JUDICIAL DECISIONS Permitting insured property to become - come vacant and unoccupied for a .period of twelve dnys , In violation ol ; .provision of the policy , is held , in Ger- " "man Insurance Company vs. Russell ' ( Kas. ) 58 L. R. A. 234 , to Immediately forfeit the policy ; and the fact that the property is reoccupied before a loss occurs is held not to revive the forfeited policy. An agent of an express company , "who , in good faith , delivers to the con signee , or upon his order , goods car- Tied by .his principal , consigned G. O. D. , and collects the charges thereon , Is held , in State vs. Cairns ( Kas. ) 5S L. R. A. 55 , not to be guilty of selling .intoxicating liquors to the purchaser , though he has reason to believe , 01 Iknows , that the goods so consigned ; and delivered are intoxicating liquors , An Injunction to prevent a baseball iplayer from violating his contract to serve a certain organization for a stip ulated time , during which he Is noi to play for any other club , is held to be allowable , In Philadelphia Ball * Club vs Dajoie ( Pa , ) , 58 L. R. A. 227 , -where he Is an expert player , and is am attractive drawing card for the spublic because of his great reputation .for ability In the position which he Members of labor organizations are "held , in National Protective ssocia- .tlon of Steamfitters and Helpers vs. Gumming ( N. Y. ) 58 L. R. A. 135 , not to be liable for causing the discharge of nonniembers by notifying the corn- anon employer that they will stop wort ; unless nournembers are discharged , : and it Is held that they will not be -enjoined from so doing where they acl for the good of their organization , and not from malice , or a desire to injure others. The liability of an abutting owner foi injury from a fall on ice on a side walk , formed from water from his drainpipe , is held , in Brown vs. White < Pa. ) . 58 L. R. A. 321 , not to be modified - : fied by the fact that it Is customary In tlie municipality to drain watei from roofs and waste pipes across the pavement to the gutter. A note tc this case collates the other authorities AS t < J liability for permitting water tc accumulate and freeze on the sidewalk io the injury of travelers. The destruction of the value of a turnpike and toll bridge , which did not have an exclusive franchise , bj the establishment of va free bridge as part of tlie public highway , is held F , in Claries ville & R. Turnpike Coin- pany vs. Montgomery county ( Teiiii. ) -58 L. R. A. lee , not to be a "taking' of the property of the turnpike com pany for which compensation is re -quired. The other authorities as tc. rights and duties to toll-bridge pro prietors are collected in a note to this : : ase. Ne\v Executive Building. The new executive building contain * : a central reception room , about which -are arranged a spacious cabinet room , ji suite of rooms for the President , of fices for his secretary , and for one of the assistant secretaries , a telegraph- 4ind-telephone room , a large room for the clerks , one for the press , and .adequate tile-rooms. Planned under the supervision of Mr. Cortelyou , the President's secretary , the new office building contains every convenience .for the dispatch of the great and con stantly increasing work of the exec- iitive. Intentionally subordinated to the White House , both in location and Jn architecture or lack of it the Pres ident's offices in time will be made still less conspicuous by the growth of vines ; and when once the public be comes used to the building , it will be only less noticeable than the ivy-cov ered wall it replaces. Centurj * . Those Little Glass Boxes. Having occasion to prescribe an ex treinely unpalpatable dose for a pa tient , and wishing to make the situa tion as pleasant as posible for the suf ferer , a physician ordered the medi cine to be put up in gelatine capsules. On his next visit the patient a woinau byjthe way said "Doctor , I took that medicine and It did me some good , but I had a ter- jible time to open those little glass .boxes it was in. The next time you give me anything like that , won't you .please get the druggist to see that the little glass boxes come apart more -easily ? " r Juat Like a Doll. "That Miss Plitliers Is a perfect beau * ty , isn't she ? " said the first young man. "Well , yes ; she is rather pretty , " con ceded the second young man. "But , af ter all , hers is a doll-like beauty. " "That's so. I had noticed a certair "wax doll precision and exactness in hei complexion " "Oh , the resemblance goes furthei than that One evening last week 1 called on her , and when I was leaving .1 slyly squeezed her , and she yelled fmamma ! ' " Judge. The men have to depend more and itnore upon alarm clocks these duya , . since the women have adopted thi 'habit of buylua : coffee ready ground. BREAKFAST IN PERSIA. It Is a Very Simple Meal Eren Ajnoni Those , of the Wealthy Clasa. Persians took on fruit as a staple food and the ordinary meal of the workinj classes and. peasantry is a loaf of breac and a pound or two of grapes or apri cots. The author of "In tlie Land 01 the Lion and Sun" says that meat is seldom eaten by the poor. He describe * some of the favorite foods of the coun try. try."Mast" "Mast" is much consumed. This ii curdled milk , and is made by adding i little curdled milk to fresh milk warm ed. It is then left to cool , and the basil of curdled milk sets in a few hours leaving the cream on the top. For th < first twenty-four hours this is sweet aiu delicious , but as'a rule the Persian doe not care for it until it has becom < slightly acid. When in this state abou half a pint added to a quart of wate : forms buttermilk , or "doogh. " A littl < cut mint is added , and a few lumps ol ice , and a cooling drink is made. It ii without question a capital thirst-quen cher in hot weather. Cheese , too , is much eaten for tlu morning meal , with a little mint or s few onions. The banker at Shirax , t < whom the government moneys wtre en trusted , a rich man , told me that he 01 any other merchant" never thought ol any more elaborate breakfast thai these named above. It Is told of a merchant in Ispahan where they are notoriously stingy , thai he purchased a small piece of chees < at the New Year , but could not mak < up his mind to the extravagance of eat ing it. So , instead of dividing the mor sel with his clerk , as the boy had fond ly hoped , he carefully placed it in t clear glass bottle , and sealing the bet tie , told the boy to rub his bread 01 the bottle and imagine the taste of tlu cheese. This the pair did each mom Ing. Ing.One One day the merchant was invited tc breakfast with a friend. He gave his clerk the key to his office , and a half penny to buy a loaf of bread ; but tin boy returned , saying he could not ge the door open , and although he hat1 bought his bread , could not eat it with out tlie usual flavor of the cheese. "Go , fool , " said the merchant , "anc1 rub your bread on the door ! It is al most as satisfying as the bottle. " HIS MOTHER'S SMILE. Influence of little Acts May Kndnre for Years. Gen. Wager Swagne , who died re cently , had a motlier of exception * ! ] character , of which her son was ten derly appreciative. One of his pleasant recollections of her was connected with a young clerk in a bookstore at Colum bus , Ohio. The youth was poor , ambi tious and of a retiring disposition. His reticence did not tend to make him popular among his mates , but Mrs. Swayne , whenever she visited the store , never forgot to greet him a smile ant a friendly word. Years after , when Gen. Swayne , as commissioner of tlu ? Freedinen's Bur eau , was puzzling over the management of half a million former slaves in Ala bama , he found Secretary of AVar JOd- \vm M. Stantou a staunch supporter. The secretary was the stemest of all heads of departments , yet to the general he was always kind. He was , said report , "unapproachable1 ; yet Gen. Swayne could always approach him. One day Secretary Stunton drove to the AVar Department in haste , on his way to an importa'ut meeting with tap President. He sent a messenger into the building , to inquire if any one Avore Avaiting to see him. "Gen. Swayne is Avaiting , sir , " Avas the messenger's report. The secretary left his carriage and hurried into the building. The two men had a little business talk , and then Gen. Swayne at last gave Avay to irrepress ible curiosity "Mr. Secretary , " said he , "I don't understand your great kindness to me. [ have never understood it. You have shown me such unusual favor that I want to ask Avhy you have done it. " "Gen. Swayne , " said tlie secretary , "when I was a poor , struggling , lonely clerk in Columbus , studying laAV at uight and Avorkiug by day , your mother's kindly smile and her encour aging words put heart and hope into me. I kneAV about her Avork among the colored people of Columbus , and 1 Avas aAA-are of h r interest in the ex-slaves. Now do you understand ? I remember vour mother's smile. " A Narrow Escape. An amusing Avedding incident oc curred recently in a country village. The bride , evidently anxious at the near approach of the ceremony hour , sent the bridesmaids ( one of whom was the young man's sister ) on to aAvait her at the church. This action aearly lost her her husband. AVhen the bridesmaids reached the church they observed the punctual bride groom patiently AA'aiting at the chan cel steps.The lonely misery of his position touched their hearts , and In stead of Avaiting in the porch for the heroine of the day , they good-natured- iy walked down the aisle and stood beside him in silent sympathy. Where- apon the organist opened the proceed ings , the clergyman began the ser- rice , and the bridegroom was nearly inited in matrimony to his own sister before any one had the presence of nind to utter a word of warning. The momentous question , "Wilt thou have : his woman ? " had been reached , when he bride opportunely appeared , and , ifter explanations and apologies , the : eremony was begun again. A man la young a great deal longer fcan he Is old , but it doesn't seem BQ bug. Too maaj quarrels are picked before Jiey are ripe. PREVENTED MURDERING Grand Island Man Disarmed and Crln Averted. Grand Island , Neb. , May 20 J. 3 Arp was upon murder bent last evei log , but fortunately was disarme before any damage was done. A'r has been employed at tbe Unio Pacific shops. Among several otbei he was discharged yesterday for bi ing drunk. Tbe discharge angere him and he went to his home in a ugly mood. On the way home it i presumed he drank some more an was under the Influence of whisk when he arrived. He complaine about the discharge and took down Winchester , 32 calibre and began t .make threats. Ilis wife pleaded wit him but could not. induce hei bus band to desist. The foreman , tern porarily , who had dismissed the man lives not far away. His name is Mr Love. Mr. Love and family reside in the residence of W. F. McLaugb lin , a councilman and formerly em ployed as a blacksmith with tb Union Pacific. McLaughlin boardei with the Love family , in bis owi .borne , and suddenly was called by i vigorous knock to the door. H heard c < nsiderable commotion. Ar ] stood outside , his wife clinging t him at one arm and his child at tbi other. When McLaughlin opene < the door he at once saw that some thing was up and quickly disarme < the belligerent and called cbe polici authorities , who promptly arrestec Arp , keeping him in jail over thi night in order to allow him to coo off. He is still under arrest and i' ' has not as yet been definitely decidet what complaint will be enteret against him. One Against Fifty Manila , May 20 Lieutenant Walkei of the constabulary , who yesterda ] was reported missing after the recen : fighting in the island of Cebu was it became known today , killed by z superior band of fanatics which sur rounded Lieutenant Walker's part ] Two of the c .nstabulary were alsc killed and three captured. Two o : these prisoners were murdered. One of them escaped. William Ballon , formerly a private in the Fifteenth cavalry , is the name of the cavalryman who , alone , checkec the second rush of the insurgents al Suclatan , island of Mindanao May , If and defended the American dead anc wounded until relieved. It was at Suclatan that Capt. Glougl : Overton and Private Hairy Noyet were ki.led and Private Harlow was wounded by fifty insurgent prisoners wrrrn I they were guarding. The fourth member f the party was Will- Ballon , who was not wounded. The situation in some of the dis tricts of Cebu is regarded as serious , ID is reported that the total of the bands of insurgents in the field ex ceeds 1,500. Colonel Taylor of the constabu'ary reports that the enemy's forces are dispersing. He says the constabulary is capable of suppres sing the disorders"and predicts an im provement in the situation. It is be lieved here that the adoption of en ergetic measures will be necessary tc su press the disturbance ! Telephone Girls Go Out. Tecurnseh , Neb , May 20 Tht four central girls in the employ ol the Nebraska Telephone company at this point are striking. They want more pay or less hours , The girls say they have been working nine hours per day each for sixteen dollars per month. They demand of the company - pany that the hours either he cut down to seven , or that they be in creased to twenty dollars per month. They claim thej gave tbe company notice of their demands some ten days ago. and thieatened to quit last Friday night , Tne local manager prevailed upon them to remain at work , whioh they did until 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At that time those at tbe switchboard left the room and the others refused to go to work. Manager L. A. Denny ol the local station says there has been a misunderstanding between the- jirls and the company. He seems to ihlnk the girls do not .intend to work n any event. Auditor Mussleman came down from Lincoln yesterday and intended to settle the matter , but without succes ? . The company says it will fill the places made vacant by the striking girls at once , n fact two operators from out of town arrived this afternoon and it s said they are now at work. Struck By a Wild Engine. Wellington , Kas. , May 20. North- jound Rock Island passenger train No. 36 , due in Caldwell at noon , was truck by an engine from the.Cald- well yards.a mile south of that sta- ion today. Wilber Burkett , of Cald well was killed and several others were badly injured , among then : Postal Clerk Myers. Tbe engineer ind fireman escaped serious injury by umping. None of tbe coaches left ; he trace. cNgbraska Notes You can know & man so well tha YOU will overluok his faults. * * * Many otherwise sensible I how a decided stillness tire concerned. * * * frospecb is much better than tbm _ ( o be a few days since as ihe ralr las greatly inipioved the outlook. * * * , Tbe district conference of the M. U church is in session at , Seward. lj far the meetiog Uas been an in teresting one. * * The school board at Seward has j.nployed teachers for the coming ar for all the rooms except two. lincipal Deffer is to remain anoth- i jear. * * * \V. J. Sutherland cashier of thft l'nion Pacific freight office in Kear- { y died this rnoining of stomach I ouble. He leaves a widow and one Viardud daughter. * * A detachment of the Salvation I my consisting of captain Sherwood fcid captain Stuffs , and wife ol l-inaha began revival meetibgs in , Lie Christian church at Edgar this freek. * * The board at Aurora has re-elected Jr the coming year Joseph Sparks i.iperintendenb , Miss Kathleen Hearn issistant superintendent and Mrs. H. U. Gabel principal. The grade teachers have not been chosen. * * * The employes of the Windsor hotel it Seward , went on a strike just be- ; [ re supper last night. All the em ployes with few exceptions walked Mb. The hotel is running and the differences as to wages will be fixed ip today * * * A. S.Fdrbes seventy-four years ol , . . died at bis home in Plattsmouth ] loday. Weakness due to old age was ! Ihe cause of his death. The deceas- , id resided at Lincoln for many yearsj but of late has made his home in I'lattsmouth. * * * flelay in traffic but little damage tvas done. The train was .pulled by Engine number 1413 , which is called by railroad men the "unlucky en- jiue" , And was the one that explod- td over in Iowa about a year ago , billing the engineer and fireman. * * * More than two inches of rain has fallen in the last forty-eight hours at Table Rock all of it going into , [ he ground as the fall has been very * Elow and gentle. Wheat , grasses and unts are doing well but the planting if corn is being delated. The fruit' * * * Jny D. Eising .who has been a familiar figure in the First National bank of Rising during the past five ] fears has icsigned his position asl cashier of tbat institution and has accepted a position with the Nation- Hi Bank of Commerce Kansas City Mo. * * * The junior class of the high school at Edgar , entertained the senior clasa In tbe Fraternity hall. The even-i Ing was passed in pleasant social' games , music and singing , after which1 refreshments were served in four1 courses. The two classes numbered sixty-five all of whom were present. * * * A special freight train went Into the ditch on the Eock Island rail road nine miles west of Fairbury , near Thompson last night. The train left Fairbury at4:15 : and was com-i posed of three cars and a caboose ; The wreck was occasioned by a de fective road bed which resulted from Ihe recent rains. No one was seri ously injured and barring a slight * * * L.L. H. Austin formerly principal of the Lincoln high school and later one of the most belligerent publishers that ever issued a newspaper in Lincoln , has been nominated for the legislature in Ohio. He heads the Banna ticket at Toledo and some of the newspapers in that part of the State praise him as the greatest orator tor , the staunchest republican and tbe most public spirited man that ever drew a breath. Mrs. Ella Dungan , a milliner 01 Humboldt who was deserted by her husband nearly three years ace and who subsequently applied for and Was granted a decree of divorce was re-united in marriage to her former husband one day recently at Tecum- Beh. Her husband is a barber , and with his wife will make their home Kt Elk Creek , where he will work it bis trade and she will establish R new milliner store. DESERT UNIONS AFPARANT BEGINNING OF END OF OMAHA HTKIKE LAUNDRY MEN RETURN EVERY ESTABLISHMENT LN THE CITY OPKNED TEAMSTERS BACKBONE Teamsters Apply for Old Places , nn < l Number Estimated at From Twelve To Forty Tuke/u Pencn Move. mtnt In Omaha Omaha , ITeb. , May 19. Unionism does not possess allurements forquito a number of the laundry workers , notwithstanding the strike benefits , ' because when the shops opened up Tuesday morning about one-half of the usual forces returned to work , this estimate is placed upon thd number by the employers , but tha febrikers assert that only a few of the unionists broke faith and returned to their labor.t Certain it is , however , thab every laundry in the city which has been closed by the strike , wag opened and doing business today as though'no strike was in progress. , The break in Union ranks tmi not , however , been confined only to tne laundries. The teamsters' union officials admit thab twelve of their men have deserted and have goiia back to work. Tbe employers placq the number at forty. Not only tha return of these men , bub the action of thp teamsters' union in announcing its willingness to withdraw two ob jectionable features of the proposed Bcale contract gives rise to hopes among the business men and strikers , thab labor difliculbies in Omaha are hear an end. The teamsters' union is looked upon as tlie organization that has precipitated the strikes and kept them in progress , inasmuch as sev eral of the smaller strikes are based on sympathy with the teamsters. If , therefore , the teamsters' union fetands by its offer to withdraw the two clauses relating to boycotts and sympathetic strikes , it is anticipated that but little difficulty will be en- pountered in bringing about a settle ment of all of Omaha's labr : ) dis- pgreements. Once the teamsters' Strike is endedrhe others will quick ly subside , as but slight cause exists for maintaining them. ! Ihe question of payment of the special deputies -employed by the Bberiff caused a meeting to be held today , of the county commissioners and members of the city council , , should each pay half of bhe expense. The h-jrseshoers are again oub on strike , forty-five in number. The dis- igreeraent which has arisen is over Xie use of a label. The master horse- sheers have a label and so have the journeymen. The journeymen insist upon having their label on all horse shoes , while the masters or employ ers declare it is sufficient if their label is placed upon the iron footgear without the addition of thab of th ioi.rneymcn. The journeymen told .heir employers to place both upon .he shoesbut to this the masters ob jected and a strike is the consequence. . In all the strike troubles which lave worried Omaha the poorfreight laudlers appear to be getting the worst ol it. They walked out purely out of sympathy with the teamsters and now no one is paying any atten- jon to them. Their places have jeen readily filled by the railroads ind the men are now suffering from1 ack of employment. Indeed the , term < { blacklisted" , is being used by them in their conversations regard- : ng their condition. ; As to the restaurant and laundrr workers , they assert their determination - ' tion bo hold out for their original demands. The laundry workers appear undisturbed by the desertion. ot" the fifteen girls this morning and ' say they are fortifying their position' and will be able to maintain a letter front. > They have arranged ! to open a large "counting "room at' ' 1522 Capitol avenue , where they will1 receive work that will be sent to aundries at Plattsmouth and Fre- nont1 , run on the co-operative plan. . The laundry workers have arranged , ; o run these two establishments 'rom ' 5 in the afternoon until 7 in the morning. The Garretb laundry acre , which signed the scale , is planning to keep three shifts at' work and run pight and day. The steam laundries that opened this morning have sent oub a few vagons , but made no effort to send oub all of them. LET DOWN BARS TO MINERS Milwaukee , Wis. May 18 The Voodmen of the World convention to day took a new departure in adding ; o its eligible list bituminous coal miners and seafaring men employed ) n the lakes and rivers. Heretofore rath of these classes were prohibited 'mm ' membership. Tbe question of taking in saloon keepers was debated at length and it was finally decided o continue to bar this class from nembersbip in tbe order. The same action was taken with regard to sandstone cutters. Amelia E. Barr has written no more charming love story than "A Song of a Single Note , and this is saying much , for her stories on the old , old themf ares always delightful , always inter esting and ever new. "Toy Dogs and How to Breed Them , " by Muriel Hundley Spicer , la being issued by the Macmillau Com pany. The author tells how we can- get our "doggy" experience without losing any of our pets. Tlie Scribners announce the earlj publication of Josephine Daskam'i new book , the very title of which la bound to provoke the liveliest antici pation in all who are familiar with her work. It is entitled "Middle-Aged Love Stories. " The name of Anna Katherine Green is known wherever the lover of de tective stories reads his favorite lit erature. Her latest novel , bearing tht mysterious title of "The Filigree Ball , " has Just been published by the Bobbs- Merrill Company. "Katherine Frenchan" will be tht name of the new book by Beatrice Harraden , author of "Ships That Pass in the Night , " to be issued shortly by Dodd , Mead & Co. This Is the first book from the author's pen since the . publication of "The Fowler. " Mrs Margaret Deland sails for Eu rope in a few weeks , but not before she has put the finishing touches to net new volume of "Chester Tales , " which , on its completion as a serial in Har per's Magazine , will be brought out in book form with approprite Illustra tions in time for Christmas. Mrs. Mary Wilkins-Freeinan has gone back to her maiden name in writ ing books , and her forthcoming vol ume , which will bear the title of "The Wind in the Kose Bush" and the Im print of Doubleclay , Page & Co. , will , have her name as simply Mary E. Wilkins - kins on the title page. The book will be illustrated by Peter Newell. \ A very brilliant and interesting se ries of letters by Wilbur J. Chamber- lin , who until his death was a corre spondent on the New York Sun , will soon be published under the title of "Ordered to China. " Mr. Chamberlin was sent to China as a correspondent at the time of the "Boxer" troubles there , and went to Pekin with the al lied armies. "The Moral System of Shakespeare , " by Richard G. Moulton , is a popular illustration of fiction as the experi mental side of philosophy. The author , whose name is already known as the editor of "The Modern Reader's Bi ble , " holds that the plays of Shakes peare have an interest analogous to that of experiments in physical science and that the theater and the novel are the laboratory of the moralist , in which are given practical demonstra tions in human philosophy. Thomas Nelspn Page's forthcoming novel , "Gordon Keith , " which will be published by Charles Scribner's Sons , will make a book of over 500 pages. The period of action extends from the close of the civil war well into the twentieth century , and its principal scenes are laid in Xew York. City , although occa sionally the reader is taken to Vir ginia. The heroine is a New York society - cioty girl , while the hero is a Southern er of the new type which arose from the old aristocracy after the war. v It is announced in New York that Harper & Brothers have acquired the publishing and syndicate business of. R. H. Russell and that Mr. Russell Is to become associated with that house. Mr. Russell says that his publishing business is to go to Harper & Broth ers and his syndicate business to a company which Colonel Harvey is about to form. Thus the Harpers ob tain exclusive rights to the literary product of George Ade , F. P. Dunne and other young men , and the publi cation of the books of Charles Dana Gibson. She Had Her Wish. A little girl who had noticed on varf. > us houses about the city the cards jy which the board of health announces the presence of contagious disease , isked her mother wliat they meant. Ber mother explained , and the child- said , regretfully , "We never have any thing like that on our house. " "You would not want it , would you ? * ? aid the mother. "Yes , I would ! " replied the little girl * lecidedly. Some weeks afterward the little girl was taken sick with chicken-pox , but tvas not confined to her bed. On Sun- lay morning the mother noticed that people passing on their way to church turned to gaze at the house and always svent away laughing. Her curiosity was iroused , and she went to the front par lor to investigate. In each of the front svindows was a large placard made , evidently , by the little daughter from the side of a pasteboard box. On tha cards she had printed : I HAVE GOT CHIGKEN-POX BAD. Wrecks on the Baltic. The average of wrecks In the Baltic Sea is one every day throughout the ? pear. pear.We We bet ve can tell you what yoir tmve on your table to eat : a Everyone complains of tt