SCilOOL FADS AND FRILLS
iMamo aid Outgo a Mtlllam' Dollars Apirs
in Oklcago.
SCHOOL TRUSTEE EXPLAINS THE CAUSE
rolntrtt lUrnmrka on Why Yotinit Men
Nhontif. I.onrn to Kuril Correctly"
Ilryn .Mnrvr'a .Shot nt Col
IcRe Men.
'
A iltuatlon BlmlUr to thnt which exists
an Omaha confronts the Hoard of Educa
tion of Chicago. The cost of the public
schools has Brown ao groat In recent years
that Increased taxation failed to produce
the necessary revenue, and a largo doflclt
la the result. Tho rovenuo of tho school
board from all sources In 1901 was 17,442,
00, of which J400.000 was carried over to
tho rxesont year. The revenue for 1902
It estimated at $5.87(1,000. This sum, with
tlrt ndded surplus from lost year, will Ieav6
fc deficit estimated nt 11,183,000. Tho board
has not dotcrmlnod how It will adjust the
Income to tho outgo, or whore to apply
tho pruning knife. The trouble In, Chicago
Is the usual top-heavy system whereby the
High schools, with their fadB and frills,
absorb school rovenuo out of nil propor
tion to tho cost per pupil In tho grade
schools. School Trusteo Drennan, n mem
ber of tho board for twenty-four years,
ays In an Interview:,
'Tho work In tho Chicago High schools Is
Iho worst on record. That Is clearly shown
In the cases of pupils who tnke exnmlna
lon for tho normal schools nnd colleges.
Figures show that threo out of thirty
oven pass the test. If that Is a good
record I fall to sec It.
"It Is the fault of the systom. Wo havo
the best school buildings and tho most effi
cient teaching forco in tho country. Uut
what do they teach? A lot of fads that will
Jiavo absolutely r.o effect on the pupil's
after life. U t!io board would cut out the
fads and cllnx to tho rudiments of an edu
cation tho work would show In tho stu
dents. "Tho tfholo system In a college. It Is not
High school. What good will It do n boy
porting for 15 a week to know how to
Vw a humnn head that you can't tell
1om tho head of a monkoy?
"Cut out tho furbelows In our schools
and wo will havo money enough to run
thorn through the year. There Is too much
foot ball and basket hall, too. We shall
never Improve until all theso things are
curtailed."
Importnnoe of Correct Spelling,
The Chicago Trlbuno notes approvingly
the address of A. C. Bartlett to the studonts
of the Unlvorslty nf Chicago on the neces
sity of young men learning to spell cor
rectly. Mr. Dartlctt said that n young
man who wishes to succeed I business
ought to get a secondary school training
that would make it possible for him not
only to enter college without condltlono
but actually to spell correctly. Mr. Ilart
lott's opinion In this matter carrlos somo
weight. Ho Is thoroughly familiar with the
business world and ought to know the laws
Xhat govern it. 'it Is truo that his opinion
conflicts with that of certain other people.
It has beon said In excuse of alleged laxity
In toachlngpolllng thut the art of spelling
Is mcrely(.fcn accomplishment; that It Is no
Indication clthor of strength or of weakness
of mUldi that It is better to bo ablo to
r thirjX' thljn .to bo ablo to spell; that an x
tMniely 'foolish "man may be able to spoil
iSvery word In tho langunge, whllo somo ex
tremely wise man may not be able to spell
at all, and that in view of theso facts spell
ing must bo regarded as one of the minor
traces of an education, harmless, perhaps
oven desirable, but by no means essen
tial. "With this view of the question Mr.
Bartlett is ovldently at variance. He Is con
vinced that a boy should be taught spelling
4)Von If somo other things havo to bo neg
lected. His, reason Is a simple one, but thor
oughly convincing,' It Is this: Employers
want their young men to bo able to wrlto
business letters that will not stultify tho
firm In tho eyes of Its correspondents. It
may bo that tho esteem In which good spell
ing Is now held Is nothing but blind preju
dice, and that a man ought not to caro
whether his letters aro well spoiled or not.
This may be. But tho actual condition now
and hero Is that men do esteem good spell
ing and that they want their letters
pelted in conformity with established cus
tom. A wise young roan who Is entering
business life will bear this In mind and will
nccommodato himself to circumstances,
whatever he may think of their philoso
phical justification.
Greater New York Schools.
In Ita annual report tho Hoard of Educa
tion of Oreater New York makes an urgent
ppeal for now school houses. It Hays that
in the last four years It has applied for
438,489,000 for new buildings and sites, but
has received only $14,873,000. It recognizes
that the debt limitation has stood In the
way of larger appropriations, bui It says
that "the necessity for additional school
accommodations In nearly all sections ct
the city cbntlnues, nnd Is certain to become
more and more pressing with the growth
-of population. The overcrowding In many
chools and the largo number of half time
end part tlmo classes, a makeshift necess!
tnted by existing conditions, aro anything
but creditable to this great and wealthy
metropolis, and should not bo permitted to
contluue," Tho average register of pupils
for tho year wan 440,286, and iho average
dally attendance 398,391. There are now
619 public schools, with 452,000 sittings,
10,273 teachers and 619 principals and beads
of departments. ,
Pousder't Day.
Hampton Institute will telebrato on Sun
day, January 26, the birthday of lis founder,
the lato General S, C. Armstrong. Tho ad
dress of tho occasion will be delivered by
Franklin Carter, Ph. D, LL. D., ox-prtBl-dent
of Williams college, from which In
stitution the founder of tho Hampton school
was graduated In 18C2, He Immediately
raised a company In Troy, N, Y., and Jolnod
tho army In the field, serving his country
with distinction. He was several times
prompted for bravery In action, and was
for two years colonofof the colored troops,
receiving tbo title of brevet brigadier gen
eral when he left the service at the cIoro
of tho war. He was an officer of tha Freed-
' men's bureau under General O. O, Howard
and founded Hampton Institute in 186S, roak
lug It, during his twenty-five years of serv
ice, the greatest Industrial school In Amor-
lea, Ho woo tho pioneer of Industrial edu
cation In this country ?nd aa such la belna
Honored ty nistorians,
I'unKcnt Iteturt,
President. M. Carey Thomas of Rryn Mawr
college said somo pungent things In a Utter
which she recently wrote fcr publication on
the higher education of women. One state
ment which will surprise many persons Is
that more than 21,000 women are how study
Ing In college, being slightly over 27 per
'vent of all college students. Her statements
regarding marriage and preparation for
motherhood aro of especial Interest. One
pungent remark Is: "College women, like
, other women, are dependent on men for
marriage, and the college presidents who
enjoin upon us to teach women womanly
virtues and educate them to become wlvea
ant mothers should begin by educating their
ZfiM college nae to become husbands,"
TWO SUNDAY NIGHT FIRES
.Htmnltanenii Outtiienka on Leaven
vtorth fttrret nnd Fortieth
and Cnnilna.
Flro at 9:45 Sunday night damaged the
two-story brick building 1311 Leavenworth
street, occupied by Halt & Co., merchandise
brokers, While tho department was at this
fire an" alarm was rung In from the feed
store of I. Kaplan nt Fortieth and Cuming
streets.
The first flro was discovered by Phil Wal
ens of tho Walonz hole), who was passing.
He Immediately sent In the alarm. When
first seen tho fire was burning a partition
which enclosed a sample room about 12x3
feet adjoining the office of tho company In
the front of the building. In the room wero
samples of many of tho goods sold by ths
company, Including canned goods, many
largo boxes of matches and fancy groceries,
besides a quantity of advertising matter.
Tho smoke completely filled the building
and made the fire dlfllcult to handle. Never
theless, by hard work, with tho exception of
scorching several hundred boxes of fiy paper
which wcro Rtackod along tho wall oppostto
the sample room, tho blaze was confined
to the small room and In a short time was
under control.
In the rear of tho sampto room Is a large
room used by the Hammond Packing com
pany for hanging meat. This room was filled
with smoke, as was the second story of
both buildings.
Halt & Co. aro agents for a cooking oil
and many cans of tho oil were destroyed.
All the goods In the sample room were
damaged by having tho cans blnckcncd.
The adjoining building on tho east Is
used as tho city depot for the Hammond
Packing company. On tho first floor tho
company had J2.600 worth of meat; In the
basement $2,100 worth of butterlno and
12,100 worth of lard. E. T. Welch, man
ager, said he was unable to cstlmalo the
loss by smoko and water. "I do not know
what effect the smoke will havo on the
meat," ho said, "or whether thcro was
enough smoke to hurt It. If tho smoko
was very dense In the basement, then I
think It will havo ruined our stock of but
terlno, though at present I think our loss
la only nominal."
Tho dan.ngo to tho building In broken
windows and by tho burning of tho parti
tions amotintB to about $200. The building
belongs to tho Powell estate.
It. It. Hall, manager of tho Hall com
pany, could not bo found last night. It Is
thought tho flro originated In tho stock of
matches, as there was no stove near where
It started,
Tho second fire destroyed a one-story
frame building and damaged a two-story
frame adjoining It. How tho firo orig
inated is not known. It was first discov
ered In tho feed store of I. Kaplan and
toon communicated to tho adjoining storo,
also owned by Mr. Kaplan. Tho contents
of tho feed store and tho ono-story build
ing wero destroyed. The stock of
groceries and tho two-story building wore
badly damagod, Doth buildings were owned
by Mrs. Kato F. Ilynn. Hor loss Is about
J700, .covered by Insurance. Kaplan's
stock of feed stuff nnd groceries Is valued
at J1.Q00. Ills loss 1b about 1450.
FRACTURE PEACE OF SUNDAY
Three Men I.nnil In .In 1 1 After DIMarli
ance nt Thirteenth nnd
DnuKlna.
Jack Carter, a horsenhoer, Oscar Klmber,
a salesman and J. F, lloynolds, a barten
der, wero arrested Sunday morning nnd
locUed up, charged with fighting and dis
turbing tho peace. Carter and Klmber
wont Into a saloon at Thirteenth and Doug
las street, both under the.lnflucnco of liquor
ana Doth bleeding from tho effects of a
fight. Reynolds, tho bartender, objected to
tho saloon being used as a hospital and
ordered the men to leave. They did so,
ana In order to get even with Roynolds,
one of thorn threw a brick through tho
window, a piece of brick striking tho bar
tender in the face, cutting a gash. Rey
nolds wont to the door of tho saloon nnd
fired five Bhots In order to scare away his
tormentors. Tho shots attracted the police
and tho threo men were arrested.
Ten I'rexliteiitH of One Mind.
WASHINOTON, D. C; Of oil tho em
ployes of tho Whlto House, tho oldest Is
Captain Pondel, liiiS Doorkeeper nnd
Ushor. Ho was appointed by President
Lincoln in December, 1864, and has held hla
place through all administrations, therefore,
he has been showing visitors Into the East
Room, nearly two million persons In all.
One day Mr. McKtnley advised Pendol to
write his reminiscences, The Chief Usher
acted upon the suggestion, and a volume
sotting forth his experiences during thlrty-
soven years of service in the White House,
nas just been Issued. In Its pages tho
author tells how it was he who went to
Boston and posed for tho figure of Lincoln
In the famous Hunt Portrait of the great
and good President, and how the portrait
was later destroyed in tho great Boston
fife. Pendel It was who accompanied John
son on one of the rare occasions on which
that President attended services at the
Methodist Church; for, white Johnson was
a Christian believer, he was not a regu
lar church momber. Then it was tho Chief
Usher who, through Ornnt's two terms in
office, often protected the President from
the wiles of unworthy office-seekers, who
resorted to all aorts of tricks to get tho
car of the General, Again ho ate Thanks
giving dinner with Hayes tho only Presi
dent who ever Invited the employes of the
White House to share with him the
Thahksglvlng Turkey, When darflcld was
shot, the Usher helped to carry the
wounded President upstairs when the latter
reached the White House, President Arthur
liked a certain modest brand of cigars, and
it was Pendel who waa commissioned to
stop at a little Pennsylvania Avenuo shop
and buy a "smoke" for the First Gentle
man of America, Pendel It was who
packed tho duck shooting kits for Clove
land. He was reader-ln. ordinary to Har
rison, keeping the President posted dally
on events as summod up In tho newspapers,
President McKlnley was his friend. And
finally, the Chief Usher was the first era
ployeo of'the White House to grasp tho
hand of Theodore Roosevelt as President
of the United States.
Among the Usher's interesting collection
of tales out tit school, Is ono citing a
singular coincidence In which all the ten
Presidents whose habits he knew so well,
wore of one mind. This Is the story of the
one thing besides soap and water, which alt
the Presidents used In common. It was a
little thlng-but It Is just such trllles that
Impress upon us the fact that great men
are but human. It was a toilet article.
There always have- been many rivals of
this particular article, but curiously
enough, all the Presidents from Lincoln to
Roosevelt have had nn Identical Idea con
cerning tho brand of their choice. The
Presidents of thirty years ago and their
successors used it, as did all persons of
refinement In their time. Reference Is
made to Dr. Lyon's Perfect Tooth Powder,
Today, as though the habit were presided
tlally Inherited, on of the familiar blue
enameled boxes containing the powder,
stands beside every tooth-brush In the
bed-chambers of tho Roosevelt family. As
the package Is metal It will not break,
and It has a patent telescopic measuring
tube, It Is always corked and Is, therofore,
a convenience in toilet bags of travellers,
as well as a luxury In the boudoirs of stay-at-Komts,
General Grant carried It with
him on his tour round the world. From
the Now York Press,
THE OMAHA DAILY DEEt MOKDAY, l
LAW ALLOtfS NO FREE BOOKS
Wkkl Might Happ.n if tokool l.trd'i Bilti
Are Chujti.
MR. H0MAN POINTS OUT DANGER SIGNAL
Any Taxpayer Could Secure, Abolition
of the free Voxt Honk System in
livery Hrndc of the Pub
lic School.
Speaking of tho alleged plan of tho
minority on the school board to take up
the rules one at a time In an attempt to
havo some of them changed, W. R. Homan,
who Introduced'tho rules, said:
"Tho minority may follow this plan, but
I do not believe tho rules will bo changed.
On tho night of organization tho rules can
bo adopted by a majority vote. At any
other time It requires a two-third vote to
make any change or adopt any rule. Wo
wero aware of this nnd so was tho oppo
sition thatnlght. This was tho tensoii wo
Insisted upon tho rules being ndopted that
night and It was also the reason that tbo
minority asked for further time.
"It la well known that the rules wcro
tho result of comproralso and that nil of
them wero not entlroly satisfactory to
overy member voting for them, but rather
than havo no agreement they accented
somo things they would have changed wero
that possible, Whllo this Is known, It Is
not known by tho opposition who opposed
any particular rulo In caucus, This at
tempt of tbclr's is probably designed to
discover tho weakness of the majority, ao
that the minority can work upon tho mem
bers of the majority with a vlow of over
throwing tho rules. This will bo dlfllcult,
If not Impossible, at this time, as tho
minority would have to get threo members
from tho majority in order to chungo any
rulo.
Loaded nt Iloth Ends.
"There Is ono placo whero tho minority
should bo very cautious nnd that Is with
respect to tho free text-books in tho High
school. It Is understood that a resolution
will bo Introduced to restoro tho freo books
In tho High school. This Is somothlng
that Is loaded at both ends. On such a
resolution tho majority may lose one vote.
I do not believe thai It will lose more, but
I do know that If thcro Is nny danger of
having these free text-books restored In
tho High school It Is more than probable
that frco text-books will bo abolished In
every department of tho publlo Bchools.
This matter does not He within tho solo
Jurisdiction of tho Bonrd of Education.
Thcro Is no law under which school boards
in cities of tho Metropolitan class can fur
nish text-books free to the children of the
schools. At the tlmo tho books wore first
Issued freo to tho pupils tho law roqulrcd
this to be done In cities of tho first class.
Since then the law has been changed, and
It Is not required In theso cities. Omaha
has also had a new charter, making it a
city of the metropolitan class, and there
are provisions for schools In such cities.
This law Is silent on the subject of text
books, and It would require the action
of only ono taxpayer to throw overy freo
book out of tho schools. So far as the ma
jority of tho Board of Education Is con
cerned, It Is willing to lot the matter rest
whero it Is, but if tho plans or thnt ma
jority are overturned, no ono need be sur
prised if 'tctlon Is taken by somo citizen to
restrain tho board from purchasing books
for the pupils In tho grades.
Majority Han Ko I'laii.
'"So for as I know, tho majority has no
plans for the next meeting of the board.
An attorney will probably bo elected.
There are two candidates announced for
the place, Carl E. Herring, tho Incumbent,
and J. L. Kaley. Aside from routine busi
ness, it will probably bo the policy of the
majority to await the fight aa prepared by
the minority,"
Another member of the majority said:
"I am surprised at tho position assumed
by Robert Smith In this matter. Before
tho reorganization of tbo board he pro
posed a plan to abolish free text-books
In all grades abovo tho sixth. In favor of
this plan ho said that he believed In re
trenchment and reducing expenses, but de
sired that the reduction be made whero
tho people would fcol it."
ABOUT CELESTIAL MECHANICS
Dr. ItlRKe Delivers a Scientific Leo
tare Before Qninlm Philosoph
ical Society.
"Celestial Mechanics" was tho subject of
an address by Rev. William F. Rlggo of
Crclghton university delivered before the
Omaha Philosophical society yesterday aft
ernoon. Prof, Rlggo revlowcd the theorlos
which have been advanced concerning the
relations trie planets and other heavenly
bodies, bear toward each other and showed
the development and perfection of the
theory that all celestial bodies rotato about
the sun.
Dr. RlggO opened his address with a re
view of Copernicus' hypothesis that the
sun was the center around which all plan
ets revolve Copernicus was not certain
that his explanation of the relation heav
enly planets bore to each other wbb corroct
and did little to prove that hla theory
was true. The next great Investigator was
Tycho Drahe, a Danish astronomer, who
had an observatory on tho Island In the
Baltic sea. He questioned Copernicus'
theory nnd announced that the sun revolved
about the earth and that nil the other
planets revolved about tho sun. Keppler,
a pupil of Tycho Brahe, proved that plan
ets really move and that their path Is nn
ellipse.
Galileo camo next, Dr. Rlggo oxplalned,
and discovered laws of mechanics, which
mado it posslblo to provo theorlea which
were previously advanced. Sir Isaao New
ton followed with his laws of motion, which
offered positive proof that the planets move
about the sun. His three famous laws
summed up the work of all tho astrono
mers who bad gone before him and crys
tallized all their discoveries.
MADE TO GO UP IN SMOKE
Trnvelcr Talk of the Growth ami
Development nf Oscar Industry
In United States.
,4Tho Connecticut Yankee has percolved
another possible way of making money and
la 'tlnkerln' with It," says Bob Olive, who
Is stopplng at the Her Grand. "He has dis
covered that a good tobacco can be raised
In his state if properly protectod, and has
built a lot of canvas screens over his
plants and so arranged them that any
desired degree of heat can be sifted through
when the sun Is shining and cold excluded
when It Isn't shining. Some of theso days
he will have good thing, maybe.
"Indeed It Is surprising to what extent
the United States has recently taken to
cultivating tobacco. They are having
pretty fair success with It In a small way
clear out In Carrie Nation's Btate, and
Indiana has gone Into It, too. Connecticut,
Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Tornes
soe aro having excellent crops and turning
out some good cigars by using a littlo
real Havana In them. A cigar may bo
made to look nllrlght without Havana In U.
but It can't be given the proper aroma.
Nor Dave Americana yt acquired the art
of making them as well as have tho Cu
bans. Some of thosn brown fellows In New
York City and Key West make $150 per
month and dress like dandles, buth they
aro worth the money, for they are. tho ones
whose fathers before them were cigar
makers and who have not only inherited
tho Spanish dexterity, but have been long
enough among Yankees to acqulro some in
genuity to apply In their work. They nre
tho ones who can roll hundreds and hun
dreds of cigars In n week and glvo each
ono tho same peculiar pinched tip or other
peculiarity that was given the others of
tho particular brand on which he Is work
ing. Only the cheap cigars are mado by
machinery and they can bo told by the
square corners on them, for a handmade
cigar Is always rounded.
"Tho demand for cigars Is Increasing and
their manufacturo has becomo an enormous
business In this country, as we beat tho
world at.lt and send cigars to all nations
and oven back to Havana, from whero tho
tobacco In them originally came. Tho do
mestic demand is growing, too, and par
ticularly for tho higher class of goods,
which latter fact seems a littlo strango, in
view of tho fact that tho aristocracy Is run
ning mora and mora to cigarettes and the
porting clement abandoning them to re
turn to cigars."
OMAHA SUBURBS,
Florence.
Mrs. John Person and Mrs. John Simpson
were Omaha visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Herbert I. Gannett, accompanied by
her mother, were Omaha visitors Saturday.
Miss Mattto Tucker was tho guest of
Omaha friends a couple of daye of last weok.
Mrs. J. C. Kimball spent Thursday hero
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Paul, re
turning homo Thursday evening.
A fow friends of Mrs. T. Swanson mot at
hor homo Wednesday night, having n no
dal time. Refreshments wcro served.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Taylor of Onvtha wero tho
guests of their daughter, Mrs. Herbort I.
Gannett of Hazel Hedgo poultry farm Sat
urday and Sunday.
The members of the Christian church
gavo an oyster supper at the church
Thursday night. The net proceeds go to
tho expenses of tbo church.
The Florenco Lttornry and Magazine club
met Monday night at Wall's hall. Their
meeting nights will bo Monday In tho fu-
turo Instead of Friday, ns heretofore.
Mrs. J. Weber, Jr., accompanied by her
oon Ralph ami her guest, Mrs. Emit Weber
of Wayne, Neb., spent Friday night In
Omaha, tho guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Bondcssen.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pulto entertained
a number of their friends at their home,
on Brldgo street, Saturday night. Gamos
and dancing wcro Indulged In during tho
evening. Refreshments were served at tho
conclusion of the games.
Johnathan lodgo No. 225, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Installed their of-
flcera Friday night. Tho work was done
by District Deputy Grand Master George
Reynolds and staff. After Installation re
freshments wero served to all present by
Roso Rehokah lodge, Independent Ordor
of Odd Fellows of Florence.
The M. n. 8. A. M. mot nt tho homo of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson, on Fifth
avenue, Wednesday night. Their regular
business was transacted, Miss Roso O'Con
nor, their president, officiating. After tho
meeting tho socloty and a number of tholr
Invited friends played progressive caroms
nnd other games. Refreshments wero
served during tho evening.
Several of tho friends of John nnd Alex
onder Paul surprised them at tholr homo.
on Main street, Tuesday nlEbt. Progres
sive high flvo was played, William Kindred
getting first prize for gentlemen nnd Mrs.
John Simpson first prlzo for women. Wil
liam Pulto booby prize for gentlemen nnd
Mrs. Ous Johnson tbo booby prize for
women. Punch was nerved during tho
game's and refreshments at the conclusion
by Mrs. J. S. Paul, the hestess.
IleiiNon.
Mrs, Morris of Omaha spent a day last
week visiting in Benson.
Mr. Harvey J. Grove Is building another
story-and-half bouse on McCaguo street.
The Benson Improvement club held a
meeting at the Benson town hall Saturday
night.
Mr. Samuel Hortcn is erecting a new
cottage for family uso on tho western part
of hie proporty.
During tho last weok a .hot air Jurnnco
was put Tnto the Methodist church for
heating purposes.
Frederick A. Ballcy has been confined
to bis room for some tlmo with Inflamma
tory rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs. Totman's daughter, who
has been visiting with them about two
weeks, left for her homo last Friday.
Mrs. Brown and son of Missouri arrived
In Benson Sunday, January 13, nnd are
visiting at the homo of Mrs. Brown's sis
ter, Mrs. Grove.'
Mr. Yort, brother of Charllo Yort, has
rented tho Folk building and Is fitting It
up for the purpose of running a butcher
bop. Ono will also be put In the Dodson
tore.
Adnra Crooks, who was seriously Injured
about two weeks ago and taken tq St.
Joseph's hospital, Is much Improved nnd
was able to be moved to his ,homo Inst
xuesaay.
The laying of n foundation for a large
new store was commenced during tho past
wceic. The store will be built by Joseph
McGulre and will be on tho military road,
across irom tno old store.
The Weekly Literary society meeting
was held at the town hall last Friday
nignt. Alter a short program a dialogue
was given, and after n ton-mlnuto recess
the debate was taken up and discussed.
Dundee,
Mrs. Klndall of Hannibal, Mo., Is visiting
ner aaugmer, Airs. b. u. ltusn.
Mrs. J. W. Lattin and her daughter. Mrs.
Crawford, havo bocu quite ill for several
days.
The- Dundee Woman's club will meet on
Wednesday with Mr. William S. Wedge,
miss j'oweu acting as leader for tho day.
Mrs. J, S. Pyke entertained Mrs. Mathews
of Loup City Thursday evening. Mrs. Math
ows is at present guest of Miss Mary
Powell.
The Round Dozen club met Wednesday
with Mrs. D. L. Johnson, when somo kodak
pictures . were taken and refreshments
served,
The residents of the village were twice
aroused by an alarm of fire Wednesday
night, when a large hay stack on the prop
erty of I, S. Lcavltt was burnod.
Dr. and Mrs. H. C, Von Gleson have
rented their house- and aro at present stop
ping at the Her Grand. Mlts Louisa Van
Gleson will board at Browncll Hall tho re
malnder of the school year,
La grippe coughs often contlnuo for
months and sometimes lead to fatal results
after the patient Is supposed to have passed
the danger point. Foley's Honey and Tar
affords positive protoctlon and security from
I'rOBjri-aa of McKlnley Fund.
PITTBIirna. Jnn, in.-The Pittsburg
vommiiieti oi mo aiciviwey Aiemnrial as
sociation linn raised 3),0C0 for the fund nnd
Vice President William McConwav thinks
thla itmoun will bo doublad before January
(j, uiu iui ivty communions win on re
ceived. The largest chck received from
one jicrnvn was
AJS UA11Y20, 3902.
NEWSBOTS STRIKE AND FIGHT
Yalta Jtiriali from Out f Ttwi Otm
tit Trtiblt.
LADS INDULGE IN FREE-FOR-ALL SCRAP
.Vcvrapnper Vcndora Make Itouuli
lloimc In Fnrnnni street I'ntll
AVokoh Lond of Policemen
Appears on the Scene.
A clash occurred between tho union and
non-union venders of nowspapers at Fif
teenth nnd Farnam streets about 9:30 Sun
day forenoon, In which sixty or more nows-
boya wero engaged, in less than a mlnuto
tho clash had becomo a wide-spread dem
onstration nnd then rapidly grew to a riot.
in which tho littlo street merchants mixed
in a fierce free-for-all fight.
Ono lad waved a placard on which was
daubed In shoo blacking a legend ndvlslnn
people not to buy certain periodicals. Ho
was so zealous In tho cnuso as to offend
ono F. C. Smith, 23 years old, a lieutenant
of tho non-union clan, nnd It Is alleged
that Smith struck him, or pushed him over.
This was equivalent to knocking tho chip
from tho Bhouldors of the unlonltcs. The
bnttlo cry, "Hoy, R)ol" was sounded on
every sldo nnd In an Instant Smith was
tho center of n seething, squirming mass
of pugnacious humanity.
Smith was a match for nny two of tho
opposing forco, but they mado up for this
in superior numbers.
Strike, lllte nnd Scrntcli.
Smith kicked, struck, bit nnd scratchod.
but tho attacking rabble buffeted him about
llko a cork on an nngry sea. 8hlnny sticks
worn used to advantage. Every possible
kind of a mlssllo or bludgoon wns pressed
into sorvlco. Hoys on tho outskirts of
tho crush,, thirsting for a whack at tbo
enemy, pushed tho others so closo upon
him that thoro was no opportunity for the
freo uso of arms and legs, nnd for n mo
ment nil thoso In the vortex of tho mael
strom could do wns to yell nnd squirm.
Then Mogy came. Thrusting his hench
men to right and left, ho fought his way
Into 'tho center, whore ho landed on Smith's
Jaw a short-arm Jab. Smith went down.
Someono raised tho cry that the patrol
wagon was coming, but even n patrol wagon
wns n trivial thing In such a moment. The
unionists closed In with n mighty sweep,
bearing Mogy off his feet. Ho also went
to the pavement. By this tlmo Smith was
up. Leaping Into tho air, ha came down
with his heels on Mogy's face. Several
strong boys seized Smith's legs; all went
down togothor In a tangle on the pave
ment. "Clang!" wont tho patrol wngon
gong, nnd thon thcro 'was a stampede, with
nowsboys scampering In every direction
llko a prcmaturo discharge of fireworks.
Hoys Get Avtny Lively.
Thero wcro flvo policemen In tho wagon,
bul tho boys wero so fleet of foot that all
escaped, save Mogy and Smith. They wore
taken to tho station.
Tho trouble nroso over an attempt of tho
local agents of two Inflammable Journals
to rniso the prlco to tho newsboys from
3H cents to 4 cents per copy. Tho union
nowsboys wouldn't stand for It, and henco
tho strike. Early Sunday morning a mass
moctlng was hold. Tho matter was dis
cussed bohlnd closed doors, and then Mogy,
Carroll nnd Shaw, tho threo union lieu
tenants, Issued an order that no copies of
pictorial hysteria should bo hawked on the
streets. If anyone couldn't got through
Sunday without his pocullar kind of thrill,
ns found In tho reports of forolgn apparl
Hons and domestic nightmares, ho could
buy tho papers nt tho news stands.
Then the union newsboys printed for
thcrasclvos great placards, tolling why they
didn't sell tho emotional Journnls, and
either wore them on their backs or posted
thorn up In conspicuous places.
UulnnUtH Patrol Htrcctn.
All day, both boforo and after tho fight,
unionists patrolled tho streets to seo that
no nonuntonlBts trespassed upon their pro
sorvos, nnd so well did they do tho work
that less than a dozen copies were aold
savo from tho nows stands.
Tho forces were nllgned as follows:
Mogy, Carroll and Shaw, representing each
of tho Omaha papers, supported by about
100 regular newsboys. On tho other Bide
wcro F. B. Nelson and J. C. Rockoy, each
supported by threo or four nonunion sales
ladB. F. C. Smith seems to hnvo been an
Interloper, In a way. His only Interest
lay in the fact that bo had recently sold
ono of tho yellow papers to Nelson and took
up the fight by way of helping to deliver
tho goods. It wns a day of triumph for
tho regulars. However, tho agents stand
firm nnd declaro that the price of their
pulsating wares must remain at 4 cents,
which fact promises more trouble for next
Sunday, unless an amlcablo adjustment Is
offected In the meantlmo.
Mogy nnd Smith were released from Jail
on bond, and they will bo arraigned in po
llco court today.
An Attack uf I'neumonin Warded Off
"Somo tlmo ago my daughter caught a
severe cold. Sho complained of pains In her
chest and had a bad, cough, I gave her
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy according to
directions nnd In two days she was well and
able to go to school. I havo usnd thU
romedy in my family for tho paBt seven
years and have ncvor known It to fall,"
says James Prondergast, merchant, Annato
Bay, Jamaica, West India Islands. The
pains In the chest indicated an approaching
attack of pneumonia, which In this Instance
was undoubtedly warded off by Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. It counteracts any
tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. For
sale by all druggists.
Fri-eiuan Illce Improves,
Freeman Rice, who wo shot Wednesday
night at tho Barker hotel, Ih tlolnn well at
the Prcsbytorlan hospital, though his re
covery is not asHured. Saturday, at the
solicitation of tho parents of the boy,
Ernest Lacoy, who did the shooting, wns
released from custody. Both the- paronts
nnd police aro convinced tho nhootlne was
an accident. Lncey wan rolcused on 1300
bond, signed by Frank Barker.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A burglnr nlnrm camo In from the library
nt S o'clock last night. A thorough In
vestigation by tho pollco failed to find any
traco of nn Intruder. The mechanism nf
tho alarm In some wny got out of fix, this
belntr the fourth tlmo during tho last two
weeks that a faUo nlarm lino come In.
Tho manager of DnvlH & Mason's min
strels, who wns arrested at Laurel Satur
day, charged with evading tho revenue
lawH of the United States, was admitted to
bull, to appear before tho grund Jury when
It may bo called. It la not expected that
the caso against htm will be pushed, ns ho
paid the tax nnd tho penalty, besides de
positing with tho collector a sum of money
to be uecd In paying tho costa.
A speclnl meeting of the I'alntcra' union
waa held Sundny uftornnan to take action
on tho amendments to tho InturiiHtlonal
constitution proposed by the Inst conven
tion nnd submitted to a referendum vote.
The voto In Omaha la paid to have gen
erally . been fnvorablo to tho proposed
change", none of which will huvo any
effect locally. Tho result of the vote can
not be know.i for scvoral weeku, as reports
mutt be tubulated at tho headquarters of
tho-international union.
Dora JnckHon, aged 14 years, living with
her parents nt 1117 Cns Htreet, Rtarted to
Sunday school yentonlay mnmlnK and her
"golden hnlr was hnnglug' down her back"
III two braids. At Sixteenth and Cas
streetH oho mot Jacob Hoffman, aged 14
years. Jacob udmlrvd tho golden hair nnd
boforo Dora could prevent It, ho cut off a
braid with hla knife and ran, wagging
the braid behind him. Dora was not will
ing to tucrilco her look for the boy's ad
miration aifl she complained to the pollc.
Equally
child.
chitis or
when
L
your doctor more freely about our medicines.
" For more than io vears 1 havo kept Aver Cherry Pectoral in tho house.
and I do not believe there Is a remedy
lung troubles."
Mrs. MARY J. YOUNO,
JK., ii.es.
LUMBER IN THE PHILIPPINES
Omaha Viilur Talks of tho Bitnaikablo
Dtaana and Sipply.
INDUSTRY IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY
SnVTiiilll IlticalnK In Koreatn for FlrM
Time In Illn(ir- of tho Inlnmlft
Vnut Construction llrliiKi
llcnvy Ucmnnil.
"There was not a sawmill In tho Philip
pines when those Islands wore coded to
the United States," says George Vawter
of Cambridge, 111,, who is a director In
the Phlllpplno Lumber and Development
company, of which Congressman J. A. T.
Hull of Dfs Moines Is president and la
which many Iowans and NobrnBkans hav
becomo stockholders. Mr. Vawter has re
cently roturncd from tho Islands and was
speaking to Omaha friends at tho Mer
chants' hotel when he mado the assertion,
Continuing, ho said:
"No, not ono mill, and yet ovcrywhore
aro towoitng shafts of tho finest wood
imaginable. Our company mado all ar
rangements to Invest thorc, but did not
place a ulnglo order for machinery until
tho dny after McKlnlcy's election. Since
then wo havo been pushing everything
along as fast as possible and now havo In
operation two mills with a enpactty for
sawing 30,000 feet each of hardwood In a
day and two other sawing plants with a
capacity of 10,000 foet each. Heretofore
tho sawing has all been dona In tho na
tives' crude way, and last yoor tho total
was only 30,000,000 feet. Dut, greatly as
we have Increased tho capacity of supply,
It Is still far behind tho demand.
lliilldlnK Modern fttructnrea.
"Tho old nlpa huts which havo long boen
predominant in even tho city of Manila,
with its moro than 300,000 inhabitants, aro
to bo done away with and replaced by
modern structures. Thero ia government
construction work nnd thcro are railroads
being butlt over near Hong Kong, which Is
only 700 miles distant. All of these are
going to roqulro timbers and tics footer
than they can bo supplied. Indeed, the
government is shipping lumbor over there
from our Pacific coast, knowing that H will
not enduro tho ravages of tho whlto ants
that InfeBt the islands moro than threo
years, and yet unable to do better in this
extremity. Only the Island lumber is suit
ablo to tho Island purposes, and tbo only
railroad tho Spaniards had thoro was ono
120 miles long, every tlo of which v.aa
roahogony.
"Our company bought tho old Spanish
concessions in tho best lumbering parts
a year ago and now holds 180 square miles
In ono placo and enough in othor places
to keep tbo milts going until our great
grandchildren aro grown. We get natives
to fell the trees for about 20 cents to CO
cents per day, and havo purchased private
tugs and freighters to convey tbo wood
whorovor wo want It, In rcasonablo dis
tance.
'The fact that I have put my money Into
this tblug and am, after spending somo
months over there Investigating condi
tions, heartily In favor of all that has boen
done In tho way of Investing, shows what
I think of the outlook In tho Philippines.
Those porsons who speak In horrified whis
pers of tho 'cost of tho Philippines' should
go 'over thoro and discover for themselvos
how enormous will bo the returns on the
Investment."
HYMENEAL
MeMonlea-Klnckley.
itiTunM. S. n.. Jnn. 10. (8noclal.)
nnvM v.. Mi-Mnnles. renrcsentlne tho
wholesale house of Ogden, Morrill & Orcer,
St. Taul, and Miss Lydia winnieirea nincK
ley, daughter of Hon. H. C. Hinckley of
thla city, wero married Wednesday aftor-
noon at the homo of tbo bride's parents.
About 1C0 guesti wcro In attendance. Kev.
MrOnuri nl thn Enlsconal church officiated.
Tho Hinckley homo was beautifully dec
orated, tho rooms darkened ana eiecirio
iifhiR turnnd on. Mr. and Mrs, McMonles
departed In the evening upon a wedding
Journey east.
Men's $2.50 Box Calf-
A hox cnlf uenulno box calf uppers
no side leather with Remilno welt Boles
of best quality onlc tun nolo lentlior n
shoo thnt will bo a surprise to you when
wo niimo the price $2.50 it shoo that
for scrvlco nnd fitting quality can't bo
beat inntle with tho popular too and
heavy welt sole This Is tho first tlmo
wo hnvo over offered a genuine box cnlf
welt solo runn's shoo for ?2.!0 simply
because until now wo could not get a
shoo to sell nt this prlco thnt wo cflllld
recommend Wo recommend this one.
Drexel Shoe Co.,
Xcrr Fall Catalogue Now Itaady,
Omaha's Up-to-date Shoe lions,
141B KAUNAM STItKKT.
ThU
'too
AYERS'
CHERRY
PECTORAL
good for mother and
The dose is different,
that's all.
For the mother when she has a
cold, a cough, or a weak throat j
for the child when it has the croup.
For the mother when she has bron
asthma; for the child
it has a night cough or
the cough of measles.
We wish you would consult
In the world equal to it for all throat and
UlUtord, W. Y.
J. C. AVER CO., Lewsll. Mass.
CANADA WANTS RECIPROCITY
Dominion Scuds Ont Mlaslonnrlea for
This Cnuso In United
States.
CHICAQO, Jnn. 10. "Tho freo nnd unre
stricted Interchange of natural products
between tho United States and Canada
would rapidly develop n commerco In this
country whoso stimulating lmpulso would
rofch every brauch of business. Trado
would flow In Its natural channels, Instead
of being diverted by rcprcSBlvo tariffs, and
grent commercial benefits result to all but
an Insignificant number."
This was tho conclusion expressed today
by John Charlton, momber of tho Canadian
Parliament, during a discussion of tho
present' tariff laws between this country
and Canada. Mr. Charlton advocates reci
procity ns a measure that would bo of great
benefit for both tho United States and
Carnula. Ha Is hero now doing "missionary
work," as ho says, In favor of his doctrine.
READ! FOR THE INQUISITION
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cost to tho publlo and Btlll bo mado to
help tho city muoh financially.
Den 11. Wood I havo recolvcd no notice
of tho action of tho bonrd that you men
tion nnd know nothing about It. I haven't
paid nny attention to tho matter, hut sup
poso my assessment Is high enough. I do
know, however, that wo aro paying plenty
on tho bank stock. They "sock It to us" bo-
cnuso they know tho money Is thcro and
thoy can simply go and levy on it. As
ror corporations, If they aro taxed too
high they will stay nway from hero. They
aro making little enough now. If tho town
was largor It might be different, but as It
Is, wo can only live In hope.
Spenka fur Wntcr Compnnr.
A. D. Hunt I shall bo on hand any tlmo
tho Hoard of Equalization asks for mo. I
am not afraid to show up my personal
property assessments. Thoro Is nothing
that I wish to conceal. I consider that list
of men who wero cited to appear boforo
tho board Is a good doal of a humbug. Why
aro so many of tho richest men In Omaha
left off? Why not Include Ooorgo A.
Jo8lyn nnd Qeorgo W. Llnlngcr? In tho
meantime I do not cara to express an opin
ion on the assessments of nuy corporation
savo tho Omaha water company. In re
gard to this, wo nro absolutely corroct.
Wo ore rated too high. Thero Is no bun
combo or bluff about our nssortlons In this
respect.
A. P. Tukoy I shall nppear boforo the
Board of Equalization It It wants mo, and
am perfectly willing to do bo. I think
that my assessment on personal proporty
is fair as It is, taking as a standard tho
assessments of others, but If they wish to
ralso mine, It's all right. That Is what we
want. Let them put the pcrsonnl property
assessment of cvoryono Just whoro It ought
to bo, whether It bo raised or lowered. If
a lot of us aro too low, let them put us
up. As regards tho corporations, however,
I havo no opinion to offer. I havo not
looked 4ho matter up nnd am not suffi
ciently Informed on tho real facts to ox
prets myself.
Slight Hurt Telephone Company.
H. V. Lane I shall appear before tho
Board of Equalization as soon as I am
summoned, not before. My assessment on
personal property will bear Inspection well.
I am willing to lay It baro to the board and
I fool that It Is certainly high enough nnd
perfectly fair, In comparison with tho as
sessments of othors. Of course, I do not
think that nny citizens are assessed on
10 per cent of what thoy really possess and
I believe that such an actual rating would
bo burdeneome. As to the corporations, I
feel certain that It would bo a great hard
ship to them to boost the assessments as
is proposed and I know tho Nebraska Tele
phone company would suffer considerably
from such action.
W. V. Morso I presume I will bo, but I
havo not yot boon sorvod with a notlco to
appear beforo tho board and I havo not
given tho mattor much thought. All I
would caro to say now is that wo aro all
paying onough taxes as It Is.
D. II. Goodrich I know nothing about
tho matter. Havo not seen tho nowspa
pers and havo recolvcd no notlco to ap
pear before tho council, so cannot say what
I will do.
signature Is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bromo'Uulnincubi.t.
remedy tt enres n cold In dm day,