THE OMAHA DAILY KEE; Sl'XDAY. MAY 20, 1000.
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Plgns of prosperity am nearly at m. irked
tn whecldotn a in any other brut)' h of hu
Iness or rei nation The slump he-eabouts
lat fall has entirely dlsnpp'are I and
wheeling hcH almost an many votarl" now
si In the palmy days of -'ir.-'ii. Ami the
multitude in growing steadily, notwtth
tnndlng the wretched condition of some
thoroughfare-!. I.Ike reports of general to
vlval romp from eastern dtie. Tho rtiuss
nre nol far to find. Tin- print-hull one 13
the marked (-h.ipcning of the prlre nf
wheels. Today the bicycle Is a bolter,
ounder. chcnticr vehicle than ever before,
In llghtniss, case of running, Mt ro iik t h .
tpeed, rcKllleinv and rem fort of riding tho
machine Is u h near perfection as It Is likely
to bp. None of the recent additions or
modifications has been of material conse
quence. This cheapening and Improvement
linvc popularized the wheel with thousands
who a doon yearH ago coulil not nffotd to
ride on It, although for that very reason
It has estranged a few of the select.
Jtidgft White nf I'lMsburR has declilcd a
pane Involving the rights of blcyclls's en
the tracks of the treet railway. A wheel
man who wan run Into and Injurud by a
Jtrccl car rued the company for damages.
The testimony showed that he was riding
between the tracks and could not possibly
turn from the trark owing to the condition
of the street. I'asslng upon the case, the
Judge said'
"I have long been Impressed with the be
lief that the rourlH should take a firm hold
of these cases where nun risk their lives
by going JuhI before a car or traveling on
a track before a ear. If the plaintiff
ran be sustained In this action the result
will be about this: That these bicycles
can get onto the track of a street railroad,
plod along tho track and expect that tho
uiotomian of the car behind will stop to let
them off rather than hit them, and If that
Is tho law with these hlcyclors, perhnts one
half of the cars In the city will be delayed
In their trips. While there Is ncthlng wrong
In his being on the tracks If It was perfectly
safe to be there, the car had a prior right
to the track and It was his duly to get off
the track and give way tothe street cars
and not expect the street cars to stop he
caiifo he was on the track. We cannot us
taln that principle as to thetse bicyclers.
"As I say. If I do mixtiln that, with the
number of bicyclers and the character of
these men who use bicycles, perhaps tho
cars would not be able, any of Ihetn, to
make their time. Some of thceo young fel
lows and others run before the car and cec
prct 'the car to stop while they get out of
the way. They should get out of the way
without that. They should keep out of the
way and not run the risk of an accident.
It Is almost a wonder that this man was not
killed by that accldmit, and by Mistalnlng
his right tn recover hero I think It would
result In somebody else being killed, rattier
thnn be a warning to these bicyclers to
Veep off tlu: track when they know a car Is
coming."
A New Jersey wheelman spurting for
homo was struck by Jersey lightning not
the home vintage and rudely separated
from his mount. Ills Impressions of the
collision aro "Interesting. Ho felt n. terrific
shock, he- says, ami without pause lor re
llectlou tqotc'tlie ,'niost' ambitious header of
n)l UU. cycling' .experience. He was 'flung
fully twenty feet, and landed In a thicket,
which 'had' fortunately' 'been placed in a
position to welcome his Hying anatomy. For
n. few moments ho was entirely Indifferent
to tho fate of his wheel which shows to
what a depth of unconsclousucss u wheol
mnn may doacend. When ho llnnlly roused
up he discovered his head was humming,
his clothes were tattered and that he had
accumulated a choice aFsortment of cuts
nnd bruises.
Then he staggered out to his bicycle and
found to his grief and horror that the frame
was twisted seventeen ways for Sunday
nnd that the front wheel looked more like
a wire door mat than it did like u wheel.
One look was enough". He went home In
n trolley ear.
Ills explanation of his miraculous escape
from the fate of the front wheel Is that the
cork grips and rubber pedals served to in
sulate his body.
A prominent dealer In llrooklyn hap ac
eeptod the responsibility of teaching the
members of the street cleaning department
how to rldo a bicycle. Some time ago or
ders went forth that all the foremen or
Inspectors connected with department must
learn to ride In order the better to get over
their respective districts. With tho order
came the ultimatum that the novice period
must not extend later than Mav 1.1. The
result has been that the Insnectors have
sjutnt certain houis each day In the academy
learning the mysteries of mounting balanc
ing nnd the rest of It Many of the begin
ners are men well advanced In years and
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I thev a. i ep,.ed thu order with fear and
trembling Several of them were seen at
i work vencrdav and at lerat threo of the
number were still unable to sit upon n
wheel without aid from the Instructor. All
of them were confident, however, that they
would be expert riders In a day or two.
, One white-haired old man sail:
When I flmt tackled this Job I thought
I that our political enemies were putting up
a game on us oldtlmers. Learning to ride
a blevcle at 6fi years of age was a proposi
tion that frightened me almost out of my
wits and their were several In the same
condition. We thought that It was simply
n subterfuge to get rid of the old men so
that younger men could be appointed. We
have found out that It Is never too late to
Iiam to ride a bicycle "
A I'hlladelphla Judge has just rendered a
derision of Interest to all patrons of racing.
It was In tho case of Harry Hlncwalt, a 1C-year-old
boy, through tils father. Jacob
Hlncwalt, against tho South Knd Wheelmen
ami the I'hlladelphla llase Hall club, lim
ited, to recover 110.000 damages for personal
Injuries sustained. Voting Hlncwalt was a
spectator at tho races held under the aus
pices of the SdiiiIi Knd Wheelmen In the
ball park on June "fi, lSft", and occupied a
seat In the left Meld bleachers. At the finish
of n spirited rate the crowd back of him,
It was testified, became excited and pushed
forward In order to see tho contestants cross
the line. Tho pressure was so great that
Hlncwalt and a number of other persons
were Jammed against the guardrail, which
broke, precipitating them to the ground.
Judge Ilregy, In granting tho non-suit, i-f.ld
that neither thi management of the race nor
the owners of the park could be hell re
sponsible for the boisterous conduct of the
tpectalors under the circumstances Imme
diately prior to tho accident, and as It was
Impossible for the defendants to contemplatp
any such dlrorder and thereby provide means
to prevent It, they rould not be held liable
for damages.
At Hartford, Conn., recently, several
scorchers were arcsted, found guilty and
, were lined $1.1 ami costs. An interesting
j point arose In one of the cases. Accor.l
I lug to the testimony of the prose 'tit Inn, the
.defendant was riding beside a car on the
i main street at the rate of thirteen miles
an hour. Iloth rider and car arrive! at ihe
; city hall nt the same time, lly Mils tesll
nony a ear and rider must have been fcolng
jat the same rate of spent, and If the bicyclist
I was liable to a fine for scorching the motor
man wns also liable to u fine for violation of
, a city ordinance. Hut only the w-.tcelhiau
was arrested and fined.
A law passed by the Ohio legislature
grants bicyclists the privilege of oji roads.
If they pay for them. Whenever "he riders
of any county are ready to put up the
wherewith to construct bicycle paths, county
authorities are required to appoint a com
mission to select tho location and see that
the work Is done. All the boys have to
do Is to step up and plnnk down.
One of the most nstonltiblng features In the
patent ofllce returns concerning bicycle In
ventions Is tho number of devices submitted
which have for their object that of making
n bicycle stand alone, Thero have been
patents by the hundred Issued for contri
vances of this kind, drapl'to'ihcact that no
one buys them. Here Is a" new-'Idea, how
ever, which was prmented by woman to
a dealer a few days ago-
"Why do not some of the everlasting In
ventors get up a seat to be stretched be
tween the head tube and the scat post tube
on a urop frame wheel, so that a woman
when she stops can have a comfortable seat,
without squatting on tho ground or perch
ing on n fence and at the same time al
ways have her wheel under guard? All that
would bo necessary Ih a strip of carpet about
four lnrbi'3 wide nnd n couple of clamps,
operated by thumb screws, to fit tho head
and the seat post."
Krnnce Is far ahead of most countries In
providing for the convenience of bicyclists.
Not only aro French highways the best In
tho world, but bicycles are carried free on
the railways, except for a charge of two
cents for registration. For this sum a bicy
cle can be taken (as luggage) clear across
the country. In Hnglaml, on the contrary,
a higher rate In charged than In this coun
try and for short distances It Is often higher
than the price of tho passenger ticket.
In recent years tho good roads work done
by the national government has been con
fined to an office of road Inquiry attached to
the Department of Agriculture, which could
use $S,O0O a year for the expenses, of Its
operation. Thl3 year congress appropriated
Jl 1.000, which will only cover the salaries
and exnenses connected with the ofllce. In
ihe pa.it. as will be the caw In the future,
1 the road exnerts of the olllce when nttend
( mg road conventions or meetings have had
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ATHLETES ENTER ROAD RACE
Aril ntiiriln ' r.vrnt Will lie I'nr
lli'llinteil In l n III K llniieli
of lllilcr.
The athletic management of the Young
Men's Christian association is much en
couraged with the number of entries for
the Dlalr-Otnnhn road race anil anticipates
that tho event will lie the most successful
of the sort ever attempted In the west.
Fully too riders will participate and addi
tional prlies have been secured to the $.100
values already on exhibition. A special
point Is made of the observation train,
which will travel abreast of the riders for
fifteen miles of the course. The race
track, as measured by the cyclometer of
Director Harnen' wheel. Is a tittle over
twenty-five miles In length. From Coffman
Station the cyclists will take the upper
road, because of the numerous short hills
an 1 uncertain condition of the river road.
There are few hills on the upper road, but
these which do exist will no doubt bo
found sufllclentlv long by the riders. A
number of "checkers" will be posted along
the route to make sure that the men are
covering the prescribed course. Tho entry
lists will be rloed on May 22, four days
before the day of the race.
A partial list of olllclnls Is as follows:
Starter. K. T. Ileydcn; referee, J. K. Howe,
clerk of course, B I). Henderson; Judges
of finish, J. Ilenson. L. I). Rrron. Will H.
Welshans. Will T. Lnlng. Sandy Orlswold,
C. W. Henderson. Meosrs. Jones and (lear
hardt, timers, II. K. Smith, F. Willis,
II H. Kills. W. Overton, Kd Kellog. W. It.
Wyeert, 11. K. Fredrlekson anill'. I). Harnes.
THE MAN WITH ROD AND LINE
I)I-Ii1i-m of Irniik Wnllon Hi-ullllllilK
to (iet Dill Their I'Uh
Inu Tni'Ulc,
The man with the rod and line, than
whom no better example of the enthusiast
In sporting affairs can be cited, now hai
bis Inning. It began Tuesday, when the law
permuting open naning Decamo operative,
and although climatic condition.! have so
I far rather militated against an enjoyment
I of tho sport, the fishermen are beginning
. to gel out their rods and tackle anil hooks
and other paraphernalia and cast longing,
covotous glances In the directions where
the members of the finny tribe aro reported
to lio biting.
Cut Off lake will come In for a good share
of attention this season from the many
sportsmen who seek an afternoon's fishing
without the nccowdty of n railroad Journey
1 In quest of the haunts where trout, croppies,
basr. and others of their tribe abound. Al
ready a number of lucky Individuals have
returned to town after a few hours sojourn
on the batiks of the lake and brought with
the.m undisputed evidences of the existence
of fish In abundance In the placid waters
of Cut Oft. One of the first local fishermen
who tempted the fish from their watery
homes succeeded In landing eighteen bas
as the result of an afternoon's outing at
Cut Off. Charlie Curtis captured an ex
cellent htrlng of bass nnd croppies, and
asserts that Cut Off has got all Its more
pretentious rivals b(tod when It comes to
tho supply of lake flab.
It Is forecasted that there will be a gen
eral exoduH of local fishermen during tho
! coming few weeks to the prolific lakes of
Minnesota, Lake Qulnnebaugh, I.angdon,
Hluo lake anil out to the trout streams at
Long Pine and Andrews. Hall roads operat
ing to the fishing resorts havo announced
low rates for tho summer and any fisherman
who falls to avail himself of a short vaca
tion and visit to the Ashing grounds will
hardly be entitled to membership In tho
-charmed circle.
With the northward flight of the plover
tho gaming season has drawn to a close and
rllle and shotgun havo been duly encased and
carefully laid away for future use. Heports
came In from tho sandhills last week of the
presence of a number of plover, but nono of
the Omaha sportsmen ventured out in search
of their temporary haunts.
Frank Parmeleo was the only Omaha
sportsman who participated In the annual
Missouri state shooting tournament held In
St. I.ouls Inst week. It was an Interesting
event throughout, a decidedly attractive
program having been nrranged for the shoot.
Ono of the features was the contest for tho
Republic cup, symbolic of Interstate Indi
vidual championship. Mr. Parmelee was
tied with a limited number of other con
testants for this cup. The cup has been In
possession of Dick Kimball of Omaha for
the pa3t year, ho having won It at St. Louis
at the annual tournament a year ago.
Kd Krug has gone to Langdon, the popular
northern .Missouri fishing resort, for a few
days' sport.
E. J. King nnd Fred Goodrich spent a
good part of last week at Lake Qulnnohaugh
nnd send back reports of excellent flHhlng.
Last Wednesday a party consisting of Dr.
F. S. Owen and wife. Mis. Donnelly, Dwlght
W'llllnms and wife nnd Albert Kdholm were
at nlue lake, near Onawn. tn search of the
big-mouthed bass. In the one. day's sport
they landed seventy-three fine bass, ranging
tn weight from one-half pound to four
pounds, Mrs. Williams landing the four
pounder. She became so excited over the
catch that she came near falling out of the
boat.
llert Adams of Umgdon writes that cropple
and sun perch fishing Is good now and as
soon as the weather settles bass will begin
biting.
WITH ROOKS AND PAWNS
IIiiiikIiim County I'Iickn Akkoi'IiiIIiiii . r
rrtnurx for 11 I'reliiiilniiry
i'oiiriiiiiiicnt.
The Douglas County Chess association
held Its weekly meeting on Thursday even
ing at Its charters In the Merchants' hotel.
The tournament committee, consisting of
W. O. I.arrlson. J. J. I'olnts and J. M.
limner, made a brief report. On Its recom
mendation a two-round preliminary contest
will take place more aB an Index of the
proper handicaps thnn of a championship.
Tho permanent tourney will be based, as to
handicaps, on tho scores of the preliminary
contest. Another meeting wilt be held
Thursday night.
The international chess eoncress o'pened
last TilPSday mornlnc In Paris, and all
those desiring to take pirt were on hand
early In order to aree upon a code of rules. I
The playctR entered were: I'lllshury,
Hhownlter nnd Marshall of America; Hum.
Mortimer and .Mason of Kiisland; Lasker
i ,, , ' ,
sia. Marco and hchlechter of Austr a:
Maroczy and llrody of Hunsary: StelliiR
elliiR of
Holland; Janowskl, Dldler and Rosen of
France, seventeen In all. Seventeen rounds
will he played and the tourney will proba
bly consume two weeks.
The t hint loam match which has ever
taken place between a western and an east
ern club will occur Decoration day between
the CIiIcjro Chess and t'heckcr club and the
Hrooklyn Chess club. Instruments will be
placed In the iwo club rooms for usn durln
the afternoon and evenlnu of May 30.
.Neither cf tho two previous matches has
been waged over the wire. One was a cor
respondence match of two games and the
other a team match by correspondence on
twelve boards. In both of these the east
erners wero victorious by close scoret, The
Chicago players have not had the benefit
of aithe practice during the winter and'
heir friends in the west feel some un
easiness as to the re'ult I
One of the meet notable a- ompllshmenM
In chess annals oecurrel two weeks ago
before the Franklin Chens club In Phila
delphia Just before the departure of Harry
N'. Plllnbury to attend the international chess
tourney at Paris. The young champion en
gaged twenty opponents at one time and. al
though hlB eyes were bandaged, succeeded
In winning fourteen games. He Inst one
antl five were drawn. The games averaged
twenty-nine moves nplerp. a Morphy-llke
brevity. Although Plllsbury was oppiscd
by some of the bel players In the east, sev
eral of whom have partaken in International
tourneys, he made a better Mcore than that
secured from the players at Lincoln upon
the occasion of his visit there t,overal months
ago.
The International chess congress which Mr.
Plllsbury Is now attending as the representa
tive of the Franklin club, will begin this
week and twenty player will be engaged
The American champion was imcompanled
l.t. Ut.n.. - , . t. ... . .
by Showalter of the .Manhattan Chow club
and Marshall of the llrooklyn rlub. com
peting a formidable trio. PHUbury. with
the phenomenal form which he hiis been
dlrplaylng. oueht to be able to dispute first
place in the contest with even tisker him
self. At the blindfold exhibition the play on
the first board was probably the hot of
the lot. The score was an follows:
Whltp-I'lllshury. IlUi k- lUmnlnn
1-1' to K 4. !-! t k I
I--K Kt to II 3. :-C) Kt to II 3.
-l! t" Kt 1. ,1-Kt (,i n 3.
Cnstlfs. 4-K't x V.
to O 4. i-Kt to Q 3.
The mure commonly played variation Is
ior wine to now move H x Kt. followed
l'i- P x I-
- II t" It 4
7 It to K t
-Kt to K 5.
Kt to U 3
lnH to It I
ft-P to K S.
t - II to K 5
S ("ntles.
f-ll tn II 3.
If-It to K I
11 Kt to t I
11-11 HOP
V VerV lirettV rolllllllriltlon nf nlTulr. In
which tho blindfold player securely holds
nil the threads.
V.'-Kt to ( 5 12-11 io K I.
13 - Kt x II. 13-Kt x Kt
I .Mr. Plllsbury now goes uver to n direct
i ittnets. Hlaek has scooped in two pawns,
Vi-o'lo iiT"" l" T.-P,;",I,,,ick,Ml ,n-
IS -II to Kt 1
l'i - It to K 1
t:.-K to it i.
115- I' to K Kt 3.
i; -o to a t
IT -It to K 1
lino lie moved 1 to II I. white re;i Ilex
with Kt to I! il. winning. If. on the other
Hand. Ii aek Instead moves P in IC k"i i
white rejoins with Q to II 0. ugaln wliinlntr.
I tgn to k it 3
I-P to k It l
For which forced move lillsbiirv bus a
nent rejoinder.
19- Kt x II I 19 Kt to tl i
If (J x Kt, then q x Q and II x Kt Is
played.
:a-Q to Kt S. M-Kt to 11 3
21 t x Kt P. 21 () x Kt
:.'-'ll x P rh. K-Kl fr 11 2 In
2.1-CJ x Q rh. 23 It to Q.
Ct-I! to K ft. 21-K lo Kt 2
A fine ending Is now on the tupls.
I to Kt 1.
S-Kt I'.
MH to Kt ch.
r 11 x n.
:- 11 x Kt
si-n to k s
.to it to k :
Jl K to it 1.
r.:-tt chfekp.
S'J-K to It 3.
2T-KI It.
:-K lo Kt 3
-V to Q S
.",')-1) tn It 1.
Si-It 10 IC II 1.
32-Kt In
M-fll x K P.
33-K to II I.
Hlaek's lust hone, hut the tinxccliii; nlnver
Is fully ullve to the menaced mate.
51-11 to K 2. 31 It tn K 1.
3-q II to K 1. SSKt to K 1.
3;-l' to K II 4 !-K x I'.
3?-n to n : ch. . n;-K to Kt i.
31-11 to Q .1 :-! to II 5.
33-11 to Kt 1 ch. 30-Kt In.
l'i 11 to It .1. 4ci It (o K t.
41-11 x Kt. 41-11 x 11.
42 Doubles rooks and Mr. Hampton re
signed. Tho following neat two-mover given by
tho Philadelphia press discloses a clever,
though somwehat simple coiip-de-grace, In
an end game. White to play and mate In
two moves:
BLACK.
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WIIITK.
GIRLS PLAY AT BASKET BALL
I'liynli-nl Director WihiiImiiih II r
rniiKCN a I nliiue Kvent In hlcli
O11111I111 In Vlcforloii.
I'or the first time In the history of Omaha
athletics teams of young women gave a
public exhibition of basket ball and tho
local enthusiasts wore gratified at the suc
cess of tho Omaha five. Theso were High
school undergraduates and their opponents
were from a similar Institution nt Lincoln.
Although tho admirers of the Omaha
aggregation had reason for eelf-congratula-tlon
they frankly admitted that the young
women of Lincoln showed n mingled grace
nnd activity that was unexcelled. The ball
was said to have been for the greater por
tion of tho two halves In n dangerous
proximity to tho Omaha goal and It was
only hy superior team work nnd a few
lucky tosi-es that gave the OmatiH team Its
score of I to 1.
Ml9s Woodsmall, physical director of the
young Women's Christian association, and
others who promoted the game nre given
credit for Introducing a novel
forai of
athletics Into the locnl field. The game
gives the best possible exercise lo every
muscle in tho body and Is considered worthy
of encouragement In summer as well as
winter.
Pneumonia follows la grippe, but never
follows the use of Foley's Honoy and Tar,
Iho great throat and lung remedy. For said
by Myer's-Dlllon Drug Co., Omaha; Dlllon'a
Drug Store, South Omaha.
01 t en- tiii: OltlM.N ut .
During the year ls;i0 the I'nlted States
Isniieil atioiit i.fiOO.onil.nin nf L'-cent postiiRn
Htamps. whleh, If phir-M end to rnd. would
reach n illstunre of nearly in.ii.jn mWs.
The will ctt thn latr Snmiipt Itmviir,! nf
.Milwaukee leaves practically his whole
estfile. valued at JU).0"O, In trust for the
support and education of orphan children
lie had no near relatives
John Ilrown. who has Just been taken to
'he county alm-diouse of Oriinue cnuntv,
New York, was once nianiiKer nf that In
itltiltlon aud superintendent of the poor
for that county, lie was once well-to-do,
lint Is now a pauper "8 years old aud Inca
pable of self-support.
Hlchard Jones, a olored youth without
arms, when arr.ilirneil In a New York po
lice court on a charse of beinu drunk, n.v-
I'lulned that h
ileip'n'f "tin!'1?.
lie siicccpuco in noitnitf Intoj;-
s inio nis interior tnrougli tile
liarkeonerK whom h itnin.n.
ted. who verv nlillulni;lv oourp,! Mm fini.i
do'"- hW throat.
Ill tin
state of New yoik the iiveraKe i
i prrson, ineluilltiK
women and children
Hiienim k ji ror postage per annum: Masn-
chusetts. I'M: liHtrti-t nf ('nlnmt i, i" m. 8
'olor.ulo. Jl '.'.I: I'onnectleut. J.0; South c
3: KMJiW ';'
cents; North Carnllna. II ceiitn. ' '
It Is claimed for (.'. I. Itobertson of Chat- !
the c-onfedernto ldc. lie enlisted In the '
Twentl'-folirl h (leoi'L'la infiintrv A.i,.,,, 1
i.i, j-.ni, mini ne wax io yt-ars anil 7 montlH
old. served four years straight and never
went home, having meantime taken part
In thirty battles, Including Chleknmaiiga.
1- rederlcksburg and the WllderneMS, be
sides scores nf uniall affairs.
Afoe. the i-iirliius nrtlrlPH of .'.in. n..i....i
i aro toot hoicks rrado of walrus "hlkers.
ii, wiin-,i ure snipped from
Alaska to Kurope. Those who are engaged
In the trade nick the whiskers out of the
animals one by one with special tweezers
Tho toothpicks thus secured are usd prlii-clpall:-
bv the wealthier classes In China
and Itussla. and are also beginning to eomo
Into favor In the most noted rltih i.. i AX. i
llon'
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE MEN
Pfopoied Meatatai of Refoim Under Con
iderntioti bj Congrets.
TAWNEY AND LOUD BILLS COMPARED
lYiiliii'i' iif tin- I'linuer f I'riicl lenl
II i-n II f to the Siti lor eer-'
ll; tor CliiNsinonllim
nml Holler I'n j .
The classified railway mall servhe rf the
United States, of which S.8.16 are postal
clerks doing duty, and tot of the
ofllce force, from chief clerk to the general
superintendent, give their united support
for House Holl No. 2. known as thcTawney
i b"1, llllro,'1'",l '' Congressman Tawney of
' Mini, . . .1... ..I.-... ,1... ....II.. nU
Minnesota, the able champion of the railway
postal clerks In the lower house of congress.
This bill lias the support of the Pcstolllcn
department; a similar bill has passed the
I'nlted States senate twice. The Tawney
bill passed the committee of postotllccs and
poit roads of the Fifty-sixth rougresf (house!
by a vote of 1.1 to 3. but Mr. I.oud of Cali
fornia, chairman of the committee, opposed
the measure and substituted the Loud bl'l,
which the entire Postolllre department is
opposed to.
No more Just bill ever came before con
gress than House Holl No. 2. It equalizes
and adjusts the salaries of the clerks and
clntses thern Into different grades, ncccrdlng
to dally mileage run and Importance of
duty performed. During the Inst fifteen yeatg
the service has made marvelous progress In
developing higher grades, while the salaries
and classification of the clerks has remained
nt a standstill. Improved condltlon and the
high standard of the service demand men of
greater ability and experience than that of
fifteen years ago. The responsibilities Im
posed, rigid discipline demanded and high
elllclency call for men of the best In
telligence obtainable. The salaries of pos at
clerks are much tess than postmasters of
equal ability of the principal rostoiflces of
i , ., , , , . , , .
i "'K moro exacting, hazardous und straining
on tho mentnl and physical powers, no
clatR of government employes are more
painstaking, loyal, honest or more Interested
In their work. They are the faithful
custodians of the people's property, lly the
hearty co-operation, persistent efforts of the
clerks the service has nttalned a degree of I
elllclency little dreamed of twenty years I
ago. and hut little appreciated by rheso not
familiar with the workings of the nm't
perfect postal service this or any other
country has ever produced.
lies! Tiilfiit lleilll red.
Twentv vears nun an ordlnnrv man of
fair business ability could in a very brief
space of time uaster the duties of n so-
called "routo agent." It Is different now.
It takes a bright man of superior Intelligence
and good education years to attain the
requisite nunllllrntlons to become an expert
postal clerk. Tho railway mall service of
today will rank well with the recognircd
professions, such as law- and medicine
The standard of examinations has been
gradually raised so that a clerk has to make
US and fi! per cent on his case examina
tions and bo equally proficient In distribu
tion and car record in order to stand chance
of promotion. The Increased efllclen-y
Is shown by the reduced number of errors
In distribution. The Increase cf the amount
of mall has fur exceeded the Increase of
postal clerks. The hearty co-operntlon of
the clerks In their untiring efforts to aid
the department In steadily building up the
service and placing It from year to year on
a higher standard cf excellence deserves
recognition. Men who risk their Uvcs on
trains flying on tho rails a mile per minute,
UBlng the greatest mental .strain and tosVIng
tho physical powers, ,thlnfeln,g ,m , quickly
as the ticks of .telepraphy, hraci.HR the
finiscks. keeping tils equilibrium, keeping
the Augers aud arms In continual motbn to
work huge piles of papers, sacks and
numerous packages of letters. Is a task that
an ordinary man Is not qualified to assume.
Tin l'roioeil (illUNltli'lltloli.
The Tawney bill divides the olprks into
ten classes, and Increase the pay of seven
clarscs, as shown by the following table.
tn ryj
Items.
(ieu. Supt. It .M. S.
Asst. (Jen. Supt
C'hf. elk. otllee tl. S.
Division xtipts
Asst. Supts
Class 10
f.iiiss !i
Class S
Class 7
Class B
Class S
Class 1
uymi..
t .'I..VJII
3,0 10
2.01)
27,f.Oi)
M.m )
1H.S0J
IfiS.fiOO
1.S10.501
:i,inin ..
2.i..
I'.tVNV..
t.Cui) ..
jl
II
"1
111
ins
1,207
l,Sno;$2im
I.lpHO, 2I!
1. 1:
I l.Bufl, 150,
I..
1.K12
2, 121. ni'i
I 1.3m SU0 3.2SI
a.inii.'.Hii
X72..WI
1,320.1') I
3v2,ru
1S3.IVI)
iin.iM.')
ILOifi
15,f)i
I 1.IU0I 100 70.11
Class .1
Class L'
Class 1 not exceeil'g.
Oriintiug 1111. leaves..
For acting clerks In
place of Injured. . . .
Expenses chief clerks
und Hy. I', clerks..
Kx. Hen. Supt.. Asst.
flen. Supt. and IJI-i
vision Supts
Per dlems, etc., of
Asst. Supts I
1 MM). K,i,;i3)
I2ui
32S.
2.1, UOO
31, CO I
I
Total I....lfi,107l W.miso
The writer quotes the most Important
Portion of the Tawney bill In explanation of
the above talde. For clerks of classes 2 and 1
salaries are not Increased, and It Is the Judg-.
ment of the department and cf the clerks
that the salary fixed by law for thes two
classes Is an adequate compensation for the
work on entering the service. One-man
runs, that Is where there li only one de-k
to a car to perform the duties and who
averages dally eighty miles or less per day
he shall be of class 1.
If the distance In mileage dally run Is Icmr
than ninety miles or more than eighty he
shall be of class 2. If the mileage dally run
Is less than 100 and not less than ninety, thj
clerk shall be of class 3. If the dally average
'of miles run Ih los than 110 and not lesrithan
' 1no ihc clerk thnll h nf ln 4 n line,
, p . , , p ' claKS 4' " "nes
uhnrn hut nun clnrk lo n ron I. a,.U..l
and who runs an nverKe of 10 n,
tnllcH per day. he shall he of rla, 5. There
are 5.3fi4 postal Herks of classes 3, 4 and 5.
iic.pnr.llnc- to th., nhnvn tnhl mn.il..
man runs, nnd they represent one of the
hardest-worked classes of the service and
badly need reclassification nnd readjustment
of salaries. On lines where full railway
portofflces are run, and to which two clerks
to 4 crew are assigned, thero shall be one
clerk of class S and one clerk of class 0 or
lower.
Full railway postofflccB having three clerks
to n crew there shall be one clerk of clesi
S, one of class fi and one of class fi nr
lower. On full railway poFtofurc.i havlnir
four clerks to a crew, one shall be of class
one cf class 6, one of class 3 and ono of
class I or lower. On full railway poMoftlcrs
where' flvo'deriis a. a c ew"
they shall be of classes 8, 6, fi, I, th? ctbera o?
ela.is 3 or lower On lines where more than
"hall bo two additional clerks of cl.tss 8 for
p.ich ndilit lnnnl rlUlrlhntlni- rar Tim
receiving tho highest salary In each crew
shall be clerks In charge"
Clerks of class 7. are transfer clerks.
Clerks of class are chief clerks of line,
an Mr. Shearer of Omaha and John M.
Duller nf Lincoln.
1'eal iire nt the l.onil lllll.
House Itoll No. 10301, the I.oud hill,
benefits only 21 per cent of the clerks of the
service, vlr. Seven hundred and forty-elght
clerks of class uh. on night lines, and salarv
inTfised from Jl 300 to Jl 400 ner annum
638 clerks of clous 4b on night lines talatl's
B. F. TOLSON, M.
of the State Electro
DON'T PAY
for treatment null) vnn hn,i tiioroni.hii
blued Kleetro Medical rratmem w ul. ii
meoieiiiK anil electricity Into .me ginii.l
tro-.Mell.n' Specialists -,r tills mstlloie
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TREATMENT
Has siieil thousand of men and women from i lifi of deso.ilr nilsi r nml woe io
euro l' W'r' f'lM 'r,f""K """Ug "egl et t or fill. no of ,ii other treatments tj.
STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE
rxxr:v'u' ,"",,,,""u f ,ul",,l""
$100,000.00 CAPITAL
a in w ir.iis mm iiiir,vi, ruTiiiMt, m si r.oM'i i. mi: tmi:vi'.
A large staff of the tnoxt 11111110111 and skillful s-ie. lulNW In tb. world, emil ot
whom Is 1 Rrmluale of thr liot Medl. al rill. ... ami ha- .ein,, 1 lifotlmo to tils
purtli iilar spec laity, guarantees piiltlvo-ii 11. 1 permanent mnw m .ill .uses iiecepted
WARNING "Vrtnln inedlial prelnllst. tmlnK learned of our gre.11
....... '"cress, are ntt.Miip ting to . op our r.leelro-.Modleal treatment
Hon I bo deceived Our sueeesfiil eoinblli oil Klei tt'ii-Modlcal treatment tall bo hint
only nt tho State r.lectr.i-.Modluil Institute. perm.ltieiitlN located at IW Kiiiuain Si
Omnhn. Neb
The I'.leetro M01II011I SiooIiiIIIm of Iho mili-rout llopn i( nioiilx.
of this Institute by their special mmhlneil Kieitrn-.Me.lh ,il treatment are miking
main wonderful ores In diseases of the
ime. iii run I nml l,tnm, lloml, llonrl, Miiiiincli nml IIdmoK, I, Iter. Klilne.
It Ii 11 ii 11 1 1 111 , liitarrli, l'nrnll, Pile-., olo. Ml l)Uonc IVoullnr lo
onion, I'rlwile Dlooimox, ih H c lllnml liiUnn, It 11 il 11 ro, Mrlotiiro,
Vnrli olo. II; ilrocolo, oim u-eiiiil Dehllll mill Ml Mllcil anil iclnte
IIIsoiison of Urn,
Legal .nntraets glwn to all iatn nts to bold f.o mir agi'i'ctncnic Do not hesi
tate If yon i.innol h 1 1 to.l i wille ami iti si libe muii trmible Suceeful trout
11 ent by mall
IIIIIintllM t-llrsl llnnl.s mill I.eilillllK lllllnc Men nf I'll I rlti.-l (lH I,.
TA'rio i"in:i:.
Illlloo Minim, 11. 111, iii p. 111.
STATE ELECTRO-MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
V riiiiiiii-iitl.i l.nenleil nt litlls I'm run 111 H reel. (Ml A II V. Mill,
S 0 'D
Spontaneous and Surprising Success
Our Islands & People
. AS SEEN WITH .
Camera and Pencil
BEING THE OUTCOME OF SPECIAL EXPEDITIONS TO, AND
EXHAUSTIVE EXPLORATIONS OF
CUBA, PORTO RICO,
,
ISLE OF PINES, HAWAII,
PHILIPPINE AND SULU
ARCHIPELAGOES,
Photographing nnd Describing the Islands nnd Their People as
Thcv Actually Exist at the Present Time.
L''o Literary Ktlltor of the St. Louis "t'lloUe-Denio-ern.
' sn.vp of this gri'iit work:
'Tilt- photograph tiro iiiitlotiliteilly the finest ever
niuilo nml collected of tho places, anil scent's depleted,
and they reprcseat n cost to the publishers of more
thnn .f.'.'.Coo. No praise can be too iwlrnvnpinl of tho
artistic and hNtork-nl value of these photographs nnd
the splendid maimer in which they have boon repro
duced. These include pictures of the people and their
homes and home life, noted places, the marvcloiisly
beautiful scenery of the tropics, historic localities, fa
mous battle ui'oiinds, celebrated formications, public
buildings, cathedrals, views of towns, villages, farms,
mountains, rivers, valleys, lakes, waterfalls, etc. There
are also u number of actual buttle scenes, taken under
flic, and showing war In its trnRlc and thrilling
reality."
Over 830 Royal Quarto Pages, and More Than
1,200 Photographic Views, Colortypes
and Colored Maps.
All Views Secured by Special Expeditions Sent
to the Islands for That Purpose by the Publishers.
Agents Wanted
tlon. Kitrnorillnnry opportunity for lirllil iiiimi nml iiniiirn, No ilr
llvrrliiK or colli-clliiif. (null fniiiiiilxxliuix pnlil dull) 11 onlrra fire
npproveil. Klxlit 11 nil l-n order 11 n liny regtilnr nrrrnae. I'or (nil
purlieu lorn on II on or mlilrcNi
The Bee Subscription Bureau
For "Our Islands and Their People."
Rooms 500 and 501 Ware Block, Omaha, Neb.
so s s
ltir.rAtirA.1 fr.... .1 IKf) , .inn t
" " '". ........ iu pri nullum.
' "Z " n'' ' ' " f?"
' ,h : '-0'0 ; lprk,B, ,'0 ,"1't, ' Prlv;'
I f .be,"C " 'J.m th? ,,m' V'" '
i ' miinrii-s riineu m-i
to K00 per annum If the Tawney hill ,ihroi
The National Association of Hallway
Postal Clerks, composed of the "flower cf the
service," has been lighting for yearn for re
clasrlflcntlon, supported by the department
C. I.. Shaffer of Chicago Is president and will
be elected for the fourth icrm at the national
convention at San Antonio, Tex It In
fortunate for the postal rlerks that they have
In their struggle for reclassification uch an
able leader, whose superior ability and ex-
ecutlve ciuallflcatlona well fit him for a post- ,
Hon which he fills with universal aatlsfa. - '
tlon. Mr. Shaffer is an earnest ehatrplon
' "f..,hp T',nn,,y hill and opposed to the l.oud
bill.
George 11. Shlvely of Lincoln. Neb. presi
dent cf the Sixth division of the National
I'ostal Clerks' association, Is an able otll'lal
has excellent Judgment and superior ex
ecutive ability and as an organizer he has
few eiuals In the association. Ho is an
untiring worker for the Tawney bill
The prem al.d the people of this country
havo always loyally supportel every measure
for the aid of postal clerks. Tln-lr faithful
performance nf duly, even unto death, their
long hours of toil, great mental ami physlial
strain, to give the people better servlcc
of n higher standard than any other em
ployes of the government deserve recogni
tion Their cause is Just No righteous
cause can in the end be defeated the
eternal years of Oo-l will m the cnl
D.t Ph. C. LL. D.,
- Medical Institute.
A DOLLAR
iit,u,Mi,,i.,i iii
il 1 not igi s of our c'titu
' oiMtlvo iiowers of both
combines al ( t
irtiie agent udmltixti red b the iilile Kle
Hnnilii ,
III 11, tn. In 'J i.
ffi 0 $(S0
CD
! m herr In N I'lil'llnl.n lo rimtnm
fur Nircliil eoiiililmitlon of Till:
(l.ll lli:i: Mltli iiIicmc nulillrn-
I u KM kVI J J KsmVfl 1 1 a
UrKHCI TIIAIM KOIl
CHICAGO
fcEAVB AT 13.10, KOOK, A .ID 9 ill 1. M.
Niw Short Lint to
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Lest tl 7 s, u, and 7 I'M v. m.
TICICK1TS AToa FA UN AM ITKJCBT,
"Tkt New Om."
triumph
HKMtY r )'m llll.il H P C.
Omaha & St Fran n Hallway I'ostofflco.