Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 30, 1895, Page 4

THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE o —— ROSEWATER, Bditor, PURLISIIED EVE TEIMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Bee (Without Sunday), One Year.. Daily liee and Sunday, One' Year.. Blx Monts Three Months Bunday Hes, One Baturday Ties, One Weekly Iios, One Y MORNING. 2LSL323 Year OFFICES, Omaha, The Des Tuilding Routh Omalin, Singer ik Council Biufts, 12 Pearl Sir Chicago Offlee 317 Chamber New York 3, 14 nnd 15, Tribune Bullding, Washington, Sireet, N. W, CORRESPONDENCE, All eommunientions reluting t tortal matter should ba o i INESS LETTERS. 1 I g Company, o tha order’of (he company. e PUBLISHING COMPANY. . rner N and 2ith Sts, t Commerce. news and_edi- To the Editor. OF CIRCULATION. Tzsehuck tiry of The Bes Pub- any, belng duly sworn, says that the actual number 1 complite e-ples of the Dally Morning ning and Sunday printed during the month of July, 18%, was a follows: TWheiessviesnes 10,088 RN TR 10,014 10455 19,122 Loss dedr urned coples 7,28 Net Daily Sensy ot A Ty Public Who that Nebr make quick work of t does not bbers? ska Ao v says Kk It was harmony with a at the Hareisburg republican tion. t big H conven No matter what may be said of Sena- tor Quay, it cannot be denied that he 1s a consummate manipulator of politics. There ave thousands of men in Ne braska gratified to know that General an Wyck was physically able to at- tend and address the populist state convention. ery one has a constitutional right to guess ax to the probable decision of the supreme court in the police commis. sion cases and to guess as often as he setting up a train robbing business In Nebraska the intending operators ought to to some unre- generated spoi and practice up. bungling job will go in this great state. Befof 20 Rain is good for beets, although it may be of no particular benefit to corn. With a diversified agriculture we are Dbound to have some crop that prospers under every kind of weather that we By paying the campaign expenses of ex-Governor Campbell, Senator Brice of Ohio saves himself the humiliation of defeat and his fun will cost him no more than If he were running for gov- ernor himse'r. may possibly not have been opposed to a third term in the presidency on principle, but the fact that third terms have never been favored by the people proves that Washington ought to have been opposed to them. Vandervoort has only masqueraded as a populist. In the state convention he let slip the declaration that he was a republican, and, recovering, attempted to square himself. It is not the only tnstance wherein he let his mask drop. Omaha detectives think that a collar button has given them ample grounds for the arrest of the perpetrator of a serles of daylight robberies. The much abused collar button is apparently only beginning to be properly utilized and appreciated, The wholesale druggists who stop In Omaha on Sunday on their way to their national convention in Denver should be given a reception that will make them look favorably upon Omaba as the location of thelr convention in the very near futu Permit us to remind the public that The Bee was the only paper in these parts that had an account of the Br Island robbery on the morning afte the deed was committed for which the two train robbers have just heen seutences of ten years imprisonment each. It Is reasonable to suppose that both the Hawaiinn royalists and the repub- leans will shortly petition the Ameri- can congress for aid and protection, of which either party stands in great need. No one can doubt that trouble will ensue upon the failure of Uncle am to put in his oar. A restraining order has been issued to prevent the Board of Public Works from abating the wooden sidewalk nulsance in front of the old rnam Street theater site on representation by the owners that they are about to build there aud do not think it just t they should be compelled to lay two per- manent sidewalks. “The original wooden sidewalk was allowed to be Iajd nearly two years ago on these very ume representations. If the owners are acting in good faith the public will gladly bear with the truction a little longer, but its indulgence should not be abused. The peculiar accident by which a moving railroad train was struck by a rolling stone In Colorado and several passengers either killed or injured is one that se'dom occurs, yet is ever im- minent ou the mountain roads., As the hanging ledge and balancing rock are poluted out to tourists the almost fovoluntary exclamation s, “What if it should fall now?" It may be that there 18 no possibility of its falling, but at the same time the descent of a huge Dboulder into the valley with a crash would surprise no one. One accident like this in a generation is enough to keep passengers nervous when they glide beneath these perilous land- | parently comple THE OMAHA DAILY B FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1895, e THE NERRASKA POPULISTS. The popullsts of Nebraska, through dclegates to thelr te convention, have put up a state ticket and enunciated a declaration of principles and have ap- d the work prelimi- nary to the opening of their state paign. But the work is only ently comploted becanse evey the men who made the nominations entertain strong doubts whether the man chosen | to head the ticket as candidate for Judge of the supreme court will con sent to accept the lonor which they have attempted to force upon him. The populists of Nebraska have the faculty of nearly always doing the right thing at the wrong time. when victory was within their grasp by heading their ticket with Charles H. Van Wyck, they nominated John H. Powers for governor and turned down Van Wyck. In 1800 Van Wyck was still vigorous and in the best fight- ing trim, As candidate against Rich- ards and Boyd he would have proved invineible and the would o swept the state for their ticket from 10,000 to 15000 plurality With Powers they were in the position of Moses when he stood on the Mount bo looking across the divide into the promised land. In 1802 the populists did nominate Van Wyck, but in spite of his personal popularity he could not overcome the momentum of a nationd campaign, when party lines ¥ drawn and the reserves of the republican party were marshaled to save the s for Benjumin I on. In 1803, when the populists had an other rare opportunity for signal vie- tory by nomin muel Maxwell and thus forcing the republicans either 1o, endos their nominee or suffer inevitable defeat, the middle of the road populists planted themselyes in the path and the convention refused to vise above partisan prejudice and de- liberately threw away the chance. eAs a life-long republican and one of the founders of that party in Nebraska, Judge Maxwell could not, with any d gree of self-respect, avow himself convert to the populist ereed for the sake of a nomination to ‘the position with which his own party had honored him for three snccessive terms. Hav- ing discovered their blunder of two years ago the populists are now trying to retrace their and profit by their costly oxperience. They have nominated Judge Maxwell, without so far as we know of any pledges « fealty to populism, doubtless with the idea that he will prove a winning eard. Whether the nomination of Maxwell in 1 will prove more successful than did the nomination of Van Wyek three years ago remains problematical. In fact it is by no means certain that he will accept the honor conferred on him. Judge Maxwell is on the border line of three score and ten. While his mind is unclouded and his ripe expericnce on the beneh eminently qualifies him for the work on the supreme beneh, his advanced age forbids constant men- tal tion and strain. Until Judge Maxwell has indicated whether he will sume the candidacy which has been thrust upon him by the populist con- vention, a more extended review of his wdidacy would be out of place as well profitless Of the nominces for university gents there is little to be said. The woman nominee, Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, ran for the Omaha school board on & democratic ticket last v oand failed to secure the votes necessary to elect. Her qualifications for the position are probably as good as those of any other woman who would be willing to run. James H. Bayston is said to be a man of good capabilitic The platform is just about wha would be expected from the Nebrask popullsts. It reaffirms as a matter of course the Omaha platform and adds several resolutions good, bad and in- different. In the declaration in favor of economy in the conduct of state government and in favor of an un- biased judiciary every patriotic citi- zen will heartily, concur. The en- dorsement of the Initiative and refer- endum is a matter whose expediency many of the delegates disputed amd a subject open to argument pro and con. The suggestion that the salaries of all state oflic be reduced will hardly secure approval. A revision, not a reduction of state salari is what is wanted. The populisis could not have afforded to have withhe'd the unqualified endorsement which they Governor Holeomb's administra- populists were closg steps re- gave tion incident of the convention was pjection of an A, I, A. fight over a resolution denouncing all secret oath- bound political organizations. After a hot debate, in which the A. P. A. dele gates were forced to show their hands, a substitute olution expressing op position to any religious test for ad- mission to office or for membership in the party was agreed upon. This must be viewed as a slap at A. P. A methods. NOT FAVORABLE ANNEXATION. A wmember of the Canadian Parlia- ment who was interviewed a few days ago in New York sald that annexation to the United States is not looked upon with much favor in Canada. He stated that there is no annexation sentiment to speak of fn any portion of the Do- minion. Mr. Goldwin Smith and some others continue to periodically assert that there is a large and growing body of the Cauadian people who are ex- tremely anxious to get in under the stars and stripes and a considerable number of Americans along the border put faith in these statements. A few of our own public men occasionally de- clare themselyes for ann fon and at intervals there is a stirring up of this subject which gives it momentary vitality and interest. But the fact is there has not been for a year or more past any Indication that there exists an annexation senti ment in Canada, though undoubtedly there are still some people lu that country who seriously think that It would be better to be a part of the American union than a colony of Great Britain, The uumber of such, however, Is probably not as large as it was a year ago and the annexationists have eutirely ceased to be dewounstrative. T0O _! Wher In 1800 | ar or two ago the subject was freely disenssed and frequently publie meetings were held to promote | the cause, It I8 now very rarely men- tloned. The success of the democratic | party had a great deal to do with si- [lencing the demand for annexation, be- cause it held out the promise of favors to the agricultural producers of Can- sm whose ranks the annexation- were principally recruited. While we Lad a tariff against Canadian pro- duets and the republican party re fused to enter into a one-sided reciproc ity agreement the annexation senti- nient in Canada made rapid progr [but democratic ascendancy this. There will not be a revival of that sentiment until the republican | party again puts - an embargo upon | Canadian competition with American | farmers in the American market. ons ATTACKING THE Recently a prominent New York banker who 1s an intima friend of M. Cleveland urged that the next dem oeratic national convention should de- clare in favor of retiring the green backs, and this was regarded as an expression of the president’s ideas, Mr. Eckels, comptroller of the currency, in an interview a few days ago, endorsed the position of the banker and said: “I think that every democrat in the country can consistently take the stand that he does, When the law providing for the issue of greenbicks was passed the democrats a unit were opposed to it.” It is well understood that Mr. Cleveland and Secretary tlisle Dbe- lieve that the greenbacks ought to be retired as a means of protecting the treasury nst a drain of gold. Both of them are already on record in favor of doing this and they will undoubt- edly recommend to the next congre the retirement of the United § legal tender notes. It is very question- able, however, whether the democratic national convention can be induced to favor such a policy. As the next congress, it is per fectly safe to say that the republican house will not favor a proposition to vetive the greeubacks. Is there any sound and valid reason why that por- tion of the currency, to which the peo- ple are more strongly attached than to any other, should be retired? It urged that the gr backs were out of the way the treasury would be lieved a source of embi ssment and that the zovernment would be re- of the-danger of a raid upon its gold. But this a trouble of com- paratively recent date. It is only within the last two or three years that the treasury has experienced any em- barrassment from having to redeem greenbacks. During all the preceding years, when the revenues of the govern- ment were ample and customs dutie: were largely paid in gold, the green- backs eaused no trouble. The fact that they have done so at all is due to con- ditions which may sily be remedied if the democratic party is willing to ac- cept the remedies. DProvide an ade- quate revenue and require the payment of a percentage of customs duties in gold, which was done until a few years ago, and the greenbacks will cease to be tronblesome to the treasur The greenback is the popular cur- It bears no in- s good as gold, and it rep- resents the patriotism of the mnation. The party that shall assume the respon- sibility of eliminating it from the cur- rency will do so at the risk of being repudiated by the peopl GREENBACK. N of N CORPORATE CONTROL IN POLITICS. There is one feature of the Pennsyl- eania republican platform which mer- its especial attention and particularly the attention of republicans every where. It is that which dec the cor porate control of legislatures, muniei- pal governments, political primaries and elections. The resolution embrac- ing this feature was introduced in the state convention by Senator Quay and received unanimous approval. The fight made by the senator was largely prompted by the purpose thus declared and in securing the endorsement of the convention the republican party of Pennsylvania was committed to the work of eliminating corporate control from the political affairs of the state. It is a great ta that the republicans of that state have pledged themsely to accomplizh, for fhe corporations are a mighty power in Pennsylvania and they will not readily surrender the control in politics they have long en- Joyed. On the contrary, it may safely be expected that they will make a tre mendous fight to retain it. The rail- roads and the interests that are united with them, which for years have been able to shape legislatures, municipal councilg, and even the courts to their will, have found this power so valuable to themselves that they will seek by every means at their command to hold on to it and it will be surprising if the unscrupulous and corrupt practices with which they are so familiar do not for a time become more flagrant than they have hitherto been, Possibly at the outset of the struggle the republican party may lose some votes, There are a great many 1wen who have acted with the party who owe an allegianc to the corporations to which they will give preference whenever the interests of the corporations are at stake. At the bidding of their masters these men, whose counterparts are to be found in nearly every state of the union, will desert the republican party and if re quired cast their votes with the oppos tion. This is what Senator Quay, as the leader of the fight against corporate control, must expect. He has started what is likely to be the hardest con- test of his political caveer, for he has to battle with an insidious foe as well as with the open enemy. But if he remain faithful to the pledge he has made the people there ought to be no doubt about the ultimate result, for it must be that & vast majority of the intelligent voters of Pennsylvania, men who cannot be reached by the corrupt ing Influence of the corporations, real- ize the necessity, in the interest of hon- politics and good rnment, of eliminating corporate control from po- litical affairs, his Ixsue gives peculiar interest and significance to the pending campaign in ie ost gov ourse. | conrse Pennsylvania. Tt will put the repub llean strength fo one of the severest tests it has everrhad. If the party win the victory Will stimulate the repub- licans of other states where the demor- alizing influence of the corporations in politics is felf to “follow the example, and th are few states where there is not an urgent’ demand for such a It is.a brave and worthy work which the republican party of Pennsyl- vania, under the, leadership of Senator Quay—who in forcing this issue dis closes a higher afm as a politician than e had ever been ¢ ited with—has undertaken, and it should receive the heartiest encouragement from the friends everywhere of good govern- ment, for if the power of the corpor tions in polities ean be broken in Penn- sylvania there is no state where it can- not be broken, China is doing her best make reparation for the atrocities recently perpetrated on our American mission- ries. This is a display of the right spirit. The is no reason why the diplomatic relations between China and the United States should not be ¢ tirely friendly, and conciliatory mens ures on the part of China in the mis sionary matter cannot but do much to make them friendly and keep them so. to following the lead of Color: 1o grew In hefght several hundred feet when a new m urement was made of Pike's California has just grown a little in width by a new survey that has added hundred square miles to its territory at the expen evada. Californ: 1o. The Caldwellinn Alternantive, Minncapois Journal Judge Caldwell wants free away or_annexation to Canada. go together. Canada hasn't any free silver clement to keep her financial system all stirred up. o Experien Works n « Democrat is mentioned that Washington did condemn a third term in his farewell ad- dress. But 100 years, of experience in- dicates that it is not for the best interests of the country to give any man even a second term. Change, It not ¥ us Activity Tgnor Indianapolls Journal. The names are published of thirty federal officeholders, who, as delegates or workers, tool an active part in the recent demoera:'c convention in Ohio, and the list does not include nearly all. ' Mr. Cleveland's famous order of 1886 has evidently fallen in- nocuous desuctude, into Settiod St Louls Republic. Ten months more and the democratic na- tional convention will have met, nominated a western man and formulated a platform for the party. Long before that time the Repubiic, with the co-operation of all thought- ful democratic. politicians and _newspapers, will see happily, achieved its task of banding together for victory all the elements of the western and southern democracy. Jingoinm New York An energetic and patriotic policy on the part of Mr. Cleveland respecting any one of the several foreign questions now at the front, or, beticr still, respecting all of them, would be worth a million votes to the de- mocracy in Noyember of next year, That is the main reason why Mr. Cleve- land's foreign policy ought to breathe the American spirit, but perhaps it deserves con- sideration. In the next eighteen months the president could do much to make the people forget the mistakes of the past thirty months, and contribute to that great extent to the election of a democrat as his successor. The next administration is going to be an American administration. The jingo plank of the Ohio democratic platform of 1895 is going to b the plat- form of the natlonal democracy In 1896, if in 1896 the democracy is to win. B S SR d Onl's Genius and Freak, Chicago Record. “Mr. Lidwell, living several miles north of here, had a surgical operation for cancer of | the face performed in Omaha a short time since, in which it was found necessary to turn a flap of the skin back on the wound, turning tho hair on the inside. The hair kept growing-and at regular intervals Lidwell has to go to a doctor to hav inside of his mouth shaved, the hair growing from the r - versed flap throagh into the mouth.” Red Oak, Ia., is the postoffice address of the chicerful correspondent who sends out this bit of news to a breathless world surfeited with stories of spooks, sea serpents and other phenomena. There is the true western ring to the story and a breezy originality which at once calls for commendation for the writer. As for Mr. Lidwell, one should not jump to the conclusion that he is wholly unfortunate It may be rather distasteful to have a week’s growth of beard in one's mouth, reminding | him of breakfasting on a_hair mattress, but | in_other respects he may bo supremely blest. | Think of the advantage he enjoys when caught on Sundsy In towns where Sunday shaving is prohtbited! And think how he hes become the means of stimulating the im- | agination of the literary genius at Red Oak. e = DEBOURBONIZING K R NTUCK New Yerk Sun: Wat Harlin, alio, seems to be his own platform and greater than his party. Winchester Democrat: There seems to be numerous Kinds of hell in Kentucky politics this year. Chicago Record: The si‘uation in Kentucky is being greatly complicated by the acrobati offorts of General Hardin to stand cn his party's platform and at the sime time retan | his positicn on his personal pla‘form. New York World: As Mr. Hardin, the demoeratic candidate for governor of Ken- tucky, refuses either to accept the platform upon which he was nominated or to withiraw from the ticket, there is a possibility that enough sound money democrats will refuse to vote for him to prevent his elect'on A good deal worse thing,might h2ppen ‘o the demo- cratic party in that state and in the nation than such a resuit. Chicago Timeg-Herald: Such par'y perfidy has rarely been known, but, happily for the honor of the Amegigai pesple wheraver it h's occurred it has, been condignly punshed The Kentucky déinotracy would Fetter trust an honorable and biitspoken man like Brad vy though a politicd} endmy, than a treacherous friend like Hardin, When a man has provel false in one instayes the peopie have cniy themselves to bMmte' if they confide in him any further. Philadelphia Redtd: General Hard'n, the democratic candidwte’ for governor ‘n Ken- tucky, refuses taimadity his free silver views and he refuses ta withdraw from the ciny ss His course doubilyss jmperils democrat'c s cess. Though as geyern'r of Kentu'ky he could have no digact dnfluencs in settling the financial question, the indirect injury he ir flicts upon his party by refusing to scsept i platform will induce many sound mon voters to drop him. Victory under his lexd would be misinterpreted and hard y pre‘e-ib e to defeat, A SUGARED ROAR, New Orleans Times-Demoerat: Secretary Morton Is the first man to place a check on this valuable development of our governing institutions, and he will be the last man to attempt it. The inconcelvable pettiness of the man's mind s exposed in his pitiful pre- tense of economy. If the treasury is in such | straits as to require such retrogressive measures, we may expect to have the postal service cut in half by some small unster general on exactly the same line of exccutive action. The iridescent scintillations from the crown of bulging Bowler have surely dazzled | the eyes of the agricultural chieftain and he | is fatuously seeking firelight fume through | discovered methods vetolng the | newl | legislative enactments. of and reduce the inflammation as spe possible—at latest, before congress to act Indianapolis Journal lly as as (ime A few days ago Sec retary Morton decided to abolish the sugar experiment stations in Kansas, which were established by the government two or three years ago to deteriaine the question as to the possible profit to farmers in the cultivation of the sugar beet and to develop the produe- tion of all domestic suga: His methods of | disposing of them was the summary one of selling the machinery for old junk. This proceeding has not met with the approval which he secmed to expect. On the con- trary, It created much surprise, people who were quainted with the work of the sta. tions being convinced that the results were of great value. They recall the fact, too that Secretary Morton himself, in his report for the year 1893, warmly commended the work and urged its continuance. Inqu'sitive andindignant Kansas citizens are asking where he obtains the authority to arbitrarily abolish institutions established by act of con gress and maintained by congressional ap- propriation. They also desire 1o know where he gets the right to virtually give away government property. He has not yet answered many of these questions and prob- ably will never do so, but doubtless his action grows out of the feeling characteristic of the Cleyeland administration that the coun try is his oyster to do with as he pleases, o far as its agricultural intercsts are con- corned. What is a secretary of agpiculture for, he would like to know, if he cannot regulate the government farming regardless of statutes? voice oF PRESS. Kearney Hub: Every citizen of Nebraska who can “‘make the riffle” should attend the state fair and feast of Mondamin. It is a great state event and might be called a har- vest home thanksgiving. All roads will lead to Omaha next month, Kearney Hub: The penitentiary ‘‘horse play” is ended so far as Dorgan is concernel hat gentleman gets his warrant on the ap praisement of the property and those per ns who imagined that statutes were passed “Just for fun” have again learned something to their advantag Pepillion Times: At last Bill Dorgan has drawn his $33,000 warrant and has kindly permitted the great state of Nebraska to take charge of the state penitentiary. When Charley Mosher gets out of jail he will donbtless deny Dorgan's right to sell some | thing which ‘belonged to Mosher, and the accommodating Nebraska courts will hasten to give Mosher his “rights.” York Times: It seems strange that Judge Scott should have so much more trouble than 2ll the rest of the district judges in Omaha combined. There is hardly an Omaha paper that d not contain an account of some trouble Judge Scott has had with a bailiff, an attorney, an editor or someboly else. The matter is at least worthy of investigation There is no other court in the state any- where, nor in the west, that we hear any- thing about, that is compelled so often to resort to extra-judicial and tyrannical pro ceedings to maintain its dignity and avold contempt. o Cortland Herald: The Hawkins-Phillips episode at Beatrice should be a sufficient lesson to cause a general revision in the plan of conducting the public business. No off al, no matter how popular (?) he may have become or who bears ever so good a reputa- tion (7) should be allowed to transact busi- ness simply on account of his reputation without his books and papers being fre- quently audited and a sworn record of the findings published. If he is honest and worthy of trust he will be only too glad to have the condition of his records made pub- lic, and if he is dishonest he will- be speedily apprehended and the municipality, county or state will be saved many an embarrassment and many dollers as well. e Colorado's bull fight aid not let loose esough blood to stain the bridies. Mr. Gilkeson now realizes the worth of the old saw, “Any Quay in a storm.” Judge Caldwell's suggestion of annexation to Canada is necessarily a cool cne. Bill Bryan shouts for silver in Co'orado while the miners diligently dig for gold. The proposed boycott of national banks has been suspended until an adequata re- sponse is had from the special appeal for funds, One of the Quay delegates to the Lehigh county convention was Samuel J. Randall, son of the famous congressman whose name | he bears. About 30,000 Indians are now engaged in stock raising and farming. Most cf the re- mainder are diligently rais'ng Ogallala’s or- iginal crop. Secretary Morton is at present the most talked about member of the administration. And the secretary indulges in a vocal erup- tion occasionally. The times are playing hob with the cur- rents of trade. Pennsyivania is shipping coal to England and Chieago is sending beer to Milwaukee. The report that Commander Coxey has d his bar'l to further his political pro s in Ohio is Interesting if true. Three of a kind to draw from insures a lively cam- paign William R, Morrison is the oldest man who is prominently mentioned in connectic with the democratic nomination for the presi- dency. He will be 70 years of aga on Septem- ber 14. In Madison, Wis., a rode his bicycle on the sidewalk and was “run in’” In Chicago a professor stepped on the toes of a certain olly philanthropist and was run out. Poets whose contributions do not commani instant recognition or set the world afire hould imbibe courage from the caresr of Joaquin Miller. Joaquin trled his hand at mining, bossing a tribe of Ind'ans, the legal profession and jcurnalism, and early in life learned the lesson of enclosing postage stamps for the return of rejected gems. An American who recently chatted with | Mr. Gladstore at Hawarden says the grand | 0ld man's voice and bearng show no rizns | of age. His face is that of an old man, but it a listener shut his eyes he would feel as if he were being addressed by a men in the very prime of life. Gliistone's marvelous vitality finds its most effective expre:sicn in | the timbre of his volce An alderman of the town of Lewiston, Ill., | has been abducted, it 1s alleged, and secreted | in Chicago. The report appeirs to be exag- | | taj university professor gerated, It {s shown that the alderm:in vias about to blossom out as a munic pal reformer, | and it is more than probable he turned his foctsteps toward the Lake City, there (o drink coplousiy from the fount of municipal purity. The effect of such a jag lingers for several days. Michael Davitt, the Irish patriot, is shortly to arrive In San Francisco from Australia on his way to the convention of Irish-Amer!- cans to be held in Chicago next month. wife's mother, Mrs. Canning, lives in Oxkland | and it is expected that he and his wife will make a stay of two weeks with Mrs. Can- ning before procoeding eastward. An effort is to be made to have him deliver an address in San Francisco on the home rule question during his visit High-st of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE If he has any friends | luterests centering in China as at present it they should envelop his head with wet towels | is Important that the United States be pre- DESIGNED FOR ONINESE SERVIOR, | CANNOT OHARGE DOUDLE MILBAGHE, Comptroller Dowler Cats Down u Few Fat Perquisites. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—-A declsion made by the comptroller of the treasury that the statute allowing double fees to United States marshals, district attorneys and clerks {n the far western states and territories of Wash- ington, Oregon, California, Wyoming, Mone tana, Idaho, North and South Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Nevada, did not apply to mileage, has caused much dissatis= | faction among those affected. ~ Pravious to the decision double mileage had been allowed, it being contended that it was largely on account of the greatly increased cost of trave cling in western states and territories that the law for double fees was passed. The United States marshal of Nevada has writ- ten to a prominent judicial officer of the | government that in his opinion mileage comes | under the head of fees and has suggested that the mattter be brought to the attention | of the Department of Justice. This will be done. Comptroller Bowler bases his decision on an opinfon of the supreme court made several months ago In cases involving the ximum of fees to be allowed, the court holding that mileage was not a fee, Work on the Three New oxressing Rapldly, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.--While pleased with the turn that our diplomatic rclations in Clina has taken and satiefisd With the present representation of our navy ia the waters of that country, the naval authorities lere are still looking forward with interest to the complotion of three light draught gunboats, now In process of con- structlon at Newport News, Va, These vessels are designed espociaily for the Chincse service and are expected o be of great value in coast navigatlon and in ascenling the Chineso rivers. 1t Is felt that with the many cager pared-not only to protect American cftizon but also to promote American commerce, T) vessels provided with cvorhangs, for protection of their propellers against the drjft wood and snags in the Chinese rivers, “and it will be found to be well adapted for being moved more economically than the large vessels, and of being n'cre easily protec during storms and the winter ‘season. The 15th of September has been selected for their launching and As- sistant Secretary McAdoo expresses the opinjon that they will be ready by that time After their launching from six to rine months will elapse before they will be com- pleted. MAKE Carlisle Extends WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—The secretary of the treasury today extended the time for filing sugar bounty claims from September 1 to October 1, 1895, According to the regula- tions lssued to govern the payment of the sugar bounty appropriation all claims were to be filed by September 1, but the time was found inadequate, and Mr. Carlisle therefore granted the extension of one month me. OUR DARRE Mgr. Satolli Iny fac of Beer by WASHINGTON, Aug. against the manufacture and sale of beer by the Benedictines of St. Vincent abbey of Beatty, Pa., is under consideration by Arch- bishop Satolll. A second protest has been received here. this time coming from a tem- perance society of Buffalo of which Rev Father Zurcher s president Mgr. Satolli has sent a letter to the Bene dictines referring to the complaints. They have forwarded a res saying that there was no candal connected with the sale of beer, which they stated was done merely to cover the cost of manufacture for their own consumption and the expense of the inter- nal revenue tax. The total amount manu-| pyerrole Tree Pres factured, it was stated, was in the nelgh- | kpow @ said the o borhood of four barrels a week, which they | 1 am to be in the regarded as an insignificant output. The | this time,” sa Benedictines, announce however, their readi- | him into a pattie ness to see what can be done in the matter to quiet the criticisms. A second letter has just reached tho archbishop in which the Benedictines refer to a pamphlet circulated in Pennsylvania criticising their production of beer and reiterates their attitude already outl'ned. Mgr. Satolli has not so far formu lated any definite opinion in regard to the matter. stigatin JUBILANT JABS. Indianapolis Journal: She—A for your thoughts He—I hay thinker. penny none for sale. I am a free Cincinnati Enquirer 1 hardly, stand me dot Englisch goot plains | tively announced Mr. Yoostofer, “Today T ask me a fu iture man vy a table in his window vas marked down und he tell me it vas marked down pecause it vas seratched up. under- “What I want to rly oyster, “is whether wim this season.’ ot the cook, as he ed The Daughter of the Revolution— meeting Mrs. Oldtield told how her great-gradmother iced the family plate’ for the cause. Colonial Dame—Yes; I've heard that itinentals were often hard pushed to d for their bullets, Truth At our last the find le lled out Mrs, ‘are you com- Chicago Tribune: “John, Billus, from the next room, fng out_ to dinner? ¥ina“moment,” cored Mr. Billug, from the next room. “Hut I'm going to pull this porous oft first." Children,” said Mrs, Billus, fedly, run out a little while Minist WASHINGTON, Aug Minister Ransom was at the State department today and after taking the oath of office and holding a confer- ence with Acting Sccretary Adee, expressed his intention of starting on his return to Mexico within the next few days. His health has improved to such an exteat that he thinks he will be able to endure the high altituie better than during his first stay t e. Tt is one of Mr. Ransom's princ'pal missions to induce Mexico to recede from the positon she has taken on the extradition of American eriminals who have entered Mexico and have announced their intentions to become citizens. hut Harper's Ba Clerk—Front! show this man to 188, est—1s the r Clerk—Quiet! Rather; a guest got caught in the folding bed the’ other . and ‘we never heard his cries for held. Quiet, I should remark. I m quiet? Chicago Record of Smedley, wasn't “I_hadn't heard.” Yes: took out a $5,000 policy only last week, and yesterday was shot apd Killed," “Well, some fellows were born lucky—I've been pay premiums for twenty-five years!" “0dd about that killing 1" nd. '3 WASHING ) A builetin has been issued by the geological suryey, wiv'ng the production of lead for the first <ix months of 1895. It shows that the total proluction was 106,000 tons, of which 88,000 were of de- Cincinnati Enquirer: “I can't see how you able to figure out that Jove was a walk- cald the slow boarder, as the being brought | You don't?’ " said = Asbury Aren't you aware that it wae his tegu business ‘to order the lightning to strike?* silverized iead and 18,000 tons s it lead. Seventeen thousand five hundred tons of this were refined in bond, the remainder teng obtained from American base hul total production is an increase of over the first six months of 1894 aud an in- crease of 6,000 tons from the first si< months of 1893. Snyw the Holt Will is WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—C. C. McCord, nephew and counsel for Miss Elizabeth iHynes, one of the legatees in Judge Hoit's recently discovered will, arrived in this city today. He says his aunt's interests will be fully protected and that he will urge the legality of the will New ors for Wilson. 1INGTON, Aug. 29.—Postmaster Gen- eral Wilson has been notified that he has been elected an honorary member 2 the Green Brier Hunting club of West Virginia, and has replied accepting the honor. Th club has a preserve of 60,000 acres. Indianapolls Journal: “Here s a cigar,” sald the dealer, “that'I would like for you to, give a_trial’ “All right,” sald Watts, “Hand it over.” 1t was handed over. fwhat ‘o you' think of 1t?" asked the dealer, It doesn’'t deserve a trial” sald Watts enuine, It ovght to be lynched.” PISCATORIAL, Cleveland Plain Dealer, A scheme, A dream, A fly, a sigh, a futile wish; A pail, A scale, A wall, A tal A lle, a lie—no fish! No fish! WA RST PRIZE. Written for The Tee, ce county wants the fact made plain That at the big state faf Her fine display of fruit an Will knock ‘out all that's there, punty is quite small, ats all for her size us at the fair this fall Walk off with the first prize Spiritualists Will Get Together. WASHINGTON, Aug. A call for the third annual convention of the National Spiritualists association of the United States and Canada, to be held here October 15, 16 and 17, has been issued by President H. D. Barnett. Wentern Town Postmasters Appointed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—(Special Tele- gram)—A postoffice has been cstablished at Lewls, Cheyenne county, Neb., with Lewis Wilson as postmaster. 'An office was also established at Allendorf, Osceola county, Ia., | Ou with George M. Alvord as postmaster. T Our_pumpkins here are nine feet 'round, The oals grew twelve feet high, The beets grew ten feet in the ground, And wheat went to the sky The melons weigh two hundred pounds— )k like bailoons in size— You'll see them on the state fair grounds, When we will win first prize, turnips grew so large and strong, e lettuce can't be beat, ots ure a whole yard long, While parsnips go six feet, onfons take the cake for strength, ey smell from earth to skies, 'rn.iy'n scent the fair grounds—breadth and ength— Oh, watch us take first prize. Plerce, Neb: Condition of the Treasury. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Today's state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows available cash balance, $182,682,580; gold re- serve, $100,421,042, M. L. F. 5% g i‘ | | | | | i a good, straight talk— That's what the average man wants and that’s what- he'll pay attention to. You've often been bored your- self by some bright young man who had his taffy and his nerve right with him, He blowed a great deal, in a gentlemanly way, about the subject in hand and he left you with the impression that he was a liar. What you Well, here itis: It's e've never fallen down yet— want is a good, straight talk. been our custom—and w to dispose of every dollar's worth of goods before the new seasoi begins and this year we are at our old tricks —Its business—straight business—not to carry over any goods—We can sell you a suit now for a good deal be- low profit making and still be money in—because we o, & and attain an ob= jeet, for another, Browning, King & Co S W Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts, i more than please you, for one thin A A ARG AR AR AR AL AL LI RILL SRAANAINAL NN NN P RN NARRIANANPIL AN,