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Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
MoNEY-MNi<ING ROADS.
The Era OF Prosperity Insurcse
Dividends.


Among the many surprises which the last
few months have evolved none has been
greater than the change which has taken
place in the affairs OF the western railroads.
FOR five years past the group populary
known as the graugers has been cNperienc-
Ing exceedingly hard times, quite a number
have been forced into the hands OF re-
cetvers, and these that kept out expert
enced great difficulty in making both cndo
meet. The possibility OF receiverships was
constantly before them. The value Of their
securities decreased in about the same pro-
portion as their troubles increased. and few
investors were found courageous enough
to load up with them even at the deprecated
prices.
Now all this is changed The prolonged
dullness has given place to an activity
which threatens to swamp the roads under
the volume OF freight which 1t is bringing
upon them. Their earnings are increasing
rapidly, and the market value of their Sc
Curties is, in consequence soaring at an
equally active rate. OF the Northwestern
it is predicted that in the next twelve
months 1t will earn a l6 per cent dividend,
and the Omaha which is generally regarded
as part of the Northwestern system, will
double ito . per cent dividends. Low eS-
Inmates place Burlington earnings for the
next twelve months at per cent, and the
utmost confidence is expressed that the
Rock Island will pay I per cent OF the
Milwaukee q St Paul Ii Is said that IL Is
stock. The Santa Fe, one of the roads that
have gone through the process of rcorgan-
ization, will be able to pay 3 per cent on
its adjustment bonds and have something
left over for its preferred etock. The Union
Pacific, as soon as its reorganization Is
completed, will pay dividends on its pre-
ferred stock and may have balance left
for its common.
All the increased earnings of these roads
will not, however, so into the pockets Of
the security holders. Immense sums VIII
be spent in operation, in the Improvement
of phyecal conditions. in procuring addt-
tiona equipment and in other ways in which
the various communities throughout the ter
rtories traversed by them will largely
benefit. An army of laborers will be EN-
ploy ed who have been idle altogether or at
least working on reduced time These eN-
penditures by the roads will of themselves
contribute in a marked degree to the aholi-
tion of the hard times. Every trade and
every industry of every kind and descrip-
tton in the west will participate in the
benefits The panic seems to be disappear
ing at suddenly as it swooped down upon us
at the beginning,
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

body understands that the commission
will agree that the legal tender not :
should be permanently taken out Of The
circulation and that a bank currency
should take their place. What the COM
mission will endcavor to do is to devise
practicable plan for accomplishing
these things.
Perhaps the zeal Of the currency re-
formers is to be commended, but we
cannot see any probability of much good
coming from it, even If the continued
agitation Of the subject shall do no
harm. Secretary Gage has said that
there is no hope of any legislation by the
present congress looking to the retire
ment of the legal tender notes and un-
less the rcformcrs can bring about such
legislation their agitation is waste of
tiplp.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

New York Mall and Express: The recou
has begun in the first great wave Of the ad-
vance upon the lilondikc. small group Of
hardy and experienced men returned 20 San
Francisco with the report that they could not
possibly so beyond Chlcoot Pass until the
spring. Their account OF the blockade there
agrees with all other accounts aud the out
look for suffering and death between now
and spring Is pittul All this was known
before the rush began but Needless OF warn
ings many have rushed upon hardshps which
they are not prepared to encounter and the
severity OF which would surely have been
lessened had they waited until spring.
Minneapolis Times; The people who are
rushing into the Yukon country are acting
like boys. There seems to be no doubt there
is gold in the Yukon country. There is very
little doubt that there is plenty of 1t for all
who will ever make Alaska their home long
enough to get it. There is, therefore. no
sense in people going. off at half cock over
the matter The mad rush that is now being
made is criminal, in view of the fact that
the best authorities agree that 1t is impos-
siblo to get into the Klondike region at this
time of year. All those who contemplate
Invading the gold fields would do well to bear
In mind that in many enterprises THE more
hurry the less speed" Before starting for
the coast inform yourself of where you are
going and of the things necessary to take
with you.
Minneapolis Tribune: The inevitable out
come of all this will be an appeal to the
government. or TO private benevolence before
the winter is over, for means of relief for
the suffering. 1t is possible that the govern
ment will be asked to organize a relief ex-
petition. BY using some of its herds of rein
deers, perhaps a government military eX-
petition might get through, even in the dead
OF winter, with supplies for the relief of the
perishing. But 1t would be better for the
government TO resort to drastic mCaSurCs
now ana forbid any more emsrants to start
for the gold region before next spring. Sec
rctary Bliss has issued a letter of warning.
but that Is not enough. 1t should be backed
up by proclamation from the president and
the concentration Of a sufficient naval and
military force at the points OF departure to
the interior to turn back the frantic tide of
gold hunters. They are rushing to almost
certain death and should be protected against
thnir own folly and inlisrrntinn
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

Governor Holcomb delights in throw
ing bouquets at himself. A few weeks
ago he threw big bouquet mt himself
by assuring the American people
through the New York Herald that Ne
braska's improved credit and prosperous
condition was due almost solely to his
economical and efficient administration
of state affairs. Now he compliments
himself with another boquet by con
graduating himself through letter to
Chief-Elect Gallagher upon the s;l-
gacious choice he has made for the head
of the Omaha police department.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

August is doing beautifully in making
amends for the perspiration of July.
The Butte Miner settles an irritating
problem in this off hand manner; Jefferson
is all right" Now let the democrats get
together.
DR.. Fred w. d'Evelyn, head of St Lukes
hospital, San Francisco, claims to have dis
covered an absolute cure for drunkenness
and has made it public. He has spent fifteen
years in experimenting.
The returns of the census in Egypt taken
on June l show the population on that date
to have numbered 100000, an increase of
1000, as compared with 1882, or about AZ
per cent in fifteen years.
A bolt of lightning which created a small
panic at Hotel Champlain last Sunday, did
not disturb the equanimity of President
Mckinley. Mr.. Mckinley has had too much
experience with lightning to take it seriously.
A st. Louis man essayed to caress his
wife with a poker, but ran up against the
soft side of a rolling pin in motion. When
he recovered consciousness he confessed to
the Doctor. she is the best woman on earth"
The editor of the Congressional Record,
vacation number. is "onto his job" in
elegant shape. In editing the speeches
VI CT ""Gre not uGiivered, he took precious
care to insert copous quantities OF
Laughter" and great applause"
Some impertinent rascal without fear or
respect for the courts in his heart, has
applied for an injunction in New Jersey
prohibiting mosquitoes from doing business
in violation of the Saturday half-holiday
law. Meanwhile the famous Jersey bird is
whistlng to keep its courage up to the stick
ing point.
Reports from Ohio indicate that the late
Mr.. Bryan is not aveTse to little pros
perty in his'n. He is booked to speak at
a silver camp meeting at Springfield for the
sum OF 81 500. The New York Journal SAWS
the money demanded by Bryan has been sub
scribed, and every one of the 1,500 are 100
cent dollars.
Prof. William Thierry Preyer, who died in
Wiesbaden recently, was one of the best
known psychologists in Germany. He was a
native of England but became a "privat
decent" in 1865 at Bonn. One of his most
widely read books is THE Soul of the Child"
He was one of the most ardent advocates Of
Darwinism in Germany.
Emperor William when he is on his num-
erous journeys, keeps up lively telegraphic
communication with Berlin. Before he
starts arrangements are made with the tele
graph authorities of the country he proposes
to visit to insure uninterrupted connection
between him and Berlin, wherever he may
be. If any place that he may find himself
in is not on a telegraph line temporary
wire is etrung for his benefit.
Tom Patterson of Denver expresses an
eighteen-pica chunk of Indignation because
Young Mr.. Eckels, Clevelands comptroller
Of the treasury" has been rendered a $15, 900
job in a New York bank. According to T. p,
Eckels doesn't know a thing about finances
or economics, but he has a glib tongue
and adamantine nerve" From which it ap-
pears that Mr.. Eckels' misfortune was his
neglect to take a few primary lessons on
finances when Patterson essayed the role of
schoolmaster in the Chicago wigwam five
years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

Quartermaster General Test certlfie5
to the fact that Con Gallagher exhibited
superb qualities as freight handler
for the Union Pacific, and from this I'M
disputed fact the eminent astrologrr anG
weather prophet reaches the conclusions
lDat Gallagher will make very efficient
chief OF police. Here is logic as is logic
If the eminent star gazer had known Il
barber skilled in facescraping and hair
dressing he would consider 1t proof that
the barber would make an efficient loco,
motive engineer OR train dispatcher.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
TIE CrRRENCr c0MAlLSSlnN.

At last there is commission to con-
slider the question of currency revision
and formulate Il plan which may be sub
mitted To congress. This commission has
no official standing, having been ap-
pointed by the executive committee of
the indianapolis conference of currency
reformers held some months ago, but un-
dOubtedly ii Is quite as we'll qualified to
consider and report on the currency as
would be commission created by au-
thority of congress. There is this differ
ence, however. that an official commits
sion would have its expenses provided
for out OF the public treasury, while the
expenses of this commission will be paid
by private contributions. Thus if the
labOrs of the commission shall have no
practical result, as is very likely TO be
the ease, they Will have cost the country
nothing.
1t is presumed that the commission
will set to work at once and that ii will
have its views fully prepared when con-
gress meets in December. There will
be no difficulty about this, because there
is really not much to be done except to
give form TO the propositions accepted
at indianapolis. There are some de-
tails to be supplied, that Is all. Every
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
HoOM IN IRON AND STEEL.
business Improving Rapidly and
Prices Are Advancing.

ITIets are Advancing.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Business generally has been more active
in mCst departments, dealers evidently max
ing preparations for a heavy fall and win
ter trade, Iron merchants without eXccp-
tion report a large inquiry for leading
products, and at the same time extensive
preparations continue to be made to meet
the increasing requirements OF the trade.
These conditions and the knowledge that
the stoCks in the hands of consumers ar
light, and ihat for some time retrenchment
and economy have cleared the way for an
expansion OF consumptive requirements,
have induced dealers to enter upon the
work OF preparation for the fall trade with a
degree OF confidence greater than that which
marked tho outset Of any season for several
years past.
The rising tide OF business activity is
shown by Increased bank clearances and
railroad earnings and expanded bank
loans, etc. very encouraging feature OF
the market for iron and steel is the i'm
proved feeling which is being manifested
in finished material.
Most of the large plants throughout the
country have more orders on their books
than has been the case for a long time,
and the demand for the flushed forms OF
material 10 increasing from day to day.
There Is an increased inquiry for most
products and the undertone OF the marker
Is strong. Pitt9burg makers OF pig iron
and blooms are firm in their Views, most 0i
them asking an advance and are hol
anxious to sell at present rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
Let JOY BE Uncondned.

NTIVIEV'
1t iSn't dollar wheat yet but 1t is still
rising And every fractional jump means
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars to the
country. The advance Of 20 cents in the
last six weeks counts up toward hundred
millions The crop. 1t should be under
stood. is not an exceptional one in size, but
ii is fair. Moreover, it is pretty generally
distributed, so that the good effect of high
prices will be felt Immediately in all paHo
of the land. The change means the saliva
tion of the great wheRt-produclng belt Of the
west. Nowhere else have the hard times
been so hard, nowhere have the evil results
or unwise speculation borne so heavily upon
the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
PHONETIC DIFFICULTIES.
Now Orlcnns TImns-

New Orleans Times
IF you can spell every word correctly in
the following rhymes-all legitimate eX-
pressions-you may consider yourself quail
fed to enter a spelling bee:
stand up, ye spoilers, now. and spell
Spell phenakstoscope and kuen:
Or take some simple word as chilly,
Or gauger or the garden lily
To spell such words as Syliogism,
And lachrymose and synchronism,
And Pentateua h and SaCclSarine,
Apocrypha and celadine,
Jepune and homeopathy,
Paralysis and Chloroform.
RhinOcerOs and pachyderm.
MetempsychoSis, eherliinS, basque,
Is certainly no easy task
Kaleidoscope and Tennessee,
Kamtchatka and dispensary,
Diphthong and erysipelas,
And etiquette and sassafras,
Infallible and ptyalism.
Alopathy and rheumatism,
And cataclysm and beleaguer,
Twelfth. eighteenth, rende90,us intriS Ger,
And hosts of other words all found
on English and on classic ground.
Thus, Behring straits and Michaelmas,
Thermopylae, jalap, Havana,
Clinquefoil and ipecacuanha,
And Rappahannock, Shenandoah,
And Schuylltill, and a thousand more,
Are words some prime good spoilers miss
In dictionary lands like this.
Nor need one think himself n scroyle
If some of these his efforts foil,
Nor deem himself undone forever
To miss the name of either river,
The Dnieper, Seine or Guadalquivir.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
Tbp ReuI Gold niprinrs.

INVW
Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma will sell
this year not less than 80, 900 900 bushels of
wheat at more than half a dollar a bushel
net price to the producer. The other wheat
growing states will reduce even these figures
to insignifcance by their results. There is
more gold in a good agricultural soil than
in amy Klondille placer ever yet discovered.
There is truth yet in Irving's story of the
old Hudson River Dutchman whose digging
for treasure under the inspiration of dreams
gave him greater wealth in cabbages than he
had dreamed of in the chests of gold.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
The Farmers Year.

The worst black eye that silver will re-
ceive this year is liable to come from the
formers. A friend from the Puget sound
country says the crops in Oregon and Wash
ngton are immense, that many fields are
averaging forty-eightg bushels OF wheat to the
acre, that it is now Selling at 10 cents per
buehel that the farmers are greatly elated
and do uot want any lightweight dollars,
We suspect the same feeling perades the
Mississippi valley, for that is what followed
in 1890, when the Russian famine gave them
such a market for their grain that they
even killed their stock hogs that they might
sell more grain
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
Did Thcy Overlook Itt

1t is remarkabIe that neither the Ohio
popuists nor the Virginia democrats freed
their minds as to wheat The conduct of
wheat merits the-snverest reprobaton, and
the democratic and populst platforms ought
to speak of It egoit deserves, Wheat used
yer, while Hon. William Jennings
Bryan wept aa3piNfuly over both
victims of plutecFacys inhumanty to man
and now wheat IL plutocrat ITSELF and sill
yer is in the poorhouse. Wheat is traitor
to the glorious cause of 1G to l, and incan-
descent resolutions ought to be hurled at Il
by every convention OF silver thinkers
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
Something More Thnn Luck.
Indianapolis Journal.

Democrats are saying the republican party
is mighty lucky" because the country is
entering on an of universal prosperity
within less than six months after the in
auguration of a republican president This
is not mere good luck unless the party can
be called lucky for advocating policies that
restore confidence and pave the way for pros
perity. 1t was not democratic bad luck so
much as bad principles, bad politics, bad
legislation and bad infringement generally
that brought on the Cleveland panic of 1893
and years of disaster following. If the coun-
try wants good luck 1t must follow good
leaders
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

A year ago the sllyerites We're telling
the farmer that 1t was the single gold
standard that was keeping the price of
farm products down. Now these same
people are complaining because the
single gold standard is not sending the
price of farm products up at gait
fast enough to suit them. The silyerites
are having n hard time to convince
themselves that the single gold standard
boyle has been played out
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

If we are to have new edition of the
city charter, it should by all means be
provided with new index that will
help n person to find the provisions he
may be searching FOR Except for the
index there would be no excuse for print
ing separate volume of the charter
when the law is easily accessible in the
published session laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

French anarchists seem to be unable
to go into the bomb-throwing business
without including few choice phrases
about liberty and patriotism in with their
paraphelnalia. They are bound to de-
lude themselves into the idea that they
are martyrs to great cause, even
though they cannot hope to make any
one else believe as they do.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

The delegates who go to the republican
county convention should not forget that
the state committee has recommended
the immediate reorganization of the
county committee in order that the work
of the campaign may proceed without
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

The civil service commission com.
plains that Il IS overwhelmed with cN-
animation papers of applicants for office.
Eut il there We're no civil service eS-
nminatious the word overwhelming
would not half describe the siege that
the oiliceSeekcrS would be laying to the
president and every one supposed to
have influence with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
SAID ~ FUN.

Detroit Free Press: MARY. you don't
symPathize with me when l have to push
NO; II 1t was a snow shovel you would
be making the same old fuss
Cleveland Leader: ue-Tor my part,
ape mon, anyhow
She-Oh anything for a little change.
We've been making monkey OF him long
enough.
in belts this season." Inquired the customer.
Yes sir" replied the pretty salesgirl, in-
cidentaliy blushing,. what Size, picSase2''
Pittshurg Chronicle: Hungry Iiiggins--l
wouldn't mind goin to Kloudike Il ii wasu'i
Ter haNin TO dig out the gold.
Weary Watkins-That ain't the worst Of IL.
1t has to be washed after it Is dug.
Philadelphia Record; How careless OF
me-" nluscd De rsuQuc, Here rye Come
forgotten the most important part of my
tackle, l never could remember tina, cork
screw"
RoNbnry Gazette: First Partncr-Hcavcnsi
our huuokkoprr has taken
Second partucr-Tdkcn what?
First Paruer-lls Hfr
Second Partner-Oh, what q relief I
some OF our money.
Detroit Journal. See the COW run after
9angcr?' The summer girl is not in
danEer da,,. is is ihc COW In danSgr2, The
girl in comparative safety"
Chicago Post: con. dear" she siched.
Il wish I knew how to keep gowns from
Don't wear them" he said without look
And it was wen that ho didn't look up
from his paper too, for the sight of an
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

General Test one of the employees of
the World-Ilcrald, writes to the editor
of that paper to tell him "Nour Fire and
Police commission has done wisely
The question is. VIII the commission
acquicSce in this claim to ownership?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

Now II the police board will only re-
place Fire Chief Redell with some we'll
known man OF executive ability without
the slightest experience as "A fire fighter,
but who supported Bryan first and last,
II may achieve its ideal of reform
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

If the railroads put as much time and
care upon providing more comfortable
they do in ferreting out competitors en-
gagged in scalping tickets the benefits
accruing to the passenger public would
be almost incalculable.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

A York county lad was run over and
seriously injured 10y Il load of wheat
which was being hurried to the market
to take advantage of the tempting prices
quoted on the grain. We suppose this
viii be used by our free silver friends
to point a moral to the bad effects of
prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

The republican primaries today
will disclose remarkable condition of
harmony within the party on the ques-
tion of delegates to the state conven-
ton, not Il single real contest being in
sight in any ward.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

Parties leaving the city for
the summer can have The
Bce sent to them regularly
by notifying The Bee busi-
ness office iE person or by
mail. The address Will be
changed ns often ns desired.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

The car will now do his best to con-
vince President Faurc that his love for
France is unabated, no matter what
tokens of affection he may have be-
slowed upon Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

The reform State Board of Transporta-
nearly eight months, but it will take
a powerful microscope to discover the
reforms it has worked in the charges
exacted by railroads and other common
cnrrierS.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
just Like stewart.

Senator Stewart says he didn't say pros
perity had returned, and that the man who
says he did lies. Still the fussy old Nevadan
has picked up few hundred thousand in
Wall street during the recent stock furry
But this is nothing" FOR q statesman of the
Stewart stripe to do most any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

when the brilliant genius who is tenn
porarily Mt the helm as editor of the
World Herald runs short of original
ideas he can always depend upon the
back files of The Bee for an abundant
supply of readable material to fill the
editorial columns of the popocrauc
organ
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

IF it were clear that the railroads We're
responsible for damages arising from de-
fects in the viaducts, they would not be
so reluctant to keep them in passable
rnpojr
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
FattcnfnE on Corn Extract.
IIhnn lAl..l.i.

There is no longer any doubt about the
formation of the Glucose trust, since re-
ports OF lis purchases on the now familiar
scale of magnificent millions are he,nfy
made. There IS .,ile,I e%. future for glucose
but - to Look like an expensive one.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20
Figuring Up the Proit.

NOW lUTK Mail anu IApTrss.
StatistiCians claim that the rising prices
of agricultural products will give American
farmers 100000, 900 more for their crops
than they would have got at the values
which prevailed a year ago. 1t is this
condition of things that compels the average
free silver boomer to get out behind the
wood pile and emit deep, hoarse, tear-soaked
nlC
Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-20

The price of hides is 20 per cent higher, and
the prices OF boots and shoes 16 per cent lower
than ten years ago This is one case in
which the protected manufacturer isn't get
ting the best of the deal with the FARMER.
There must have been a great reduction in
the cost of making boots and shoes in that
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