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Evening journal., 1896-07-03
PROPOSALS.

nROPO AIS FOR REMOVING ASHES:
L The Board of directors of the street and
Sewer Department viii receive proposals
until O'Clock Tuesday evening, July IA. 1896.
for removing ashes and rubbish Incidental to
housekeeping. for tenn Of one and two years.
commencing September ! 1896. Specifica-
tions may be obtained at the 0f1ic of the
Department. The right 10 reject any and
all bids Is reserved.
Attest: HARVEY J. WILEY.
Secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

by crossing the three-mile line about Cuba,
unless he shared in some overt act in sup
port Of the insurrection. II he did, by our
treaty he must be tried by the civil courts
and not by court-martial 1t makes no
difference whether the capture was on
water or on land. because 1t could be made
on water, III at all, only because the water
was within the territorial limits OF Cuba.
Indianapolis Journal: The president has
made special efforts to prevent flibusters
from leaving this country to help the Cubans
In several instances there have been grounds
for criticism that his subordinates have
been more jealous than wise in arrestlng
persons suspected OF designs against Cuba. II,
in view of this fact, the Spanish authorities
should refuse to be influenced by the pro-
tests Of the president against the summary
execution Of American citizens In violation OF
existing treaties. Mr.. Cleveland would not be
doing his duty II he failed to use every means
at his command to compel the Spanish au-
thorities to respect our rights, even to the
bombardment OF Havana.
Buffalo Express: In the VirgInius affair
of 1873 Spanish officials executed hfty-three
fllbusters who, moreover, were captured on
the high seas and under the American flag.
Tho protest of the United States and Great
Britain prevented further slaughter. but the
protest had to be made over the guns OF
war ship. The United States should not
trust to mere diplomacy to protect the men
who were on the Competitor. Spanish or1-
Gals in Cuba have a habit OF Killing hrst
and letting diplomacy make the explanations
afterward. There should be a war ship, or
better, a fleet OF them, In Cuban waters
ready to make a protest which General
Weyer and his associates can understand.
in case any attempt is made to carry OUT
the reported sentence of the Spanish court
ma al
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
THE CAPTURED COMPETITOR.

Detroit Free Press There is no DISPOSE
ton to deny to Spain any rights she may
have under the treaty referred to; and the
government of the United States has shown
its readiness to carry out to the fullest eX-
tent its treaty obligations in the prevention
of fllbusterng. But the temper Of our people Is
such that it will be very unwise for Spain
to violate the treaty referred to in any par
ticular.
Chicago Tribune 1t is settled however
that there will be postponement of the
executions, and this has saved Spain from the
immediate danger of war. The exchange of
diplomatic correspondence will occupy many
weeks, and this country will patiently wait
the issue. In the meantime all Americans
will rejoice at least now Spain has found she
cannot kill Americans without protest and
at her own pleasure, and that at last the
lethargic administration has been forced to
take cOgniZance of affairs in Cuba by indig-
nant popular sentiment.
indianapolis News: 1t is regrettabe that
American citizens should involve their gov
eminent in difficulties with foreign powers
but there is no doubt that even where their
error is grave, they must be protected from
the violence of those into whose hands they
fall. General Weyler is said to be bent upon
making an example Of the men now under
sentence of death. If he should, in a ut of
evaporation, resign his position, Spain would
be left in a sorry plight. Campos failed,
and one or two unimportant intermediates
failed, and now If Weyler also should quit
the field it would be a grave matter for
Spain.
Philadelphia Press: AS Cuba is not under
blockade and no war exists there he had
perfect right to leave Key West and go to
Cuba. If he went on a vessel carryinH
arms and an insurgent expedition, this was
NO crime. He did not become criminal
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

The eminent lrgal lumlnary Of the
Jacksonan clubY who hides his light
under the bushcl 6f the initials w. Il.
w is out in the public prints advocat-
ing the discharge of all petty police
court offenders WIN threaten to appeal
to the district codtt because their prose
cution might pile the burden of costs
on the taXpayeisa ON the same theory
it might be argued NTH equal force that
there is no use forcing any criminal
to trial for fear The expense of convic-
tion might possibly prove excessive.
There is difference, however, between
arresting persons on suspicion and CON
victing them on suspicion. If the evi-
dcncc against any offender is sufficient
TO warrant n conviction in the police
court it ought 10 be sufficient to war
rant prosecution in the district court in
case an appeal is taken.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

ronage that could he available for such
n use, so that the honest money element
can make no barter of this kind. Per-
haps II was to avoid such demand for
patronage that Mr.. Cleveland at this
time extended the civil service regula-
tions to 10000 government employees.
Looking at the situation dispasSion-
ately, it will have to be admitted that
the free silver men have the more ia
vorable outlook. 1t Will be mistake
for the sound money men to depend for
success upon anything but hard, earnest
and persistent work. They must or
ganizc and make their fight aggressive
or they will be overwhelmingly beaten.
The fact that they have the national
committee amounts to little and admin
istration patronage will count for moth
ing. The enunciation of Il free silver
platform at Chicago and the nomina-
tion of candidate in full accord with
1t can be prevented only by the most
indcfatigable work on the part of the
honest money democrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Lord Duffcrin, British ambassador to
France, has decided to retire from diplomatic
life in July.
The time is ripe to inform the weather
clerk that the Methodist conference is not in
session in Omaha.
Genral Baratier the unsuccessful Italian
commander, has practically lC@t his mind,
and his suicide is said to be looked for at
any time
The only satisfaction for Chicago in the
greater New York scheme is that the
metropolis is obliged to take water-mixed
with land.
General Weyler is quoted as saying that it
will take two years TO suppress the Cuban
revolution. This seems to promise Maceo
another long life.
Greater New York Is now a certainty,
Governor Morton having signed the ena-
bling act. Now comes the greater strug-
glins, that of finding satisfactory name for
the combination
The summer fool who rocks the boat has
already claimed a victim. The only salts
faction derivable from such tragic eXhibi-
tions OF idiocy iJ that the rocking idiot finds
bottom and stays there long enough to be
cured of his folly. -----
One of the most popular members of the
diplomatic corps of Berlin is Viscount Siuzo
and now ale) to England. lie went first to
Berlin in 1873 as a secretary, and while there
WOE the hand of thee Baroness Elizabeth Won
Rahden' the daughter sspf an old and noble
house.
The will of Sir saen Goldsmld, the hus-
band of Jenny LHSd, %as filed recently in
Doctors CommoRf1 tOndon. The four
daughters, still unmarried. receive property
which the executors estimate will yield each
$50, 600 a year. TheE testament, however,
declares that any pDe, Of the daughters who
marres Gentle shall lose one-half of her
fortune. s5aS
The supreme couya bistdinneeota practically
annuls the law pfosiding that habitual
drunkards may be se9t to a gold cure estab-
lishment for treatment. The court says the
buns may be sentenced TO the booze infrm-
airy, but they need not take the cure unless
they want to. The decision is regarded as
Judicial yindication OF the saying, you
may lead horse to the water, but you can
not make him drink"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
THE NEW PARK COMMISSION Err.

The action of the judges of the dis
trict court in agreeing upon the appoint
ment of Hon. John G. Wharton to fill
the vacancy upon the Board of Park
Commissioners deserves the cordial
commendatiOn of our citizens generally.
1t raises the position of park commits
sioner above the plane of ward politics,
down to which horde of hungry office
seekers We're trying to drag it. 1t will
be received as an earnest of the inten-
ton of the new judges to maintain the
personnel of the park board at the high
standard originally set for it. The new
park commissioner, Mr. Wharton, is
lawyer of recognized standing at the
bar, who has identified his property in
terests with Omaha and may be eX-
pected to cooperate with his colleagues
in administering the public parks inn
partially and for the benefit of the
whole city.
The Bee has already pointed out the
important work which will fall upon
the park board in connection with the
forthcoming TranSmiSsisSippi eXrosi-
tion. 1t will be, oine the duty of the
commissioners Sc soon as they shall
have reOrganized 10 take Il survey of
the huge task before them and map out
what may be needed in the way of new
legislation to enable them successfully
to undertake it. Whether the exposi.
tion site is fixed in one of the public
nt,lYS hn pplE nd hny
it's hands full for the next two years
with beautifying the city and maintain
ing our boulevards and public places.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

THE BEES SUPERIOR NEWS SERVICE.
Readers will find this issue of the journal
little weak in some departments on account
Of the havoc played on the telegraph lines.
The wires were snapped in all directions and
1t will require time and patience to get them
to work properly again. After connection
was established last night with Omaha, it
was found that the falling Of an electric
light mast at Council Bluffs had broken
every wire to the east. Finally, after nearly
five hours of delay, wire was rigged up
and worked between Chicago and Lincoln
by way Of Kansas City and the news of the
day came lmping in on that. The gathering
OF reports from the track Of the storm in
the state was delayed and rendered uncertain
and unsatisfactory by the failure of the wires
to work promptly and accurately. Nothing
can paralyze newspaper so quickly as a
storm that devoten large part of its at
tention to the telegraph lines.-Yesterday's
Lincoln Journal.
The superiority of the news gathering
facilities of The Bee over those of its
would-be rivals in this part of the coun-
try was never more strilingly eXempll-
fed than yesterday, when the storm
played havoc with the telegraph wires
Centering in Omaha. While its contem-
porarics published in this city and in
Lincoln were left helpless and practi-
cally deprived of dispatches from the
outside world. The Bee printed its full
quota of telegraphic news reports. Its
readers would not have known that
communication by wire with the east
and south had been completely cut off
during the greater part of the hight lad
they not read of it in their morning
paper.
SO soon as it was learned that wires
east and south of Omaha We're down
Tuesday night the Associated press inn
mediately shifted its circuit and with
out losing time worth mention, trans
mitted its complete foreign cable, mar
llet and general domestic news report
to The Bee from the west instead of the
east by way of Kansas City and Den.
yer. BY the time one or two wires to
Chicago were gotten into working con
dition The Bees special Washington
telegraphic correspondence was hurried
through together with nearly 1000
words of the New York Worlds special
European cable dispatches. At the
same time The Bees telegraphic re-
ports of the damage wrought by the
storm at Lincoln, ElllhOrn and the en-
tire storm area were complete in every
Omaha uneXcelled.
The storm of Tuesday certainly par
alyzed The Bees contemporaries here
and at Lincoln, but it scarcely affected
the unrivalled news facilities of The
Bee. and served only TO emphasize the
excellence of the news service placed
daily at the disposal Of it's readers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
JArAN's PROGRESS TOWARD A NAVY
already Turning out Tirst-CInss War
ships at Her own Docks.


ships at Her own Docks.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 13.-Among the
passengers on the steamer China which ar
rived here last night from Japan were
General G. b. Williams of Philadelphia and
George w. Dickie of this city. These gem
tlemen represent respectively the Cramps
of Philadelphia and the Union Iron works
of this city. They have been to Japan in
the interest of their respective firms. in
the hope of securing for the United States
a number of contracts for the building Of
war vessels. which the Japanese government
expects soon to let
In discussing the matter last night at
the Palace hotel the probability of this
JGpan's new war vessels. General Williams
said that at the time he and Mr.. Dcke
let Japan no official action had been taken
in regard to awarding the contracts. The
financial status of the nation for the current
year had not been determined. When the
Diet adjourned, six weeks ago, the Chinese
indemnity had not been paid, and the ap-
ptopriaton for naval construction had been
set aside
The Japanese government, said the gen.
eral, is very favorably impressed with the
war ships of the United States which have
thus far been sent into Japanese waters.
General Williams said Japan was rapidly
developing her resources in the way of naval
first class ships of from 5000 to 1000
tons burden.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.--George Cop
man, general manager of the Standard Oil
company in China and Japan, arrived from
the orient on the China last night. Mr.
Copman has great faith in Japan as an
important factor in the commercial world.
He says she is forging ahead in all lines
of industry and he thinks she will soon
be a hot competitor with Europe for the
oriental trade in many kinds of manufac-
tured goods. This competition, Mr.. Copman
says will affect Europe more than this
country. The Japanese, he says, have the
two requisites to success of any nation
frugalty and industry.
These traits of character. he says, are
alike noticeable in the rich and poor.
Further than this, he says Japan is am
bilious. and this coupled with her frugal
and industrious habits. will bear her along
on the full tide of commercial power and
her influence will be felt all over the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
SCOTS

EMULSION is Cod-1iver Oil made
almost as palatable as milk. 1t is
easy and soothing to the weak
stomach; it checks the tendencies
of children toward thinness; pre-
vents consumption; and is the
strength of weak mothers because
it creates healthy flesh and strength.
1t is more than a medicine: 1T Is
A FOOD!
For sale at Soc and sI.oo by all druggists
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
HER MIRROR.


Felix Carmen in Munsey's.
OF all the dainty trinkets,
on Betty's boudoir shelf.
There's one of glass-I think it's
A sort of second self:
For once, when for a minute
gazed in it alone,
] saw face within it,
And 1t was Betty's own!
Some magic. necromancy,
Describe it as you deem;
A sentimental fancy,
Or fantasy of dream;
Twas there, and fresh and pretty
AS any face could be,
And I-wel | know Betty,
That's proof enough for me!
l wish / might discover
BY some such wizard art
The face of Betty's lover,
And satisfy my heart;
If | could get that mirror
What better could / do?
What queer is might be queerer-
/ might get Betty, too!
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

There is nothing very alarming in
the gold withdrawals from the treasury
at this time, and there would be moth
ing in 1t even to excite comment If the
revenues of the government We're in
excess of current expenditures. The
trouble is that the decrease in the gold
reserve practically represents part of
the amount by which the government is
running behindS A revenue law yield
ing sufficient income to maintain the
government would have put an end to
this long ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAMP.

At this time the honest money and
free silver democrats are necli-and-neck
in the race for delegates to the Chicago
convention and each element processes
to be confident of Obtaining control of
that body. Recent developments have
not been altogether encouraging to the
sound money men, but they are not in
dicating that they feel seriously dis
turbed and are quite generally mani
Testing good deal of zeal and activity.
though not more than Is being shown
by the silyerites, who seem To be better
organized. 1t appears that the sound
money men are counting hopefully upon
the fact that the national democratic
committee, which has control of the
machinery of the convention so far as
putting it in motion Is concerned. Is
against free silver 1t is thought this
Will be an important advantage to the
honest money element, but unless that
element has a majority of the conyen-
tiOn 1t Is not apparent that il can de
rive any great benefit from getting the
temporary organization. 1t would not
thereby be enabled to adopt platform
or to abrogate the rule which requires
Il two-thirds vote to nominate candl-
date. Another suggestion is that the
patronage of the national administra-
tion will be a very important fac
tor in the determination of the re-
suit, but the president has already
put out of his control about all the pat
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

There are thousands of people in
Omaha who will learn with keen re-
gret that Secretary Ober has resigned.
When he assumed the seCrctaryship of
the Young M,r'S Christian association
the local organization was not in the
best Condition-in fact, ii became neceS-
sary to secure man who could manage
its affairs Hnd command success. In
five years Mr.. Ober has Increased the
membership more than 100 per cent,
has constantly added to the attractions
of the association. dissipated popular
impression that the Young Mems Chris
tinn association was Il youths nursery,
and placed the organization upon Il
sound financial and working basis.
Such men are scarce.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

MARRIED WOMEN as SCHOOL TEACHERS
The approaching election of teachers
for the coming year has again precipi-
tated the annual controversy over the
relative claims of married and unmar-
rie,l women to employment in the pub
lie schools. This year the subject as
Sumcs a new Importance from the fact
that there are more applicants for en-
ployment than there are places to be
filed and the question resolves itself
into one of the advisability of dis
placing the married teachers for the
benefit of the unmarried teachers.
It will be readily admitted that the
mere fact that woman is married
does not necessarily incapacitate her
her work, although ordinarily her
family duties tend more or less to inter
fere with her labors in the school
room. Under private corporations the
determining factor in the selection of en-
ployes is supposed to be relative efli-
cheney for the particular work, taking
into consideration the salary demanded
and the responsibility reposed. There
is no reason why the same rule should
not be applied to the teachers on the
city pay roll. What the people of
Omaha want Is the most efficient school
system obtainable with the resources
mt hand, impartially conducted and
economically managed.
Heretofore the trouble over the en-
ployment of married women in the pub
lie schools has been that the fact that
they have husbands who ought to sup
port them has been seized upon by
members OF the school board as n
preteXt for wreaking personal venge-
ance or enforcing proscrptive ediets
upon particular married teachers, while
others similarly situated have been not
only retained, but favored. In other
words, the board has made flesh of one
set of married teachers and fish of
another set for reasons that should
never weigh on one side or the other in
the employment of public servants.
For Il most flagrant instance of this
abuse we need not 90 back further than
n year, when two or three meritorious
teachers were dismissed ostensibly be-
cause they We're married, while at the
same time new and comparatively in
experienced teachers were elected who
were likewise married.
In theory the teachers of the public
schools acquire their positions by
means of competitive examinations and
when once employed hold during good
behavior protected by civil service
rules. If the test of efficiency is strictly
and constantly applied and those
dropped whose services are least yalu-
able, the friction arising from the EN-
ployment of u few married women will
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14
MoRE RErENrn TIE QUESTION

MORE REVENUE THE QUESTION
Mr.. Dnglcy, chairman of the ways
and means committee, and by virtue
of that position the republican leader
in the house, said in a recent Interview
that the question now is one of reve-
nue. and not of currency. He was
called upon not long ago by n delega-
tion of bankers, who urged the prompt
passage Of a bill TO retire the green
backs and treasury notes. declaring
that if that were not done another issue
of bonds would soon have to be made.
Mr. Dingley's reply was that the trou
bic Is not with the currency, but with
the lack Of revenue. 'If the admins
tration had had revenue enough" he
said, $50 that it would not have had
to use the gold reserve to pay current
expenses, there would have been no
trouble whatever about the outflow of
gold from the treasury" There was Il
surplus above the hundred million re-
serve when the Cleveland administra-
tion came into Office and nearly $780,
OOO,OOO of gold has since been obtained
by the sale of bonds. 1t is perfectly
obvious. as Mr. Dinglcy said to the
bankers who wanted the legal tender
notes retired, that If there had been
revenue enough the gold would either
all be in the treasury now or else the
redeemed greenbacks and treasury
notes would be there. in which case
they would not be II source of trouble
or embarrassment to the treasury.
"The great and important question
of the day is that of supplying the
government with sufficient revenue"
said the house republican leader, and
there can be no doubt that this Is the
view of republicans generally. 1t gives
the tariff precedence over every other
that the additional revenue required
should be obtained. The efforts max
ing in some quarters to sidetrack the
tariff question and give precedence to
that of the currency mnnifestly does
not have the approval of the repub-
lican leader in the house of represent
atives. All republicans recognize the
Importance of the currency question:,
but the masses of the party are not so
deeply concerned about that question
as they are to have such n revision of
the tariff as will at once provide the
government with sufficient revenue and
afford iudicious protection to the in
dustries and labor of the country. They
know that the currency will be abSo-
lutey safe under republican admin
istration. that the existing monetary
standard will be maintained and that
whatever legislation there may be will
look to giving the currency greater
soundness and stability. The repub-
lican party has always stood for hon
est money and no man who has faith
in the party can now doubt that it will
continue to do so. Hence the masses
of the party are chiefly concerned in
the restoration of the policy that will
put stop to treasury deficits, revive
industrial activity and bring prosperity
to all classes and interests.
The republican party will enter upon
the coming presidential campaign with
protection and sound money inscribed
upon its standard. 1t will make the
fight for both as essential to national
progress and prosperity. But i'll the
minds of n large majority of the mil
lions of republican voters the tariff
question will have precedence.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-14

1t was not very long ago that the
United States supreme court rendered
series of decisions which We're re-
ceiyed as the final authority for the
immediate enforcement of the inter
state commerce law But any one who
can discover any material change be-
tween the railroad policy before and
the railroad policy since these decisions
must be gifted with the power of sec
ond sight, Fortifying the law with
supreme court opinions brings no bene-
hts to the people unless the advantage
is followed up by the Interstate com
saisSiOn.