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12 THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY. FEBKUAKY 2(3, 1903. Tiie Omaiia Sunday Bee lb. R08EW ATKR, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dully Bee (without Sunday), one year. W OO Vel)y Bee and Sunday, on year w lliuntraied Bee, one year J 2! tiunday Me, on year f bufurday Bee, one year i Iwentleth Century Farmer, one year... 1.W DELIVERED BT CARRIER , pally Hoe (without Sunday). per copy .. e Laily Bee (without Sunday), per wek..Uo Dally Xiee (Including Sunday), per WrtH..lio bunday Bee, j,er copy !? Krtnlnff He (without Sunday). per week 70 Lvdnlnir Bee (Including Sunday). P' wek 7. trmplainta of Irreirularltl In lllvery hotild be addreared to CUV Circulatiott ! viirtincnt. OFFicrn. Omha-The Be Bulldlnc- . outh Omaha-City Hail building, Twenty fifth and M xtreeta. puhcll Bluffa 10 rmrl Mreet. Chloaao UK) fnl'v building. Now York 2S2 Tnrk Row building. Vaihlngion-S01 Fourteenth atrceU CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating tft nw ami Ml' toriol matter liquid be. a1dreed: Omaha Be. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by flraft. exprenn r tmftlnl order, rayabln to The Ree PuMlhlnr Company. Onlv l-cent atamnn rereivert In payment t moil aroiintfl. Perann.il rheev-. erept on Otrmha ttr efm rhnaen. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Or rTffCUT.ATIOt. Pfata of rrrk, l;outflfia county. e.: Oenraa n. Tinohurk. Beretr of The Bea Publlahlng Company, being duly aworn. any that the actual rmmrr of full and complete widea .of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Tee printed during the month of Jamrary, 1905, wn aa follows: 1 80.22O IT IT.TIO t sn.oau 11..... ar.oao I U8.470 l ST.sr.o 4 0M.31O w ST.nso 27.970 21 IIO.n0 87,OS . SI 80,080 7 80,420 U 82.110 80.1 to ti 2W.870 I. a. 27.7CMI 26 27,810 10,. 27.S2U 3t 28,150 11 wi..27.SW 17 28,070 IS .27,eM 3 80,240 1 27.S40 ....2B.0OO 14 UO.HOQ SO 27,870 15 .tO.CYOO III 27.80O 1 2?,?tU . . . . Total 802.500 Lata unsold copies 0,813 Nat total aalea 82,772 Dally average 28,470 OHO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my preaerce and aworn to before ma this 3ist day ot January, IMC (Seal) to. B. HUNGATE, Notary Publla. When the lee dretiks look out for flood. The snow ball will sciin give vny to the bit ho ball. The power ch mil on tho Loup Is loom ing up lu the dim but not Very dUtaUt future. The time of tho slute senate fur the frrcatev part of this week will be taken up with Irrigation and Chrlstluu Science. Were the downier empress of IIubhIr only as wise itx she U bin re her son might uot liuve to be hiding lu bin pulace. a ' . Now tlmt the North Kea ,comtiiutlon ha reported the world Is wondering what the Interested parties are going to do about It. In making his rule against those who wrongfully Interfere with legisla tion Governor Folk evidently overlooked the sneak thief. Now that gold has been discovered In Scotland one can understand the des perate efforts of the early kings of Eng land to conquer the northern kingdom. Wasn't It rather cruel for the state senate to postpone Indefinitely the bllj providing for teaching the principles of kindness to aulmals lu the public schools? Abdul Humid must take an unholy delight in calling the attention of the man who helped to frame the Maoe donlnn reforms to conditions existing at Butouin. tf Missouri republicans really think that democrats will help them break the deadlock over tho senatorshlp they are easily fooled. The rest of us will have to' be shown. Carrie Nation should keep a news paper man constantly In attendance , from now ou and make sure that her Ill's Js saved wheuever more free ad vertising Is needed. ' If the movement of coal to Vladivo stok' coutluuea Japan M ill have a choice collection of merchant marine flags of tho .world 'for sale at bargain prices by the end of the war. The Inst legislative Junket has been concluded.' From uow ou until the end oftho sesiilon members who want to nittko use of their passes will have to bo excused for playing truant. It should bo distinctly understood, how over, that in putting an emlxirgo ou llornl tributes, the worthy senators Rt Washington are registering no objec tions to testimonials of a more lasting and substantial kind. Jfh guess Is ventured by the Llncolu SiBr Hint it will be some time before Omaha's two passeuger stations tiro connected. Terhaps nbout as much tlmo as before Lincoln's new union station Is oiei(rd to the public. t Is time for something to happen Uuiu where the big armies urn facing one auother lu Manchuria. It has hap pened with such monotonous regularity no' far that something different Is needed to make it a surprlce. It cougress objects to perinlttlug t'hluatnen to enter the West Point Mili tary academy, we have the foot ball departments of other colleges where they run Jutt us surely bo taught to kill lu. the most upprjveil manner. A bill lias bct'U iutroduced in the South Dal.o'a Utlslatiue providing a peualty when it physician prescribes llijuor lu etises where there Is no ail ment which goes to show how prohibi tion ' operates where the prescrlption couuk-r iukes the place of the bar. TREXZILD ASTT TRCSr LKGI8LATI0S. In defining the position of Kansas In Its warfare upon the Utandard Oil trust, Oovernor Hoch makes the following dec laration through the Chicago Tribune: The fight Kansas Is making ia fight for fair play a fight to restore competition and to rellere a great and growing Industry from the graap of an Ihduatrlal deapotlan). We hope to prove by actual demonstra tion that the Standard Oil company has robbed the oil producer on one hand and the consumer on the other. By engaging In this battle aa a. atate we hope, flrit, to encourage the location of Independent reflnertea with the aesuranca that they will have the protection of the atate: and, second, to enlist other states and the general government In a battle gainst mouopoluttlo tyranny. The proposed atate refinery Is simply m means to an end not the end Itself. The question the people of Kansas and the people of the whole country must ask themselves is, "Does tho end Justify the means? Will not frenzied legislation to free Kansas from the grasp of an indus trial despotism strain to the utmost the powers that a commonwealth may exer cise under our system of government? An we not liable to snp the, foundations of constitutional self-government by rushing headlong Into state socialism to escape from monopolistic tyranny? Is not the remedy npplled by the state of Kansas in its effort to restore competi tion very much like sprinkling the potato vines with parls green in order to kill the Colorado potato bug? In the midst of great excitement a cool bead, steady nerves and clear vision are the qualities most desired in a popular leader. In the conflict with gigantic combinations the country must endeavor to solve tho problems not by spasmodic legislation, but by sane and rational su pervision and regulation, that will hold Water In the courts aud strengthen rather thnn cripple the republli. Congress has a right to prohibit com binations in restraint of trade nnd as sume supervision over interstate com merce so that the rights of the people are safeguarded. The states have a right also to prohibit monopolistic com binations and conspiracies to destroy competition under severe penalties, but under our constitutional form of govern ment neither congress nor the states c fit the price of commodities whet!" they are owned and sold by Individual or corporations. Nor con either conprrM or any state legislature legitimately di vert money collected by taxation for tlie fabrication of any commodity, however needful it may be for the people, in ord-f to break up monopoly by federal or shit'-' competition. The people of Kansas have a Just grievance against the Standard Oil com pany for pursuing a reprehensible policy of self-aggrandizement. They are right eously resentful over the ruinous coin petition to which the Independent pro ducers of oil In Kansas have been sub jected at the hands of the Oil trust, but their campaign of retribution must strike every thoughtful American as fraught with far-reaching consequences. The establishment of a state oil reflu ery to throttle the odious oil monopoly which In the language of Governor Hoch "has robbed the producer on the one hand nnd the consumer on the other," establishes a precedent that may prove disastrous eventually to the people of Kansas as well ns to the whole country. The people of Kansas, the people of Nebraska, and, for that matter, the peo ple of the whole country, have a griev ance against the Beef trust, against the Grain Elevator trust end against the Coal Miners' and Coal Dealers' trusts. Meat, bread and fuel are, if anything, more of a necessity than kerosene oil. If the tyrannical Standard Oil octopus can be subdued only by a state oil r$ tinery why should not also Kansas, Mis souri, Nebraska and Iowa and all the cattle raising states of the west estab lish state meat packing houses and state stock yards? And why should they not nlso establish state grain elevators, state coal yards and state coal mines? If the stute is to refine Its oils, feed und slaughter Its cattle and handle and ship grain, It will be equally proper for the state to establish and operate sugar refineries and cold storage houses for dairy products, fruits and poultry. Other questions suggest themselves. Under our system of government taxes are Imposed to defray the expenses Inci dent to national and state, county and rauulclpal government. Can the money collected for the maintenance of state government and state institutions be le gitimately diverted Into industrial enter prises? Can the money collected from the taxpayers of one state for tho'maln tenance of its government be legiti mately loaned to auother state for an in vestment in a state oil refinery? The state oil refinery bill In, however, not the only measure the law-makers of Kansas have incubated that lacks thoughtful consideration. Among the various measures now pending before the Kansas legislature for throttling the Standard Oil trust are bills to prohibit the sale of petroleum at n lower price in one part of Kansas than In another part of that stato uuder se vere penalties. Such n bill would be ra tional and proper as affecting public car riers who enjoy franchises and are sub ject to state and national regulation of their tolls aud exacting equitable treat ment for their patrons. It is altogether different, however, with regard to cor porations that enjoy no special privilege at the hands of the state. If the state of Kansas can prohibit the Standard Oil trust from charging less for Its products In one town of Kuu sas than another, It may with equal pro priety tlx the price at which It shall sell Its products or prohibit It from giving away its products, if it Is so disposed. Carried to its natural sequence, the state of KuusiH would have the same right to prohibit the grain elevator companies from paying more or leas In one plaea than In another for grain, prohibit coal dealers from charging more to one per son thau to another person, or prohibit grocers, butchers, bakers and depart ment stores from underselling their com petitors. The new departure lu Kansas illus trates to what extremes hysterical peo ple will go when they lose their heads over a grlevanca that seems to them intolerable. lyTERSTA TE IXSCRASCE. James M. IJeck, who Is special counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance company of Now York, favors federal supervision of Insurance. He regards the business of life Insurance companies between peo ple of different states as Interstate com merce, as much as sales between the states of wheat and coal, and therefore A proper matter for federal regulation and supervision. In an address a few days ago before the Boston Life Under writers, Mr. Beck said that the interest of 17,0U0,(KW policy holders must not be forever subjected to the arbitrary caprice of state oflielals. While many of these are excellent and competent men, whose Wise and conservative administration of their departments goes far to make any federal super vision unnecessary, others, with narrow and unfair ideas as to the nature of Insurance, rival each other in burdening the insurance companies, nnd, therefore, their policy holders, with re strictions so arbitrary and despotic as to shock the natural sense of Justice. Referring to the decisions of the su preme court of the United States that the business of life insurance is not com merce, Mr. Beck expressed the belief that the court might see fit to modify or abrogate those decisions. In the lottery cases that court held that a lottery ticket was an article of commerce and Mr. Beck considered this an immense step forward in meeting tho chnnges which steam, electricity and the printing press have wrought. He said that if congress were to pass an act regulating Insurance the question would then come before the supreme court in a new form. Federal supervision, it was urged, would not hecessarlly snpersede state super vision. The state would still retain con trol of Its own corporations nnd on nil transactions effected wholly within the stnte. It Is needless to say that in the ex pression of these views the counsel of the mtitunl company voices the sentl f of its officials, who in this, respect Hi In accord with a large number of other life Insurance men, probably a ma jority of them. Federal regulation nnd supervision of life insurance companies was recommended by President Roose velt in his annual message nnd was re garded with very general favor by insur ance men. It is an important question and is very likely to receive careful con sideration from the next congress. VNEASY tnXQRESSMES There is said to bo a growing feeling of uneasiness in congressional circles over the investigation which has been ordered by the president of the affairs of the Oli trust. According to a Washing ton dispatch to the Philadelphia In quirer, It is believed that the investiga tion will bear ns hard on congress as it will on the trusCnnd that the revelations of the postofDce investigation Mill be surpassed by those of the oil fields. It is stated that there are members of con gress who are interested In the sub-leases which have been made of the Osage lands by the Illuminating Oil com pany, which is understood to be con trolled by the Standard. There are n great many of these minor companies and it has been reported from Kansas that members of congress are interested in them. The statement is made that If the list of stockholders in the 150 com panies operating under too sub-leases of the Osage lease were to be made public, senators and representatives in half a dozen states would be found to have In vested in Indian Territory Oil company. Undoubtedly- If the investigation by Commissioner Garfield should show mem bers of congress interested in the sub leases the facts will be made public. The circumstance that members of congress are believed to be so interested will of course have no effect on the in vestigation. It will be prosecuted Just as earnestly and thoroughly. The post office Investigation resulted in the indict ment of two United States senators and the besmirching of some representatives, In the land fraud inquiry a senator and representative In congress and a former representative have been Indicted in the single state of Oregon. In the oil In vestigation the administration will not be influenced to the slightest extent by the possibility that some congressmen may be involved. If there are any such the fact will be discovered aud made public, as of course it should he. Presi dent Roosevelt has shown that he feels tho liveliest interest in the oil investiga tion and no effort will be spared to make It thorough, while no one will be shielded, whatever bis position. It Is to be an Investigation that will go to Jhe bottom If It be possible to get there. QUKF POltT V03IPET1TI0X. Eastern commercial luterests continue to manifest great solicitude in regard to the growing competition of the gulf ports and the consequent diversion of trade from the Atlantic seuboard. We have heretofore referred to this and since then the matter has assumed greater Interest, as evidenced by the proceedings a few days ago of a meet ing of exporting merchants lu New York. While they appear to have no very clear conception as to what should tie done to meet the competition of the gulf ports, they show a full apprecia tion of what it meaus and of the neces sity of checking It, if that be possible. An organ of the eastern commercial Interests points out that the process of drawing the grulu traffic for export from the Atlantic seaboard to the gulf has been going on for some years uud the eastern railroads and the Atlautlc ports have been helping it on. The railroad by their differential combination for maintaining their own rates aud dividing traffic have helped it. The elevator com binations and their extortionate charges have helped It. Kverythlug that oIh strutted and hindered waterway trans portation has helped It. In the opinion of that paper the eastern railroads ia,l the business organizations of the Atlan tic seaports have the remedy In their own hands. It suggests that they only need to work together to draw the cur rent eastward by low charges until that working south shall dwindle to an Insig nificant stream, "unless the railroads In that section shall be content with their legitimate share and adopt civilised methods for securing and maintaining It.'.' It urges that the advantage of water communication must be availed Of to the fullest extent, that elevator and storage charges must be moderated and the cost of harbor transfer, particularly at New York, made ns low as practicable. It says that In time it may be that the area within which our surplus of the crude products of the earth are grown may become so situated that the outlets to the sea east of the liocky mountains will be rather by the Gulf of Mexico than by the Atlantic coast, "but that time Is not yet, and while the export of bulky products of the land Is important to our general commerce the established facilities for handling It should not al low themselves to be deprived of their legitimate share." They are now very earnestly address ing themselves to the devising Of ways and means to avert a further loss of business and we will not venture to pre dict what the result will be, though we think it very Improbable that the compe tition of the gulf ports with the Atlantic seaboard, now pretty firmly established, can be materially Interfered with. This competition is distinctly In the interest of the western producers and they may be depended upon to do all that Is prac ticable for maintaining It. It will rave accomplished a highly Important result for the producers if it shall bring nbout such conditions as are suggested to be necessary In order to enable the eastern ports to retain their trade. The Western Laborer calls attention to the fact that the trades unions have a bill pending at Lincoln to require nil goods offered for sale In this state that have been manufactured in whole or in part by convict labor to bo so stamped for the information of the purchuser. Here Is where the fruits of the new al liance between the Central Labor Union nnd the Ministerial union might get in its first work. Let the ministers en dorse the convict labor label bill and ex ert their influence for its enactment. Announcement is made that a reso lution memorallzlng the South Dakota delegotion to support President Roose velt in his railroad rate fight will be unanimously adopted by the lower house of the South Dakota legislature, but tho South Dakota legislature has yet to set the example for its delegation in con gress by passing laws framed ou the Roosevelt idea regarding railroad traffic within the state of South Carolina. Some Chicago people aro objecting because Judge Duune, democratic can didate for mayor, does not retire from the bench. In the light of recent demo cratic precedent the practical politician will recognize that the Judge Is 'war ranted in holding his Job until the vot ers shall have spoken. Another chance to Juggle the letters of the alphabet with profit is offered by the promise of a prize to the person who suggests the most acceptable name for a new Omaha theater. Remember how easy it was for the genius who stood on his head aud spelled out the word "Ak-Sar-Ben." The denial of William Jennings Bryan of an alleged interest In the Foster Okla homa oil land lease will be accepted as conclusive. Colonel Bryan's only inter est In Standard Oil Js the explosive fuel which the Rockefeller octopus gener ates for political agitation. Reports regarding the misuse of funds voted by France to the victims of the Martinique earthquakes would Indicate that some of the members had studied the methods by which relief funds for Nebraska grasshopper sufferers were distributed. Since Henry C(lay was unable to per fect a "Missouri compromise" which would stand the test of time people can be skeptical about reports of a new Missouri compromise until the legisla tors at Jefferson City deliver the goods. Irish politics becomes intelligible to Americans when they hear complaint that people with political pulls are ac cused of receiving undue preference in the matter of allotlng lands under the purchase act. Get Baay, Somervllle Journul. It may be that the world owea every man a living, but the world ahowa a dis position to keep on owing It until the man geta buay and collecta the debt. Soma Help for tke Oppreaaed. Indianapolis Sentinel. It la a Uttls late to mention It, but at tention la railed to the fact that a Con necticut woman aska th'e legixlature of that atate to Include "nagging" wives In the whipping post penalty. Extreme Bemedy (or Estrem teeea. flan Francisco Chronlclo. The representative of the Standard Oil company In a speech before a leglelntlve committee laid great atreas on the "vested rlghta" of the corporation. If the Standard Oil people continue their Insolent and ag greairive attitude toward the laws and the public thny may become acquainted with the theory of "diverted rlghta." History teuchea that aueh thing are liable to hap pen In extreme ch bom. Power of Mural Idea. Philade'?hia Record. MUa Wlllard la not one of the lilmorlo character cf the e trite of Illinois, and her statue In the capltnl do a not exactly carry out the tdva for which Statuary hall waa set apart. But the get or the Illinois legie luture In aelectlng her fur this honor proves two very Interesting things: one la the Inoreaalng political Influence of wo men, and the other la the growing aentl merit of hostility to Intemperance and; of respect and admiration for Deraona who devote their Uvea to Ita prevention. The atatue murk an achievement of women, and the puwej- of u inoial Idej. SERMOSa BOILED DOWX. A full head aetdom swell. A crooked walk shdws a crippled will. Nothing lifts one higher than love for the lowly. Ive covers sin, but doea not conceal them. Croakers always advertise their own swamps. Kvery aorrow may be the seed of some great joy. Lov that can be measured Is never worth measuring. A little amllo will break up some mighty big clouds. Innocence that Is advertised usually hides some Iniquity. Worship with the heart results In work with the hand. Nothing but art on the menu Is an aggra vation to the arsetlte. Lies abide forever, though they are be lieved but for a moment. There Is no service without a sense of the sacredness of things. It Is the gold of love that makes the quarts of life worth While. He who withholds hla love from men shuts off the love ot Qod. Some men think they are aainta becauae they have heavy laundry bills. The man who buys a bargain lot of re ligion never hna any to give away. The principal thing a bigot believes la that All ticw ideas are born of the devil. No man Is meaner than he who tried to keep "the golden mean" between right and wrong. Chicago Tribune. SKCll.AU SHOTS AT TDK PILPIT. Chicago Inter Ocean: Intelligent Amer ican men are not less but more religious on the average now than formerly. They see as never before the necessity of reli gion. It remains for the pulpit to get them to church by making attendance worth while. Brooklyn Eagle: The quarrel of religious sects over tho government money appro priated for our Indians ought to result In administering such funds directly. Govern ment school money should be given neither to Christians, Huddhlsts nor Mohammed ans, but should be ueed in maintaining public schools and keeping them apart from all sectarian Interests and competi tions. Minneapolis Journal: Tho model saloon favored by Bishop Totter was given a boom when Rev. Father John t,. Belford, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic church of New York, came out strongly in its favor nnd declared he wished one such saloon could be established on every block in his purish With many, however, the question will remain whether hell can be improved without being abolished. Still purgatory may be a good temporary sub atltute. Chicago Chrohlcle: Dr. Francis U Pat ton of Princeton Theological seminary Is one of the pillars of the Presbyterian church, else it would be unpnfe for him to ba such a truth teller as he aeems to be. Just think of it, he said recently, In an address, before tho Drew Theological seminary: "The preaching of the preaent day Is a mixture of sociology and sentimentality, and the tendency la, instead of Christian ising society, to BOdallie Christianity." Of course, the word "sociology" la a euphe mism for "socialism," and with this er ratum Dr. Patton spoke a monumental truth. PERSONAL, AJfD OTHERWISE. The activity of an ancient volcano In Venezuela suggests the ramifications or the oil pipe linea of Kansas. Chicago must look to Its laurels. A New York court disposed, of seventeen di vorce cases In four hours. Stately neighbors of Kansas rejoice to see refining influences nt work in the "bleeding commonwealth." The estate left by the lata General Lew Wallace ia valued at 500,00O. The pen still leada tho sword by several thousands. With a temperature of 40 below In a North Dakota town the theft of a red hot stove does not rank as a great achieve ment. The little town of Waycross, Oa., for sixteen successive years held the saloon license at 130,000 a year and hasn't hud In all that time a regulation tool. The story that Cassle Chadwlck has $1,000,000 luld away for the present "rainy day" Is not Improbable. Accounts agree that Cassle has been a very thrifty woman. It is now explained that one of the canal commissioners accepted a fee "reluctantly" as a director of the Panama railway. The reluctance may have been due to the fact that the fee waa but $25. Kansas will have to hustlo If It hopes to keep In the aame clasa with Wisconsin. Solons in the latter state propose to regu late tight lacing and tight shoes. Later on the weather will receive attention. Truly these are melancholy days for widows. Just as the teara of Johann Hoch's collection are drying up comes the depress ing news that 19,000 wldowa In England1 were roped into a tea gift enterprise and shameleaaly swindled. An Indiana man who haa been ordered to pay $52,750 alimony is thoroughly con vinced that divorce is not what It Is cracked up to be. It this rate should be come a court precedent, progressive poly gamy would be limited to millionaire. "It Is a little singular," says a congress man who witnessed the proceedings of the electoral college, "that neither the consti tution nor the laws provide for a certificate of election for president or vice president, or an official notification to them ot their election. They simply have to take some body's word for It." A Jury in a Chicago suburb, while con sidering a Sunday liquor selling case, car ried the bottled evidence into the jury room, solemnly discussed it and called for more. Falling to secure the needed article the jury promptly acquitted the culprit. Yet there are critics who assert juries do not know evidence when they sample It. Joseph McQrath of New York paddled over the river at the ripe age of 10s year. Besides hia years Uncle Jbe achieved- the distinction of Having smoked enough to bacco to fill a barn and for eighty-five yeara past took two rousing snifters of whisky a day and thon come. Had his means permitted u regular Increase of Ills dally ration of boote insurance actuaries figure that Joe would give Methuselah a warm run for the rcccrd. ELK-t 0FlDE.t E. A. J. Watcrhouae In Suc-ceas. This life la a race ao the aagee declare, and I Judge that the aaeea are riwhi And we ur in Jockeys to tmndle, witn care, tne horb?s we apted In their flight; And Kate la the starter who bids us to go, and we dare not that flat defy; If our horsea be fast or our horsea he alow, for a place In the rare we must try. Somew here up abuvu u!U the Judge, and He knows the speed of each horse that we rldo. And If wn are doing cur best aa It goes, or lugging, and Iktle beside. And till I nave noticed while watching the ruL-e and hearing Ita turmoil and din: The man that I liUeiv i.i win tne i r-t Ucu lu the man who Lollive he will win. "All ready!" the starter I calling u now, IIU we lunn it, iiiv uiiuii nnu pun. Ere we leap to the saddle and idf sutly vow we will win tlio prise of earth. Then "On!'' 1 tli word, ami away we all And some, who at llrxt nliow the power to . . . 1 t.-..l. 1....LI.... u.lll tn U,IUI... And othera there be who Join In the fray undismayed by the one In their van. Content In the "(1 If the Juilae-uriall" but .,. "II. AiA whul h 1ik u man Ah, airrn Is the struggle, and many are panwd. while other do vcunely b -gln; But tin- man that I winner. b mire, at the loci. I the man who believe he will win. DOMESTIC Pt.E 4SASTRIES. Nell-How In the world did you discover heraaeT Belle I aked her St what age She thought a girl should marry and she promptly said ST. Philadelphia Ledger. Tom Well, old man, did you lay your heart at her feet last night, as you snld you were going to do? Jack No, Tom. I tlldn't. I couldn't get It out of my mouth Somerville Journal. "Oh, John!" she. exclaimed, as she ob served him getting Into his overcoat. -'I hnpe vou're not going to be out again to night." "I hope not." he replied, nbseml-mlndedly, "hut It a quite likely. The cards have been tunning very badly for me lately." Pht! adrlphla ledger. Mistress Verena, what hind of eat hava you In the pantry this morning? rnk There's some scraps of beer, rna'em. an' a littlo boiled ham. an' what's left of the rnast pork we had yesterday. Mlstreas Well, work thehi up Imn a chicken snlnd for dlnner.-Chleage Tribune. Mrs. Binks-John. la there a flower trust? Mr. Kinks I don't know. Why do you aik. my dear? . . M Mrs. Minks-Oh. I've noticed that flowers seem to I nia.-h more eenslve than they were before we were mnrrled Cleve land Leader. Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States HENRY B. HYDE. POUNDER. Forty-fifth Annual Statement, for the Year Ending December 31, 1904. ASSETS Romls ami Mortgages 81,623,700.11 lienl Estntt' In NYw York, iuoludinfr tho Equitable Huildinj; 20.000.215.78 United States, State, City and Uailmad Bonds nnd otlier inveHtnieuts (market value over t ost, 19.991, C43.00) 22S;339,S84.00 Loans secured bv Bonds and Htoeks (market . value $13,404,199.00) 10,805,000.00 Policy Loans 23,541,430.09 Ileal Estate outside of New York, including x 14 office buildings ! 15,980,431.00 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies at in terest 22,051.600.82 Balance due from agents 1,514,039.90 Interest and Bents. (Due $73,052.53, Ac crued $559,450.25 032,508.73 Premiums due and In process of collection. . 5,313,55(5.00 Deferred Premiums 2,031,909.00 Total Assets $413,953,020.74 INCOME Premium Beceipts ' $02,043,830.74 Interest, Bents, etc 10,432,859.21 Income. $79,076,695,95 DISBURSEMENTS Death Claims '. .$18,049,539.35 Endowments and deferred dividend policies J. 8,425,950.14 Annuities ", , . . " 980,340.94 Surrender Val ues , 2,931,305.36 Dividends to Policyholders 6,001,902.51 Paid Policyholders. $36,389,047,30 Commissions, advertising, postage and ex change ..: 7,900,285.73 All other disbursements 7,179,318.42 Beal Estate Sinking Fund 500,000.00 Disbursements. $51,968,651.45 We boreby certify to the eorrcctiifas of tho above statement. FRANCIS W. J AC' K SON, Auditor. II. H. COUKSEN, Assistant Auditor. A. V. MAINK, Associate Auditor. LIABILITIES Assurance Fund (or Beserve) $327,738,358.00 All other Liabilities 5,420,393.53 Total Liabilities .$333,158,751.53 Surplus. $80,794,269.21 ASSURANCE Instalment Policies Stated at their Commuted Values. Outstanding Assurance $1,495,542,892.00 New Assurance, less Assurance not taken $222,920,037.00 We hereby eertlfy to the correctness of the above statement. The Keserve as ier the independent valuation of the N. Y. Insurance Depart ment, Is l&M.s&'M'.'B. For Superintendent's certificate see Detailed State ment. J. G. VAN CISE, Actuary. UOBT HENDERSON, Assistant Actuary, R. G. II ANN, Associate Actuary. We have examined the accounts and Assets of tho Society, and certify to the correctness of the foregoing statement. WM. A. WHHKIiOCK. V. l KNVDER, C. LEDYAKD BLAIR, CHARLES .STEWART SMITH, MAUCELIXS II. DODGE. Special Committee of the Board of Directors. JAMES W. ALEXANDER, President. JAMES H. HYDE, Vice Preildont. UAOE B. TARBEI-L, Baoond.V. PrMt. C5KO. T. WILSON. Third V. Prett. WM. H. McINTYRE, Fourth V. Piest. WILLIAM ALEXANDER. Secretary. II. R. WINTHROP, Asst. Secretary. THOMAS U. JORDAN. Comptroller. M. MURRAY, Cashlf-r. SIDNEY V. RIPLEY. Treaurer. W. 1). BREMNER, At. Treasurer. S. C. BOLLJNCJ, Supt. of Agencle. W. R. BROBS, M. D. and ARTHUR PELL, M. D., Medical Directors. J. W. ALEXANDER, JAMES II. HYDE. LOUIS FITZOERALD. CHAUNOEY M. DEPEW WM. A. WHEELOCK, II. (.'. DEMIO. CORNELIUS N. BLISS, GEO. H. SQUIRE. THOMAS P. JORDAN, C. B. ALEXANDER. V. P. SNYDER. SAMUEL M. INM AN, JOHN A. STEWART. . A. J. CA68ATT, ROBT. T. LINCOLN, J. J. ASTOR. UAOE K. TARBULL, DIRECTORS MARVIN HUOHITT, WM. H. McINTYRE. M. HARTLEY DODGE, BRAYTON IVES, BRADISH. JOHN80N, UEVI V. MORTON, D. O. MILLS, UKII. J. OOULD. U EC). T. WILSON. T. DeWITT CUYLEI!, 'A. W. KRECH. II. M. ALEXANDER. J. F. Aa NAVARRO. M. E. 1NOALI.S, JACOB. II. BCHIFF, JAMES J. HILL. CI IAS. 8. SMITH. HENRY C. FRICK. WM. ALEXANDER, JOHN J. MpCOOK, H. C. HAARHTIUK. DAVID H. MOFFAT, SIDNEY D. lUPLKV, JOHN BLOANE, E. H. HARRIM AN. ALFRED O. VANDERBILT, T. JEFFERSON COOLIDOE, AUGUST BELMONT. SIR WM. C. VAN IIORNE, THOMAS T. EC KEPT, C. LEDYARU HLA I It, JAM ICS B. FOROAN, JOSEPH T. LOW. M. R. WINTHROP, N. B.- FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS SEE DETAILED STATEMENT. H. D- NEELY, Manager for Nebraska, 402-3-4-5 Merchants National Bank Building, OmaH&, Neb. WM. HENRY BROWN, Cashier. i