When the county assumes the care and treatment of its Insane it is morally bound to pro- vide the necessary attendants and to keep them free from contact with help- less people whose poverty happens to ake them county charges. The idea that men and women who are tempo- rarily lodged at the county hospital should be exposed to assault by maniacs and lunaties is repugnant to every sense of humanity and decency. It recalls the horrors of Tewksbury and the Bloomingdale outrages. It is to be hoped the county commis- sioners will take prompt steps to co rect these evils and put the county hos- pital under the management of a super- intendent who has the capacity for the required work and will devote his time and cnergy to the betterment of the service instead of spending day and night with ward heelers and politieal schemers, HOSPITAL est advices are that the Cuban revolutionists have established a repub- lie. But then we cannot rely long upon this. Another revolution may have taken place since the cable dispatches were sent and the republic may be as helpless as the government that went before it. Even should a republic be the claim of Cuba to annexa- tion would be no stronger. Although Omaha has no market house and no market place more th garden truck wagons may be seen | nearly every morning on the streets in the vicinity of the commission houses on lower Howard and Eleventh streets. A very comsiderable number of these wagons, loaded with fruit, vegetables and produce, pay thelr way back and l(urlh over the Douglas street bridge and erected stil constitute aggressive competitors of [the garden tefitk' men located on this |slde of the Mixkgurl, This, too, In the | face of the fact that the sales are prin- | eipally made td' middlemen and denlers and not direct, to consumers, In view of this spontnweous street marketing without shelter ‘and without a single convenience for marketing the neces- sity for a market house must be appar- ent to everybody, Keep Cool, J. 1. “Bicigo Tribune, Yes, John Bull, dear, the United States purposes to control the Nicaragua canal. But you needn't get excited over it. You still control a pretfy falr canal across Suez. - Ups, East and W, St. Paul Ploneer Press The New York papers will please notice that even an armed force cannot hold up western trains successfully while potato bugs are stopping travel in the suburbs of the metropolis. Hola t. priilfiisidins venir of the War. St. Louis Republic. Coppinger has left Hole,” 1s the way one of the puts it. Something had to be the tale of the awful battle the correspondents fought there. b ey Hinged to th Chicago Times-Herald. The tail of the British lion Jerked in the democratic convention at Springfleld. But this same tail has been pulled a great many times during the last century, and It is observed that it keeps right on holding its own - Con v Laborer, Omaha With an abundant crop practically as- sured in Nebraska Omaha is beginning to feel the symptoms of returning commerclal activity. Our wholesale merchants are send- ing vast quantities of goods into the coun- try and our retailors are wreathed in smiles as they see the old-time crowds of buyers in their establishments. ality of Greed. siphia Ledgor. The greed of men appears to have been responsible for two fatal accidents—the fall ing of the Ireland building in New York and the explosion at the Gumry hotel in Denver. The Ireland building was constructed as cheaply as possible, and the boilers of the Gumry hotel were entrusted to a boy of 17, instead of being put In charge of a com- petent engineer. Left a & “General Jackson's headliners left to tell newspaper Spot. got violently Activity in Western — Discounting Cuban Patriots. Chicago Chironele. Just imagine what kind of a government Cuba would have if the mountain brigands, professional greasers, half-breed tramps and military adventurers who constitute the forces In insurrection should be sful Not enough sugar ever was raised in Cuba to sweeten such a government as they would impose on the island. Spanish rule, no doubt. is oppressive and a burden of the greatest kind. But brigand rule would bo worse. It the exact Influences which the Chicago publishers have brought to bear to convert the Postal department of the United into a mere distributing agency for thefr early editions could be known, the revelation might be an interesting one. All that we know s that the “pull’ of the Chicago papers is something {remendous, since it is strong enough to outweigh the interests of the whole northwest and southwest. The people of these regiohs are obliged to wait every day about two hours longer for their through ‘mail than they would if the fast mail trains were run out of Chicago in the interests of the whole public, and not in the interests of the Chicago morning papers. it xpensive Relief Department. orth Bend Argus, The report of the state relief commission shows that tnere was from all resources re- ceived the amount of $79,449.63, and after disbursements are subtracted a balance of $2,168.22 remains in the fund. Of the amount disbursed for provisions $12,092.04, for flour $15,102.00, for coal $4,772.05 and specially designated to Custer county §224.50. This makes a total expenditure for supplies of $32,190.65. Adding the balance on hand to the amount expended as above makes a total of $34,353.57. Deducting this total from the amount received leaves $45,095.76 It is therefore evident that it requires $45,- 095.76 to distribute in relief $32,190.65, or in other words it cost $13,000 more for ex- pense than was spent for relief. Of this amount there was paid over $30,000 for trans- portation, $6,600 in frelght and over $7,000 in office ‘expenses. But to think that only $32,000 of the money collected was spent for supplles out of a fraction less than $50,000 collected speaks volumes for the usual meth- od adopted in this state of feathering some- body’s individual nest. While investigations are In order it looks as if there might be a colored gemmen unearthed in the relief com- mission department. Chadron Viewed fro Washington Star. Western humor Is often practical, and a notable specimen of the wastern joke comes from Chadron, Neb., where three British tourlsts were arrested for fast bicycle rid- Ing and were fined $5.70 each. The cyclists refused to pay their fines, although they had plenty of money; then they were ordered out to work on the streets, but they refused to work; furthermore they are said to have appealed to the British ambassador. There is nothing very funny in the fact that these visitors were fined, nor fs there even the appearance of humor in thelr declination to work, but there is something Intensely lavghable in the primary fact that anybody should be arrested for speeding a bicyele up or down the one street which Chardon boasts; a thoroughfare which 18 bounded on two sides by saloons, blacksmith shops, two or three general stores and a couple of frontier hotels; other boundaries there are none, for not even a surveyor could tell where the street ends and the prairie be- gins. Ever since Chadron commenced to be it has been the custom for more or less intoxicated cowboys to ride at full speed along the either very muddy or very dusty boulevard and coincidental with such im- promptu races was much yelling and whoop- ing and pistol firing and other western ac- companiments to a full grown mounted jag. Therefore it {s very funny to those who know Chadron to read that three respectable bicycle riders have been arrested and fined for fast riding in Afar. IOWA PRESS €O HENT, Sloux City Journal: The frelght trains in Nebraska will g0 in two sections next fall. The democratic party of that state will also travel in two parts, and unless great care s exercised thero will be a collision. Sloux City Times: It is reported that there is not a man living of the Thirty-seventh Towa regiment of yolunteers. Efforts are be- ing made to discover whether this is true or not, for, If true, the regiment s probably the first to' be complatély exterminated Sioux City Tribine; In denouncing the A. P. A, however, when the chiof organ of the demo-pops in Nebraska is moving heaven and earth to faston an avowed A. P. A. police aud fire board upon the city of Omaha, the convention wi not only grossly incon- sistent, but displaved an immense amount of political stupidity.- Dubuque Telegrapht “Some Towa demo- crats who favored 'Boles for president,” says tho Cedar Rapids Gazette, “must be glad he was not nominated: Had he been slected be would have fofced free silver, and they would have felt calied: upon to have different financial views | it/ they held office.” This s caustic,(“but true. The ser vility of most federal office holders to the autocratic dispenser of patronage Is a dis. srace to American manhood, MONGOLIAN BRUTALITY Minneapolls Tribune: Tho Washington officials seem to seek to belfttl the affair and make out that there Ia nothing wnusual or censurable fn the conduct of the Chinese au- thorities. This attitude Is the natural out- growth of our weak and humiliating foreign | poliey | _Brooklyn Bagle: The world mourns that Christian missionaries should be made to suffer at the hands of an imbruted mob in China, and it rightly demands that justice should be done. But did this Christian land do any justice when a gang of western thelr town not long ag0? Were the protests of China against such conduot regarded? Chicago Record: These things cannot be permitted to last forever. After a number of such performances it will be necessary for clvilization to intervene in self-defense, When that time comes the Chinese will be rid of the Manchu yoke, the miserably cor- rupt system of government will be aban- doned and China will be compelled to act as a government responsible for its acts both at home and in relation to forelgn powers, Philadelphia Record: Americans abate nothing of their respect for the advi of | Washington and Jefferson about _avoiding foreign alliances, when they wish their govern ment to be in the fight for the satety of Christians in Armenia and China. The na- tions which profess Christianity will be dis Rrac until every spot on the earth is free from persecution on account of Christian faith. If the emperor and the sultan must 0, the United States should be among the first to say so. Chicago Times-Herald: The incautious- ness of the missionaries fn invading China is not a plea in abatement. They are Amer- fean citizens, under the protection of the flag wherever and whenever found. Amer- ican gunboats are now cruising in Chine: waters. The appearance of one of them, cleared for action, in a Chinese port, would do more to compel proper punishment of the murderers and rellef for the frightoned Americans In Canton and other towns than another month of juggling with diplomatic forms, CAL BRICE'S BAILIWICK. Globe-Democrat (rep.): Mr. Campbell's speech in favor of the strict enforcement of the Monroe doctrine is magnificent, but it isn't good politics, if he expects any help from the Cleveland administration. Indianapolis News (ind.): On the whole. the Ohio democrats have done very well. They have nominated a strong candidate upon a good platform. Whether they win or not, they have at least succeeded in putting them selves in fair shape for next year's fight. Minneapolis Journal (rep.): 2 of free silver sentiment was distinctly cated at the Ohio democratic convention, where the vote on substituting a free siiver minority report from the committee on reso- lutions for the sound money plank was 270 for and 525 against Buffalo Express (rep.): Seldom, if ever, has the convention of a great party been more completely owned by a single man than was the democratic convention in Ohlo. And the remost remarkable thing about it all is that the sole force which this man repre- sents in politics is money. Minneapolis Tribune (rep.): Ex-Governor Jam Campbell, who has accepted the democratic nomination for governor of Ohio against his will, 1s an able and popwar man, and if any democrat can win in Ohio he can. And if he should win, his nomination for the presidency by the democratic national convention would not be surprising Detroit Free Press (dem.): Not only was the wisdom of the convention displayed in its action upon the money question, but it was equaliy apparent in the unanimous nmination of ex-Governor Campbell to the position which he once filled with such credit to him- selt and hiz state. His was the exceptional case in which the office sought the man Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.): There has been no journal or individual more active and per- sistent than the Enquirer in preaching the doctrine of majority rule. There is no “going behind the returns” when the state convention speaks. The meeting at Springfield yoster- lay was finai. There is not going to be a rump or bolting convention, and there ought not to be. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette (rep): The virtue of the democratic party was not proof against the ways of the third senator of New York. He who comes here to Ohio two or three times a vear, richly rolling in his pri- vate car, found the democracy of the great state of Ohio as subservient to his behests as it was in 1890, when it gave him the aoblest office the state had to give. Louisville Courler-Journal (dem.): Perhaps it makes no great difference who leads the democrats of Ohfo, as the prospect of a vic- tory there is not very great. Still, it must be remembered that this is the year in which, according to precedent, the democrats should get a majority on joint baliot in the legisla ture. It his passed into a proverb that when John Sherman's successor is to be elected the republicans always carry the legislature; when the successor of Sherman’'s colleague is to be elected the democrats carry it. This has happened so often that Mr. Sherman's enemies charge that it is what he desires, However, this tradition may be like one of those pitcliers that go to the well cnce tco often. e PERSONALITIES, It is likely horses will continue to be the favorite motor of the aged and the rheu- matic. It was hardly necessary for Adlal Steven- son to get on the other side of an Alaskan glacier to appreciate the coolness between him and the white house. The king of the Belgians is supposed to be daft, yet he has a few lucld moments, Just now' he is anxious to dispose of some real estate which is noted for its snake crops. Peach growers will be obliged to invent some new means of booming prices. The old method of frost utterly failed to work this year and prices are down to a painfully low noteh. The report that a man deliberately sui- cided by jumping into the Chicago river is not strictly true. The unfortunate man un- expectedly swallowed a dose of river filtered air and fell in. A Chicago woman had to procure a warrant to breal into her home, from which she was efected by her husband, who was bothered to death by her novel reading. The current novel is capable of worse things than that. A Brooklyn policeman destrous of shuffling oft with sclentific precision studied a work on anatomy for four days and blazed away at m vital spot. The doctors have a com- plicated surgical case on hand, but the cop per will pull through. Mr. Michael Donovan of Omaha is person- ally acquainted with Lord Wolseley, the new commander-in-chief of the British army. Mr. Dorovan served with him in the Crimean war, in which Wolseley was major of dra- goors, and was his orderly at Montreal in the early 60s. J. L. Power, who has been nominated for secretary of state in Mississippi, says he owes his cess to his daughter, Miss Kath- erine Markham Power. In the midst of his carvass he became seriously fll. Miss Power conducted his campaign from that time on, visited all the delegates, made anpeals by voice and letter, and had her efforts crowned with success. Miss Power is editor of “Kate Power's Review.” Somehow the realities are not as delight- fuily romantic as the characters of fiction. Lillie Smith, a good looking Brooklyn woman, who persisted in hugging and kissing tall men, was sentenced to three days in jail by a heartless judge. A modern novel pictures a similar event in this way With a low thrilling cry of endearment Lady Arabella flung her willowy form on the broad’ breast of Sir Guy, wrapping her arms around his tall figure in passionate contentment. Sir Guy cast down his deep, brown eyes upon the gol- den head pillowed upon his heart, and feel- ing efaculated: ‘Heavens!” In the lan- guage of the Arabs, “that's the stuff.” Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Royal Baking Powder .ABSOLUTELY PURE miners shot and killed the Chinese laborers in | HOPE TO OVERWHELM THE FRENCH Hovas Collecting n Lorge Foree nt | the Capltal, LONDON, Aug. 25.—Ehelbert G. Wood ford, recently arrived from Madagascar, who asmistod Mrs. John L. Waller, wite of ex United States Consul Waller, out of Mada- gascar, after her husband had been sentenced | by a French court martial to Imprisonment | | for twenty years, has been interviewed upon the subject of the war in Madagascar. He sald: “My month at Tamatave was almost like a month's stay fn a charnel house. Many funerals were held nightly At Antanarivo the Hovas are confident that tho French will not reach the capital. While {1 was at Antanarivo many of the native | deputations arrived and offered the services | of their tribes against the French. The capi- | tal and roads to and from Tamatave wer | teeming with troops drilling continually Large bodles of spearsmen were coming in | from the hills, 1t is pot Intended that advance of the Hovas shall be made until the | French are near the capital, although skir- mishers have been sent out to larass the vanguard of the French army of oceupation. When the French reach the heights an over- whelming force of Hovas will be dispatched | | to surround them. Should the French suc- | | ceed in approaching the capital the nativ have planned to cut an embankment of the Ikirpa river and surround the capital with water. It is probable that if they are then driven out by the French they will turn the capital into a plague spot by the elaughter of thousands of cattle in the s They will leave the carcassos of the animals to decay and awalt results “There is a strong anti-forelen foe Madagascar. The prime minister me, denouncing bitterly the Amer British governments and the injustice ar 11l treatment that the natives had received at the hands of the whites, Much distrust of the whites is apparent in all parts of Mada gascar. This Is manifested by the refusal of the natives to serve under white command- | ers It is feared that a general uprising of the peopls would follow the breaking up of the Hova government, in which event the whites would undoubted!y be stoned to death or otherwise butchered.' | Iire last night destroyed §270,000 worth of property on Se ond street east of Walnut and on Commerce street near Walnut, The buildiogs were three in number and were bought recently o be torn down for new approaches to the suspension bridge. The loss on them will be $100,000, The fire started at 11 o’clock in Creasy & Son's storeliouse on Second street and extended to James Heekin & Co.'s cof- fee ware house and from there to the spic mills of the same firm. Heekins are the heaviest Josers, probably $100,000. Creasy loses $20,000 and the other losses in their building will bring the loss there up to & 000, The Charles Brown Wholesule Groe company's lose is $20,000, making the tota loss $270,0000. Thinks C-eveland Will Decline. NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—William F. Har- rity, chalrman of the national democratic committee, arrived on the Paris yesterday Reearding reports relatiya to o third term for Cleveland, he said: "1 thiik it Is pre- mature to discuss that question. It is my opinion, however, that Mr. Cieveland will take an opporturie time to declare himself and although he 1s very strong with the people, 1 belleve he will sot accept the nomination. I understand Mr Weaney is out for it, but there are sevaral others. wio, with Cleveland and Whitney out of the would be very strong, a them Vilas, Dickenson and Harrity predicts that in 159 be enjoyng a fliod tide of prosperity. — Relterates Charges of Bribery. HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. 2.—Senator Quay gave out the following statement last evening: “I have been hearing instances of attempted bribery of delegates friendly to me all day. As the facts come to light they fully justify my warning to my friends telling them that everything is over except explanations. The combine Is making a last desperate charge all along the line. They are offering sums ranging from §700 to $3,000 for delegates’ votes. This is not true of any particular territory, but appears In all parts of the state. These are not idle rumors, but are fully substant acts.” Indians KKilled by Cattlemen. CHICAGO, Aug. 2i—A special to the Tribune from Burns, Ore., says: The courier from Diamond valley reports the killing of fifteen Bannocks by_cattlemen under the leadership of R. I. Smith. Smith's rea Wis revenge for the murder of his fathe 1878 in Diamond vall There is great excit through the country. oops are ready march on short notice and await orders from the county sherff for authority to act. Indians are reported approaching the town | from the south, but are believed to be friendly. e ndicate Paying Tt Balance, NEW YORK, Aug Wall street learned esterday that the managers of the bond syndicate are ready to pay its members 20 per cent of the mone n for the purchase in ¥ of the new 4 per cent United States bonds. The money will be distributed Mon- day. ‘It amounts to between $9,170,000 and $10,000,000. This repayment of the entire orlginal subscription indicates that exchange will surely go down to a point which will make t unprofitable to export gold, i il Says the Plan Will ST. PAUL, Aug. 2.—President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern returned from New York yesterday. He sald emphatically that his provosed plan of consoldiation of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific was in a8 good shape as ever. “After the reorgan- tion of the Northern Pacific has been ef- fected id Mr. Hill, “there is nothing to preven consummation of my plan of control. You may say that the deal will be carried out as proposed.” cnt in the town Through. | detieit | ney General Chur | nated, | BrLAST single breasted—dark Browning, nr mo'it‘m! AUGUST 206, 1895. : o VOICKE OF THE STATE PRESS. Columbus Journal: The ex-oll inspector's had not been made good at last aoe counts, Alma Record: The Thanksgiving of 1884 and the Thanksgiving of 1895 will bear no comparison orth Bend Argus: Out of $80,000 cole lected for reliof purposes, $32,190.65 was exe pended for provisions. Nice, isn't 1t? Fremont Herald: Can it be possible thad Nebraska will have to have another Barrett Seott case in order to rescue her attorney, general from oblivion? Sutton Advertiser: The fellow who I8 keeping track of Nebraska's corn crop this year estimates the yleld will exceed 200,000,« 000 bushels. Enough to bury the free coln- ze of silver folly forever out of sight. North Bend Argus: Perhaps when Attore Nill gets through with the muddlie he may find time te look into the Hilton case. ‘Twould - fino proceeding for Hilton to be cleared of the charge against him. O'Nelll Frontier: The Bee suggests th Tom Majors is cven now arranging prelimie naries to secure the gubernatorial nominas tion in 1 If it is true that he is a can- didate every delegation to that convention will go instructal nd he will not be nomie cither. The party cannot afford to stub its toe twice on the same nall. ™ Omaha police rnom RAM HORN, Selfishness is a hard suake to kill Christians get along faster when travel in pairs. Angels are disappointed when the preachi stops working for souls and goes to working for dotlars. 1t putting cubit to the full of glants. Whoever tells us of our danger is our friend, no matter whether we belleve whal ho says or not When a father gives his son good advice he is sometimes more his friend than when ha gives him mor People start in the Jericho road because tha devil keeps them from seeing where they are going to come out. Tho preacher is not apt to do much prays ing before preaching when he knows he 1s going into the pulpit with a good sermon. - thep plug hat the could add & world would be on a stature, nUILT SASEL Transcript that the Roston observed bloodstone the fact other a Our punning friend difference belween & and a good seamstress lies in that one is a hematite and the tight hemmer. Even sew, ‘Toledo Blade ists here in Ame: Britisher—Are your humor- ca generally read? “Well, met have been most in+ “They say Frenche legs.” T suppos reason that the German “Certainly. They're St. Louls Republic: men are fond of frogs' for the same beer.” “S8ame reason? both full of hops.” ‘Marrled,” sighed the Cour 1, and with no pro- Boston ped the young bride, e no provisions for the future 1o He just detests canned goods.” heré a 2 hou Chicago Recc “What would you do you were hounded and boned and dunned and thred d by a creditor, all for a little bill of $: “Hang me If T wouldn't pay 1t.” “Thank you, old man—thank you; I hadn't thought of that!” New York Weekly: Simplicity of sclence: Student—I learn that there are cases in which people have from childhood an un- controlluble desire to eat soap. What Is the that? Learned Professor—They re victims of su somania. Student— Um—what does ssomania meant? Learned Professor © to et soap. use of sapy A desi Chicago Tribune: Tommy (inspecting him. self in ‘the looking glass)—Papa, there' little mole on the right side of my nose just like the one Uncle Scadds has on the right gide of his nose. I must have got that from him. Tommy's Father (with some bitterne If you did you're the only relative he bas that ever got anything from him. A PROTEST. Washington Star. Shouldn' 'res’ de cullud man Foh dancin' case he's gay, When de man he twis' de handle An’ de music 'gins ter play. When T h'vahs dat wagon comin’, Singin' down e street, Jex' like gin goes to mer hald De chune goes to mer feet. B de pleece is gwine ter 'res’ me Wen I dance some mo', Tl haf ter hunt cr institite An' take de dance cure, sho', GOLDENROD, Karl Buhle The spirit of the golden autumn tia. 1s in the, happy, dancing goldenrod! When first 1 see thy yellow bloom beside The hot-white dusty road, or see thee hide Thy I|nlnm\ flower where hawthorns bend and nod, em to feel the glad September air., see the haze o'erhang the distant hills, To hear the cricket from its leafy lair, To taste the purple grape and ripened pear, And a great gladness all my spirit fills, I s Herald of a gorgeous flower; The aster and the flaming cars Of all the autumn blooms most To call me from the vanity and boast Of men, to seek a glorious pulsing hour Where reddening follage is overhead, And fragrant winds sing of a bounteous God, Where ‘brown leaves rustie to the rabbit's tread; 0, swaying flower, well is it said, A nation’s blossom s the yellow goldenrod! host, inal flower, hou seemest Your Turn No It's all yours—the profit is—you take your choice of a dozen different styles— color—suits—most elegantly made—perfect fitting suits—on special sale Monday at $10. King & Co S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.