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 (Continued from First Page.) 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,