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6 THE OMAIIA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1903. Great Great Men Dead and Men Livin Will talk to you through The Columbia Graphophone. Think of listening to the voice of a celebrated man who is long dead and buried, to hear him as though he were right in the room with you, to almost see his gestures, to listen to him delivering some great oration. IT'S A FACT, YOU CAN. Then think of listening to the voice of someone who possibly at that moment is thousands of miles from you. THINK OF SUCH A WONDERFUL THING. Yet it is all true if you possess a Columbia Graphophoixc It is the greatest ochleyement of the day. Once you own one, you will become more and more attached to it the longer you have It. BoBMrthing new every night. Something laughable. Something novel always awaits yon for your evening's entertainment. No end of good things to be had out of a COLUMBIA GRAPHOPIIONE. 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Chelation Department, OMAHA BEE, For ful1 PaTticular" send 118 this couPon- Omaha, Nebraska. Ma.il Subscriber S CoUpOIl Please send your representative to my Circulation Department, OMAHA REE, address as given below to show the OKA- Omaha, Nebraska. PHOPHONE you offer with one vcar's Please send me full particulars how to . x n,n n,rTTA t-t-t ' obtain a 12.50 Columbia Graphophone subscription to THL OMAHA BLE , practically free Name j Name Address Address Date '. Date IECOIaIWS OF INSURANCE ?rsi dent Deoids3 that He Has No Power OPINIONS Or WW, OFFICIALS statement . that t onureaa Has o Constitutional Toner to Order an Inquiry. WASHINGTON, May 26 President Roose velt, as heretofore noted, has been urged to take steps looking to a government In quiry Into the operations of life Insurance companies, ami especially the Equitable Life, Assurance society of New York, con cerning which embarrassing complications have developed during the last few months. After careful consideration of the subject and Inquiry into the legal phases of suoh a suggested Investigation, the president has determined that In the entire circumstances the government has no authority to take up the matter, either through a special com mission or through a bureau of corpora tions. . It is drublful indeed. In the Judgment of the law officers of the government, whether con-!(S3 Itself, constitutionally, could em power tovcrnmont officials to make such an Inquiry. Mnnoon In O filer. The following dispatch has been received by the secretary of war. dated Panama. May 25: . . 1 have the honor to report that I havo taken the oath of office and entered upua the dlschariTe of the duties of office of the governor of the canal sone today. Presi dent Amador and his cabinet and a large number of prominent cltlsens were present when the oath wns administered. The oc casion was a very pleasant one and of a character to promote the best of feeling. Everything auspicious. MAGOON. The first health report from Governor Mnscrn lias lust reached the Wp.r depart ment In the form of a cahleyram, which an nounced that E. J. Bonesteel. an American ' non-employe, was stricken with yellow fever at Panama on May SI. j PI:ice (or ?tenria per Man, Major John M. Carson, Washington cor respondent cf the New York Times and the Philadelphia Fubl'.c l,MK-er. pruhublv will bo appointed chief of the bureau of manufactures, ticpartii'ent of Commerce and Labor, to succeed J. Hampton Moore, who has resigned to accept the presidency of a Philadelphia trust company. Major Carson Is chairman of the standinc com mittee of Washington correspondents and ULCERS FOMO YEARS Painful Eruptions from Knees co Feet Seemed Incurable. cuticuraTnds misery dean of the corps of newspaper corre spondents In this city. He is regarded as being eminently well equipped for the per formance of the duties of chief of the bureau of manufactures. ' The appointment has not been announced officially, but very likely will be In a few days. Waterways on Canadian Border. Pending the answer of the Washington government to the Canadian government's contention that the law establishing the international waterway commission pro vided that all international waterways be tween this country and Canada be Included In the scope of the commission, no further meetings would be held. The next meeting will be held at Toronto, after the decision of Secretary Tart regarding the law. In addition to the St. John river question, there are also questions about the Milk river, Ralney river and other small streams between the two countries, and It was pointed cut by the Canadians that as the country In that section was developed new controversies would be sure to arise which It would be necessary to refer to some commission. Postmasters Elect O ulcers. The Association of Second und Third Class postmasters today re-elected officers who have served for the past year and voted to hold the next annual convention at De troit. Postmaster Fllson of Cameron, Mo., spoke at the afternoon session on the rural free delivery system. Und Withdrawn from Settlement. The commissioner of the general land office has ordered the withdrawal from entry of 3W.0CO acres of land In the Mlnot, N. V., land district on account o:" the Willi ston reclamation project. j Japanese Colony (or Texas. I Japanese colonization is contemplated In Texas by a wealthy Japanese agriculturist who recently visited the United States, according to a report submitted to the Department of Commerce and Labor by Fred li. Fisher, the American consul at Tamsul, Formosa, who based his announce ment upon recent publications In Japanese papers. The report says that 1.000 farmers are to be collected In Japan and that as a first undertaking fi.S O acres will be cultivated In paddy fields In Texas. i DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE Improvement Reported in Eetail Trade Despite Unfavorable Weather. I llensua Is Arraigned. WASHINGTON, May :6.-John A. Ben son of San Frt nclsco appeared In the crlm j inal court here today and gave bond In me duiu ui iid.uv to answer to me indict ments of bribery and conspiracy In con nection with the charge of appropriating public lands to his own use. Another of those remarkable cures f7 Cuticura, after doctors and nil else had failed, is testified to by Mr. M. C. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the ioilowing letter: f'Yor over thirty years I suffered from painful ulcer and an eruption from my knee to feet, und could find neither doctors nor medicine to help me, until I used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, which cured me in aix months. They helped me the very first time I used them, and I am glad to write thia so that others suffering a X did may be saved from uiiacr,, . . In tlie Day's Work. "And then.' according to the author of a late book, "a wild shriek rent the air." And: The two people hiding behind the lllao bushes felt their blood curdle." And: "Again came the wi!d. weird shriek." And: "Looking into each other's faces they found them the color of marble." And: "That sound again that terrifying sound which made the heart stand still and the ! listeners to gasp for breath." Ar.d: j "With a niuan cf despair Aspasia slowly I sunk on the cold euitn and Harold stood 1 looking at htr like one struck dumb." And then, after an Interval of ten min utes: "All of a sudden It rame to them that the sounds were produced by a mother lick ing her 10-year-cld boy for drinking up the molass on his way home from the. groc ery, and life went on with them In the same happy strain as of yore. Life is full of such mistakes, though, and one can't be too careful about getting the label mixed.' Columbus PUpatch. MANUFACTURING I UNTS ARE BUSY Although Cool, Wet Weather Retards Farming Operations Confidence Is Prevailing; Sentiment. NEW YORK, May 26.-H. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Kevlew of Trade tomorrow will say: Improvement is reported In retail tiu.de. nllhuugh wenther conditions are still lar from Idea and excessive rain retards agri cultural progress sufficiently to cause con servatism among dealers. et contUience In the future Is tne prevailing sentiment and leading cry good3 jobbers arc unanimous in anticipating a large fall trade. Manufac turing plants are busy, especially in heavy steel lines, except where usual repairs are being made or seasonable closing is lu-ces-Bary. Shoe factories find difficulty in start ing work on fall footwear owing to tho numerous supplementary spring orders, and tnere is little idle machinery In textllo l.nes, which feel the tnietus of advancing raw materials. Operations make favorable comparisons with recent years and there Is little controversy regarding wages or hours of labor. Foreign commerce, ut this port for the last week shows little change. In comparisons with me same period u year ago, exports decreasing ll.'tio, while Im ports gained J.'ux'.Ujo. Ka:lwuy earnings tliuj lar reported for May exceed thrum of ii )eur bku by S per cent and, alter lulling to the lowest point of tne year, prices of se curities recovered materially. Money la abundant and easy and commercial pay ments are more prompt In most seclious of the country. In the Iron and steel Industry there Is great activity on old orders, und general coniidence in a vigorous demand during the second half of the year, but current buying Is extremely light, except in u lew depart ments. Hence the mills and furnaces are more active than I ho markets Just now, which explains tho apparent contradiction of reports, in steel rails and all other rail way supplies and heavy lines for buildings and bridges It is often impossible to secure shipments with sufficient promptness, while pipe and tube mills have orders well nhead, nut in some othoi divisions the ulumtu.u is less satisfactory and more effort is being made to secure foreign trade, coku follnwa I be quiet lenuency of pig iron, ovens clos ing as stocks accumulate. No diinlu itloii i.I slreiiKih Is noted In raw wool, uud toe mills are also correspondingly llrm lit their views. orsleas coiitmucii in nicau-u. lavor, but woolens are not far .behind. Tirnners havo exhibited no Interest In tho Chicago hide market during the past week and as a natural result quotations show a downward tendency. The depression ex lends to Imported dry hides. Western country hides are relatively firmer thuu other divisions of the market. Leather con tinues quiet. Failures this week numbered 211 In the Vnited States, against --6 last year, and JO In Canada, compared with 17 a year ago. terlally quickened by more seasonable weather, ullowtng of belated retail buying materializing and ordinary crop develop ing occurring. Railway earnings for the nr. st half ot May exceed a year ago by B.5 per cent. 1 Divers conditions rule in two different divisions of the textile trades. The cot ton trade, after two years of depression and unsettlemcnt, due to Irregular or very high prices, Is experiencing a revival. Woolen goods, on the other hand, are be ginning to feel the influence of the great advance In raw material, und while pe culiar lines of goods are selling well, otheis find the margin of profit let.een the raw and finished material a narrow one. Higher prices for woolens seem assured If the Jlirst -lit lnuro iwi l . u miv-i in. ii.'t.a. . Pig Iron buying Is at a standstill, the only new business being some orders iwoitea lor foundry grades. Prices nre easier. In tho cruder forms of finished material, such as Ktrurtural rails and plates, business is still good nnd the output Is heavy, iron and steel are passing Into consumption in large volume in general lines. Southern lumber markets are strong ami advancing. Anthra cite coal Is active, but bituminous la dull on large supply, off grade coke is in buy er's favor. ltuslnrss failures in the United States for the week ending May ?5 number 1'9, against 1!H last week, 184 in the like week In 19 4, 1X1 In 15KB. In? in 1902 and 144 In 1901. In Canada failures for the week number 14, as against 17 last week and 14 In this week a yenr nco. I Wheat, Including flour, exports for the j week ending May 25 ore 1.221.20K bushels. I ngainst 1.B12.K0 last week. l,l:i:M57 this week I lust year, 4.677,678 in 190.1 und 3.9u0.345 In I I'.Ni.'. From July 1 to date the exports are 67. 221. 207 bushels, ngainst lli t9.i21 bushels last year, l;i4,.0,700 In 1'3 and ;2X.SS9,7o4 in Corn exports for the week are 1 326.4T6 bushels, against l,tlS8,29! last week. 233,695 a year ago. 1.179,739 In 1903 and 71.478 In 190J. From July 1 to date the exports of corn are 54, 621.162 bushels, against 49.931. 13s In 1904, 61.371.764 In l!)3 and 24,4nC.C3S In 1902. IIEI'OHT OF Till; I,KAKI0 HOl'SK Transactions of the Associated Ilnnka During the Week. NKW YORK. May IS. Tho following table, compiled by Hradstreet. shows the hank clearings at the principal cities for Un wed enned May Willi me percentage or Increase and decreure as compared with the corresponding week last year: C IT 11CS. Clearings. Inc Dec. Bit ADS'fllEKT'S HKVIEW OF TRADE! Wholesale Trade Unlet I'rndlng Clearer View of Crop Outturn. NEW YORK. May 24.-Uradstreet s to morrow will say: Wholesale trade Is seasonably quiet, pend ing a clearer view of crop out-turn, which, owing to unsettled weather In wlue areas, still lacks definite form. Cool weather is still a bar to fullest activity at retail. Manufacturing activity Is still In laig.t volume on oiuers previously booked. Specu lative markets tor wheal reflect technical conditions and short supplies in primary markets moie clearly than they do the slight determination on the quality and quantity as resulting from recent bacu ward weather which has also been used as lever to affect corn and cotton Col lections reflect little more than seasonable slowness, and money is easy and In abun dant supply. Rather more friction In luhor matters Is noted at Chicago, the cxecleU ending of the teamsters' utrlkn being de layed. Some few points of labor friction are noted In other cities. Despite efforts to accentuate less favorable happening for stock speculative purposes, there Is atlll abundant evidence that the countries consumptive requirement are on a large scale, heavily exceeding a year ago with this time, and the movement can be ma- I fNew York H'hlcago I JHoinon I ) Philadelphia . iAl. Louis l'lttsbnrg ;i4.in Francisco Cincinnati lUnltlmore t Kansas City iN"v Uric-ana JM Inneapiills JOIevelnnd tLoulsvlllo Detroit (Milwaukee I IMA M A J JProvldence l."n Angeles fl'uffalo Indianapolis St. Paul Memphis (St. Joseph Richmond Denver Columbus Pea I tin Washington JHHVunuah Albany (Portland. Ore Fort Worth (Toledo. O Atlanta Salt l-Hke City KoeboHter Peoria Hartford Nashville (Spokane, Wash pes Moines Tacoma New Haven ('.run. I Kaplda Norfolk Dayton Portland, Me Sprlngtield. Mass..., Augusta, Ha Kvanavtile Sioux City (Illrmlngham Syracuse orrester ,.,...... Knoxvllln Charleston. 8 f... Wilmington, Del Wichita 'M 3.2I5.9M! lK.Sn.-4.lS2, U'9.4:f'.,-i67! l:i'.iill9! r9.WiS.i3Hl 5.1.:.7').2'ii! i.w.t :2.i 23.6:tf,uj3 2.1.9. 7.O..'', i'j.n.s.oii ! 16. 'xfl 474 14."t,7' li'.l.vj.niii! 11,711.724: ll.44S.tr.".1 7 20.1.91.8, :.Sn7.047 7."M.3i 8.79J.61 377.141 6,S'i7.8:ffi 5917, 64M 4.268,372 4.iM2.9l f. Mt 14 4,662.7io! 6,036.619' 4.997. 64A; 2.785.K46 4.34a.66 4.160.178 4fHkl.7y.l 3.S13.6261 S.6M.V.4' i'.SIh. ) J.hl'.9S S.627 .VI 16.8 2 Jll.3.v! 3.3i6.9li'ti 92.9M' 1.SI7.63I! 1.6.W ON.V I.SS 228.. 1.7:9. I..V.9 kr.il 1.6M.6HS' 1.4.10.1.161 1.414 V.I i 1.317.649' 1.374.6"!"! 1 0:S.8"3I l,0m.844i. t"0 4! I.tn0.77 63.41 23.11 11.71 .0 14.41 31.71 19. 3i uO.X ,:6.: 28 18. 36 8 7.3 8 5 25 .iU'i 3 11. 18 ,S. 48 2'. 12.2,. 8.0 . "i-rsi. 14. 0. 7.6j. 9 8. 41. Si. 21.8L 6.9 . 6 6'. 52.2. 90.41. 38.6 . 33.1 . 87.0 . 61 1 . 4.81. 'i3!i. 62.9!. U 2'. i.'.t 6 . 7.7:. 4 21. 14 4'. 7.8', .1 2-0 19 10 .V.4.. 971. 12 .SI. 19.71. 121. 20 f. 14. S .0. .1 3 1 94S.615! 622.771 . 833.4f2 1,058,342 805.211. 1,223.-41 78.316l 712 3871 65.8.6201 11.01. H.7, ,.9:1!' 43.8;. 11.7 665,243' i 6.9 875,1-75! 27.11 858.734' 107.2! 610 972! I 9.2 tVM.onnj 4.5 39IOOO 18.5 444,8i9l 16.8 71 413' 4S8.71"" 518.132, 4l;i 8n9' 454.9.SO! 526.1"0 3"8.268' 262.0671 390,573 31.39Si l'.t2.4:l 193,863 139.2X1 1 307.1051 166.519' 396.4481 11,642,0751 9.H40.OJ0 Wllkesbarre I Davenport Little Rock Topeka Chattanooga Jacksonville. Fla.... Kalamazoo, Mich... Springfield, 111 Fall River Wheeling. W. Va... Mncon Helena I.exinttton A k ron Canton, O Fargo. N. D , Younsstown New Bedford Rockford, 111 Lowell Chester, Pa Rtnghnmtan Moomlngton. 111.... Springfield. O Greenshurg, Pa , Qulncy, 111 Deenuir. Ill Sioux Falls. S. D... Jacksonville, 111 Mansfield, O Fremont. Neb Cedar Rapids , Houston tGalveston Totals, IT. S I2.674.173,199 ! 46.9! Outside New York. ...I 9C0.927,i95 22. 4 13.9 9.6 30. 8. 24.8. 11.8!. 118!. 5.6!. 1.7 .1 3.9 20.3' '.'.'.'.'A" 2:'.'i 12.3! 18.4! 64.2! 101.91 I 11.7 79 19.51 72.3 CANADA. Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Ottawa Halifax Vancouver, B. C. Quebec Ha:riilton St. John. N. H.... London, Ont Victoria. H. C Totals 21.927.7171 R0. 31 16.154.159 20. T. 4.729.7761 8.7' 2.176.616! 31.4 1.219.411! I 28.3 1.277.2q 8.9' 1.278,898 8.21 1,110,476 13. (? RS4.679I 14.3! 746.59.';! 10.3! 610.274 ! 65.7' hour. The previous best on record In Eu ropean water with this style of boat was a trifle under 23 knots and In American water. 29.3 knots. This speed was made by the Challenger at Lake Worth In Febru ary. Since the Napier II. made Its record a French boat, the Palalsoto II., has equaled !t on the Seine. Tho Nnpler II. ic In Its second season, having been a failure through breakdowns at first. It Is but forty feet long. It has twin screws driven by two forty-flve horse power motors. The bow has a flare to turn off the crest of the bow wave, splash guards or "whisk ers"' being fitted as nn extension of this flare. The Nnpler II. Is an excellent example of the marvelous results that have been attained In providing high-speed motor boats. It must he seen at full speed to be ap preciated. Ordinary steam craft It passes as a dragon fly darts by a .droning beetle. It seems to fly over the water. A roar as of rapid-fire artillery, a smother of foam, a white streak, and It Is a mile away. Seen approaching stem on, driven at full power, with great cascades of snowy spray gushing from each side of Its bow, It looks like some monster, shrieking, white-winged butterfly of the paleozoic, age skimming over the surface. Christian Church Moslral. A musical will be given Friday, June 2, at the First Christian church, the pro ceeds to go to the church gymnasium, which Is In charge of William Parker. He Is trying to get all the boys In the neigh borhood Interested In physical culture. The soloists at the musical will be Frances Rosker. Georgia Ellsberry. Robert Spoerrl, Prof. C. H. Miller of Lincoln. R. S. Davis, Florence DeGraff, Helen Sadlleck. Prof. A. C. Stewart, Emll Conrad. Carl Lamp. Dr. I.alrd. Readings will be given by Miss Julia Nngl and W. E. Richards. The Omaha High school octet will sing. Bee Want Ads Are the Best Ruslncsl Boosters. I- S 5?.'.13.784 24 S S IHalances paid In cash. fNot Included In totals because containing other Items than clearlnRs. ON A FLYINGM0T0R BOAT Sensations Produced by nn I'nusnnll y llanld Ride on a Modern Cntwnter. The sensrttions experienced on riding In one of tho fe.stest motor-boats yet pro duced arc thus described by a yachtsman win made the trial trip on the Napier II. on the Thames a few weeks ago. in which a speed equivalent of 31.16 miles an hour was attained, although the bo-it Is b.ut forty feet long: " As the boat gained In speed, flattening her passengers against their back support ers, as the propellers gripped and fairly hurled It forward, the mild roar of the engines ascended to a shriek; the sounds of its eight exhausts smote the ear like the continuous reports of a machine gun, mingled with the scream of the riven water, while the shore, dimly seen through a veil of powdered spray, flew by like a train. "There was no swing or plunge, no lurch or roll. The grand little craft poured on Its way on an absolutely even keel, and we had no sense of being driven, but a feeling as If boat and crew were flying. There was absolutely no sense of flotation, no water-borne feeling whatsoever. If one shut one's eyes It was not difficult to imagine oneself on some tearing ve hicle running swiftly on small rollers over a smooth steel road. Sustained for tha first time. It Is like no other experience to be had In this world, but after the flrst half minute or less there settles upon one a quite delightful sense of security and safety, ro evenly and so truly does It run.'" The successful trial of the Napier II. took place over a measured nautical mile under adverse conditions, there being n strong wind and choppy sea. Its time for a nau tical mile against the tide was 2 minutes. 25 seconds, and with the tide, 2 minutes, 12.6 seconds This corresponds In the one case to a speed of 24 8 knots, or 29 9 land miles an hour, and In the other to 2T.1I knots, whlcb is equivalent to SI. 26 miles an itnyf 1 1 . iiwwi rf. , H m ft MS wwni'iiiiaj iisms I II n ','1 f AMI"' f "! Mfl KyTsffig 11' '11 1 mainhsi 1 insjMis or iiecoraiioii n rV" P1 i - K. i i3 ay Sale of Ladies' Suits $12 Suits, now $7.75 $15 Suits, now $9.50 $20 Suits, now $13.75 $25 Suits, now $16.55 Think of it right In the middle of the sea- we have cut the price of every tailor- ade suit In the store at least one-third. Every suit will go at this sale, so come early. Easy to buy here and easy to pay. $1.00 a week will keep ycxu dressed in finest style. J we want you to see the new sin ana anirt waist suita LaQieS the Charming Shirt w"aists-Raincoats-Sitk Skirts Millinery and Tan Oxfords. ri1, Blue Serge Suits are Just the thing-Ours are top Ueniieineil not.hers-Guaranteed fast colors $10 $12 $13. JLaa a Nobby Suits In Worsteds, Cassimeres and Cheviots mtenilOn .t $7 to $10 Cash or Credit. Men's Shoes, Raincoats, Hats, Boys Suits Good ones $2 to $6 LOWEST PRICES EASIEST TERMS 1 aw son 3 r?4B, a IT FtTflatai . 1503 O odge St.