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STATE INSTITUTION BURNED.

Home For Feeble Minded Children ar
Gienwood, Ia, Destroyed.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug 31.-A special to
The Bee from Glenwood, Ia, says:
The state institute for feeble minded
children vas completely destroyed by
fire. involving a loss of $3.50, 900. All of
the inmates were rescued, aud the rec
ords of papers saved. The furniture in
the lower part of the building was re.
moved, but is badly deluged with
water. The fire was caused by a bolt
of lightning. which struck the building
at 2 80 a. m. About 100 children were
in the building at the time.
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The Sioux National bank, one Of the
best monetary institutions in Sioux
C'ty. closed It's doors Saturday morning.
The notice :posted on the door read,
Large Withdrawals and slow collections
compel this bank to suspend. Deposi.
tors will he paid liz full"
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CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-The members Of
the pool behind the Moores in their
Diamond Match speculations z will
ing to contribute $2O0, 900 to a relief
fund for brokers who executed orders
for the Moores just prior to the closing
Of the local exchange. This will fur
nish sufficient cash to margin Diamond
Match stock down to 200 and New
York Biscuit down to 80.
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McAullne Knocked Ont.

SAN. FRANCISCO. Aug. 31.-Big Jos
McAuliffe was knocked out in the
fourth round by Joe Choynski, in what
was to have been a l0-round contest.
Choynski assumed the aggressive from
the start and HIT McAuliffe when and
where he pleased.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-31

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Don't trite away time wnen you have
cholera morbus or diarrhea. Fight
them in the beginning with DeWitt's
Collie and Cholera Cure. You don't have
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and 1t leaves the bowels In healthy con-
dition.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-08-31

The state agricultural college at
BrookiRgs has opened it's fall term with
over 200 students in attendance and
greater enthusiasm and than
has De, n manifest in many years.
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Iythians Leaving for Home.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 3l.-The 10Th bicn.
NAL encanpment of the Knights of
Pythias is practically at an end. Many
of the Knights have left for their
homes. The supreme lodge. which
still remains in session. held an execu-
tive session during the day. TIE bust.
ness transacted was not made public.
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National.

Fer Presldeut-
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, OF Chic.
For Vice President
GARRETT A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
For Presidential Electors-
T. ID. EDWARDS, Lawrence.
j. l.. TURNER, Bon homme.
X. J. WOODS. Minnehaha.
X. NJ. SLOCUM, Campbell.
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For sale-six room house with two
acres OF land. Shade and fruit trees-a
bargtin for some one wanting "a good
home With plenty of land.
CHAs. B. KENNEDY.
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Many a days work Is lost by sick
headache, caused by indigestion and
stomach troubles. De Wits Little Early
Rlsers are the most effectuaL pill for
overcoming such difficulties.
FRANK SMITH.
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Personal.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 81, 1896.
VERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION.
TO-ADVRRTISERs..

THE DAILY LEADER makes q special feature of
and resources Of the city of Madison and of the
stIte at lsrge emitting 1t to the patronage of ad-
7ertieers of every class.
J. p. STAHL, Proprietor.
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Homeseeker, do you want a
cheap home in the best portion
Of South Dakota
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12

These classes can be safely depended
upon to nntagonlze any plan for en-.
larged banking facilities through increns
ing the privileges of the national banks
Especially In the south the popular hos
tility to those institutions Is very gen
eral and pronounced, the demand of that
section being for state bank currency,
but there is no little antagonism to ma
tlonal banks in portions Of the west
also, though the motive is not the same
as in the south. In the former it is due
to the sentiment that all currency should
be provided by the general government
while in the latter 1t springs from the
state rights theory, which still has a hold
there.
None the less, the suggestions of the
comptroller referred to merit thoughtful
consideration by all who are interested
in the question of better banking facili-
ties in the sections where they are mani
fcstly needed.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
The Faith to City Management of Frnp-
chiSeh Corporations,

''' iaul lhoneer Press.
The path to city ownership of street rail
roads gas works, electric light plants and
telephone lines lies through the application
OF the principles of civil service reform to all
branches CT civic administration. So long
az city affairs are made the foot ball of
partisan organizations. whose primary OBJ
locts are entirely foreign to the matters in
VolVed in municipal government and so long
as the fitness of candidates for CITY Offices is
determined, not by experience or skill in the
affairo conaded to those officers, but by their
ablllty to pronounce certain party shibboleths
and rally the boys" to the polls, so long
viii the better judgment of the community
be against city ownership. That Judgment
opposes the bringing of mere politicians in
stead Of well selected experts into control of
matters so intimately connected with the
popular comfort and prosperity and involving
such wide opportunities for the establishment
OF boss" or ring" domination.
But when, under a properly constructed
charter, this danger is done away with; when
ouch charter provides not only for the com
piete severance of municipal elections from
tho influence of national politics. but for
the filling of all subordinate administrative
oihceJ by men whose titnes9 ohall have been
aseertained by proper examination before
hand when the test of merit shall be the
only one applied in the appointment Of sny
cIly elnpioyc, lfc!n the chlef Of a department
to the lowest clerk, and waen fxity of tenure
and the certainty Of promotion for efficient
service shall mako municipal employment
attractive to the most enterprisng and am
bilious citizens-then will conservative
opinion be reversed and municipal owner
ship Of monop1lies become a desideratum
everywhere.
The failure of various experiments in
municipal ownership under the old order of
things, and arguments against the extension
of such ownership based upon an assumed
continuance Of that order. lose all their
force in the presence of practical demonstra-
tions of the ability of the reformed civil
service methods to cope with the demon of
corruption and to successfully and proftably
manage all municipal affairs. the various
'monopolies" included. Glasgow alone.
where the idea of city ownership has been
carried to TIE extreme limit, so that this
famous burgh has been compared to an inn
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Des Moines Capital Iowa is all right:
she has some warrants aioat. but they
were all issued for good purpose Iowa
institutions are noted for their economy
instead Of their extravaganza. Iowa is all
right.
Sioux City Times: Judging from the re-
ports of official corruption in DCs Mcinos
he people Of that city are not in the right
kind of a house to permit them 20 indulge
in indiscriminate stone-throwing at ether
cities Of Iowa.
Cedar Rapids Republican: If the good
gentlemen who compoze the Iowa legislature
will give US a good code, insure the state
building and pass the manufacturing law,
they viii make the best record Of the year
and CT the decade.
Sioux City Journal: The Iowa liquor law,
imperfect and grotesque as sCme Of its fea-
lures are, has one great advantage. 1t does
net thrust the whisky question into local
elections, This is a great relief 1t Is
great relief from the previous statewide
rrchibitory law because that virtually
thrust the question of license into all Sc
lectiCns OF local officers. The question was,
in form, whether the law should be en-
forced, or rather whether an eXasperating
but generally futile effort should be made
to enforce it. The present license law
operates as a great relief from these tur-
moils and costly utilities in local politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12

menso municipal department store" affords
a sufficient answer to all objections that
can be raised, GlaSgow's example would
seem to show that the farther the idea OF
city ownership Of monopoles Is carried the
greater the advantage to the people, since by
each successive step In that direction the
burden OF taxation has been diminished and
popular comfort promoted until now the re-
turns from the various monopolies pay all the
expenses of the city government the city is
entirely out of debt. and at the same time
popular comfort and enjoyment has been
promoted to an extent known in few other
towns through the reduction Of street car
fares, the extension of parks and boulcvards,
the erection of hospitals and bath houses the
establishment OF employment bureaus, the
provision of public concerts and the like,
Where such results follow arguments against
municipal ownership, under like circum
stances" are vain indeed.
But we say under like circumstances.
Not all at once did Glasgow step to such a
position That city, like others, had it's
experience in other methods OF admnistra-
ton of elective and appointiye systems ana
rings Human nature is very much the
same in Scotland as In America; and that
the canny Scot is sometimes capable of cor
ruption and dishonesty Americans know
from the story OF the distressing bank fail
uroS in Glasgow some years ago. There as
must I've the case everywhere, the first step
toward municipal ownership of monopOlies
was reform in municipal administration.
THAT accomplished the people were ready
for the next, and one franchise after another
was recalled from private ownership and
It's gains diverted to the city treasury.
First a revised. moderni2ed city charter
Next, a thorough application of reformed
civil service methods to all departments
Finally, the recalling. one by one. so far as
possible, of franchises granted to private
corporations utilizing municipal opportuni-
los fNgt tfls lot ,,I
toward such a goal as Glasgow, Birming-
ham, Manchester and other English cities
show to be attainable by any city under
a system of home rule--a goal won there by
these steps and by a steadfast adherence to
the spirit of that admirable motto Let
Glasgow Flourish"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
4 VERY SERlOIrS PROBLEM

Attorney General Churchill has rem
crnor IIolcomb on the validity of the
law authorizing public officers to sub
stitute guaranty company bonds for
personal surcties. The attorney gen
cral holds that the act under which
guaranty bonds have been accepted Is
defective and therefore void In other
words. the attorney general declares his
conclusion to be that all official bonds
furnished by such companies do not
conform to the requirements of the law
If this view is correct then all officers
now serving secured by guaranty com
pany bonds are without legal bonds.
This is II very serious matter. While
the opinion of the attorney general was
given for the guidance of the governor
in his action on the bonds of state
officers, it presents the same question
to all county and city authorities who
have accepted guaranty bonds since the
enactment of the law by the last
Legislature The question is, What is
the status of those officers who have
qualified upon guaranty company
bonds? What shall be done in the inn
mediate future with regard to accepting
guaranty bonds from officers whose
terms commence next month? VIII it
be safe to accept such bonds before the
defects pointed out by the attorney gen
eral are cured? Can the legislature
validate the bonds already given? If
not, shall officers who have given
guaranty bonds be compelled to secure
new bonds?
These questions concern the people
of Omaha and Douglas county more
perhaps than they do the people of any
other section of the state. While the
officers affected should not be put to
any needless expense or trouble, the
public safety demands adequate security
for the safekeeping of all public funds
and the faithful performance of official
1ntv
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
BETTER BANKING FACILITIES.


1t is generally admitted that in
portions of the south and west the
banking facilities are inadequate and
it is believed that If these were i'm.
proved much of the dissa tisfaction in
those sections regarding existing
financial conditions would disappear.
The comptroller of the currency con.
siders this matter in his report and
makes remedial suggestions which will
command attention, whether they have
any practical result or not.
He proposes 10 amend the national
banking law so as to allow to be or
ganized in places having n population
banks with capital stock of not less
than $4,000, or one-half the minimum
amount of capital with which national
bank can now be organized. He would
also provide that national banks be
permitted to establish branches in
towns and villages where no national
bank is established and where the
population does not exceed 1000. such
branch banks TO have all the functions
of the parent bank except that of is
suing circulating notes.
The comptroller urges that such
branches would be agencies
through which better trade
distribution of currency could and
would be made. "The very smallest
of agricultural communities" he says.
"even though deprived of transporta-
ton facilities, under Il branch-bnnk
system could still be given the ad-
vantages of available capital lower in
terest and lesscned cost of exchange.
privileges they cannot enjoy when
dependent upon the banking methods
employed by the village or
entirely isolated storekeepers," The
Canadian banking system is
cited in evidence of the beneficial re-
suits of the branch plan. There are
thirty eight banks in the Dominion, with
no restriction as to branch banks. One
bank has fifty branches, another thirty
and SO on. This secures competitive
banking facilities in every village of
Canada, with unlimited funds at very
'
gives rise to competition for custom
and ii provides elasticity, the note issue
expanding and contracting according TO
the demands of business. The Canadian
system has been strongly commended
by able iinanciers and it Is certainly
true that it has worked admirably since
It's creation, there having been but eight
failures in the last sixteen years.
There are two classes, however, who |
will oppose the proposition to permit |
national banks to establish branches. |
one class are those who are hostile TO
the national banks and desire to have
hem abolished; the other class are those
who will see in the success of such n !
the assured end of all chance !
10 secure the free and unlimited coinage |
'f silver ut the existing legal ratio.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
The Election Totals.

The latest estimate of the plurality OF the
McKiney electors over the Bryan and
Sewa'l electors, with nearly all the state
official, Qni the ohers estimated, Is 77G2i2.
The Bryan and Watson electors received a
total OF 152,375. aud if these are credited
20 Bryan the plurality Of Mckinley over all
Bryan tickets is G23 ,S57. This, with the
Palmer yite OF 125037, gives a sound money
plurality Of 7iS904 A2 Bryan never recog-
niZed the Watson ticket, ard as it was
detrimental to his candidacy. It should be
kept distinct in the final official table. II
.cQresents the vote OF p9pulists who refused
10 fuse with democrats The vote OF thc
country, rs far es reported, was Mckinley
5122,724, Bryan anl Sewall 6,346,4S2, Bryan
and Watson 152,375 Palmer and Buckner
l25.037, LeYerinE 125,iS5. Matchett l6Ol6
BENTLEY 9GG5, a total OF i3S07,7Si. Thi; in
cludes the woman's vote of 10000 in Colo
rado, Utah and Wyoming. of which Bryan
received 100000 and Mckinley 10000.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
ENGLISH PROHIBITION SENTIMENT

I.
There is unquestionab'y more protec-
ton sentiment in England than was
represented ut the conference held in
London on Thursday. There has been
u growing feeling among the agricul-
tural class for several years that free
trade is not good policy for the Brit
ish farmer and this class has been per-
siStcntly urging upon Parliament tn"
necessity of departure from that pol
icy in order to relieve agriculture from
tho depressing foreign competition to
which it is subjected. Recently the pro-
some manufacturers and with working
men employed in the manufacturing in
dUstrieS. principally due to the growing
invasion of the English market by the
manufactures of Germany. AS shown
by The address of Mr.. Lowthcr ut the
London conference however, the chief
opposition to the English fiscal system
comes from the agricultural element
and the fact that 2.5OO.OGO acres of
land have, as stated by the speaker.
been driven out of cereal production in
England as Il consequence of the free
trade policy is certainly an impressive
argument in favor of a change.
Lord Salisbury some time ago made
an observation to the effect that the
principles of Golden were not being
indicated by the prevailing conditions
but none the less there is no chance
that in the present generation, mt least
England will abandon those principles
\ very large majority of Englishmen
are firmly welded to the belief that
free trade is the only true and sound
policy and citing the example of the
United States and France under pro
lection makes no impression on them.
Even Englishmen who come here and
are compelled to see the great benefits
this country has derived from the pro
teCtivc pOlicy-the marvellous progress
and development that have bean
achieved under the operation of that
policy-aS n rule cling to the free trade
theory. Still it is quite possible that
the protection sentiment will make prog
ress in England and perhaps there could
be no more favorable time than the
present to cultivate it, II appears
from what Mr.. Lowther said that only
England and Turkey follow the teach
ingS Of Golden and such II fact ought
to have some persuasive force with
Englishnen, since it shows that the
civilized world rejects their national I!
economic policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
THE CupAN QUESTION.

St Paul Pioneer Press: While the presi-
| dent has been slow and hesitntiIg in meet
| ing the appropriate requirements of the
| situation in Cuba, as wss, to say the least,
anticipated in the concurrent resolutions
| adopted by congress some ten months ago.
there is set of hot-heads in that body who
want TO go a good deal farther than is war
ranted by the facts. The recognition Of
the bellgerent rights Of the Cubans is as
far as this country can properly or prudently
go in the present aspect of the contest
Philadelphia Times The time has come
when common ssnsa should come to the
aid OF humanity ard end this terrible and
fruitloss war thar is waged in Cuba. There
is no prospect Of Spain ever inducing the
insurgents to SURRENDER. 1t is idle to talk
about it. The Cuban people will never
again accept any farms from Spain, be
cause her faith has been violated over and
over again; but with independence achieved
and the obligations. OF the new republic
guaranteed by thls government with the
power to maintain law and order and to
enforce the fulhlrhent OF contracts, II would
be the best possible solution OF the Cuban
the way, and If Spain is wise she will heed
the admonitiOn and accept the friendly
oounsels Of this government.
Washington Post: 1t Is absurd to sup
pose that the president and the secretary
of state are speaking without information
and the message shows clearly enough
that the administration Is not and has not
been, Influenced in its action by any preju-
dice in favor OF Spain and against the
Cubans. We are bound to accept these
statements as authentic and TO agree to the
proposition that to recognize" a Cuban
government would be to give substance to
mere creature OF the imagination. 1t is
evident from the president utterances that
the struggle in Cuba is rapidly approach
ing a stage at which its termination will
become imperative, but II is equally evil
dent that the true way OF terminating II
does not lie through such expedents as
are proposed by Messrs, Call and Wood
man,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12
MrSr RErIsE TnE I'm,

The action of the attorney general in
advising the state auditor to draw the
salary warrants for district court stenog-
raphers at the old rate of $1,000 per year
rather than at the rate of $1,000 per year
fixed by the law recently declared un-
constitutional by the supreme court will
force the legislature to enact Il new law
covering this whole subject. Without
going into the disputed question of the
amount of the salary. it is plain that the
charges for transcripts have been quite
heavy enough, whereas under the new
ruling they are to be doubled. Iitigants
have hard enough row to hoe now
without having the stenographers' fees
twice what they have been The
charges fixed in the old law now resur-
rCcted We're based on the slow and
laborious method of trauScribing by
hand. The use of the typewriter has
made this work not only easier and
quicker, but also cheaper. and there is no
reason why the litigant who pays the
cost should not have some of the benefit
of these improvements.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12


Attorney General Harmon in his re-
port endorses the statement of Special
Counsel iicldley that there is grave
doubt as 10 the ability Of the govern
ment to preserve much longer the
present situation of the Pacific rail
roads unchanged. SO far as the pub
lie is concerned there is no desire that
the situation remain unchanged. The
sooner the Union Pacific receverShip
is made unnecessary and the roads
management placed on a permanent
foundation the better. If congress
does not act the other creditors cannot
be expected to hold off indefinitely.
BY all means let us have the matter
settled one way or the other without
needless delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-12

Kansas populists must be credited
with fertile political genius if the
Matching of schemes to raise campaign
funds can be attributed to political
genius. The latest is Il registry of
all candidates for appointive state Off
ces with the incidental accompaniment
of registry fee which Is to 20 into
the party Golfers. Pretty soon they
will assess the outgoing republicans
and refuse to let them give up their
jobs until the assessments are paid.
When the Kansas populists omit to
turn II political penny 1t vii! be squaIly
sailing for prairie schoOners.